KL's priciest home sales of 2026: RM70.5m U-Thant bungalow

A 2.07-acre bungalow on Jalan Langgak Golf in Taman U-Thant sold for RM70.5 million on 5 May 2026. It is the highest-value home sale in Kuala Lumpur so far this year, according to NAPIC records compiled by EdgeProp. It heads a list of nine KL sales between RM13.5 million and RM70.5 million, all of them landed, freehold subsales. Penang's most expensive home sale of the first half, a bungalow on Jalan York at RM12.74 million, would not make KL's list.

KL's nine priciest home sales of 2026

• 1. Taman U-Thant, Jalan Langgak Golf (bungalow): RM70.5 million on 5 May; 90,385 sq ft of land (2.07 acres), 6,019 sq ft built-up; RM780 psf of land
• 2. Kenny Hills, Jalan Tunku (semi-detached): RM30 million on 21 April; 8,181 sq ft of land, 7,800 sq ft built-up; RM3,667 psf of land
• 3. Kenny Hills, Jalan Lurah Tunku (bungalow): RM27 million on 29 January; 40,619 sq ft of land, 3,776 sq ft built-up; RM665 psf of land
• 4. Cheras, Jalan Bukit Segar 9 (bungalow): RM18 million on 26 January; 15,995 sq ft of land, 8,655 sq ft built-up; RM1,125 psf of land
• 5. Bangsar, Jalan Medang Tanduk (bungalow): RM16.5 million on 12 February; 13,487 sq ft of land, 8,392 sq ft built-up; RM1,223 psf of land
• 6. Kenny Hills, Jalan Bukit Tunku (bungalow): RM16 million on 12 February; 19,289 sq ft of land, 5,664 sq ft built-up; RM829 psf of land
• 7. Taman U-Thant, Lingkungan U-Thant (bungalow): RM14.19 million on 27 April; 17,093 sq ft of land, 4,634 sq ft built-up; RM830 psf of land
• 8. Desa ParkCity, The Mansions (terrace): RM14 million on 5 March; 3,305 sq ft of land, 7,090 sq ft built-up; RM4,236 psf of land
• 9. Country Heights Damansara, Jalan Jemerlang (bungalow): RM13.5 million on 16 February; 10,581 sq ft of land, 8,483 sq ft built-up; RM1,276 psf of land

The list covers contracts up to 10 August 2026 in NAPIC's July batch, which was loaded on 15 September. NAPIC often records a sale after its contract date, so later batches can still change the ranking.

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What the numbers say

• One sale is a third of the list. The U-Thant bungalow is 32% of the nine sales' combined RM219.7 million, and 2.35 times the second-highest price.
• It is already 76% above the whole of 2025. KL's top home sale last year, in EdgeProp's full-year list, was a RM40 million villa on Jalan Lurah Tunku in Bukit Tunku (65,856 sq ft of land, about RM607 psf). This year's leader passed it with less than eight months of contracts counted.
• Big plots sell cheaper per sq ft. The seven bungalows ran from RM665 to RM1,276 psf of land, and the two largest plots (2.07 acres in U-Thant and 40,619 sq ft on Jalan Lurah Tunku) were the cheapest per sq ft. The smallest plots were the dearest: RM3,667 psf for the Kenny Hills semi-detached house and RM4,236 psf for the Desa ParkCity terrace, where a 7,090 sq ft house sits on 3,305 sq ft of land. For the U-Thant bungalow the land is the purchase: its 6,019 sq ft house is small for a 2.07-acre plot.
• Same street, a year apart. Jalan Lurah Tunku appears in both years: about RM607 psf of land in 2025 and RM665 psf in 2026, roughly 9% higher. They are different houses on different plots, so it is a pointer, not a price index.
• Taman U-Thant did not rise per sq ft. Last year's Ampang Hilir/U-Thant sale made about RM899 psf on 34,499 sq ft of land; this year's two made RM780 and RM830.
• No high-rise home made the list. Last year's priciest high-rise sale, a Four Seasons Place serviced apartment in KLCC at RM14.5 million, would have ranked seventh this year.

Penang against KL

Penang's three priciest home sales in the first half of 2026, from NAPIC data compiled by Penang Property Talk, were all bungalows:

• Jalan York: RM12.74 million for 18,769 sq ft of land, about RM679 psf. The long-vacant double-storey house is in poor condition, and the sale is read as a land purchase for redevelopment
• Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman: RM7.7 million for a single-storey corner bungalow on 13,670 sq ft, about RM563 psf
• Scott Avenue: RM7.3 million for 12,859 sq ft, about RM568 psf

The gap between the two cities is plot size more than land rate. Jalan York's RM679 psf is only about 13% below the RM780 psf paid in Taman U-Thant, but the U-Thant plot is 4.8 times larger, so its price was 5.5 times higher.

Penang's dearest land is not in houses but in redevelopment sites. In Pulau Tikus, 2.32 acres on Jalan Kelawai carrying eight bungalows was reported sold for RM130 million (RM1,287 psf) for a hotel and branded residences, and Sunway paid RM1,411 psf for an acre nearby (our report). That is above the land rate of every KL bungalow on this list: a slightly larger site than the U-Thant plot, at 1.8 times the price, because the buyer is paying for high-rise density rather than a house. Next up is the state's six-acre Tanjung Pinang plot beside Gurney Bay, which goes to auction on 7 October with a reserve of RM1,200 psf (our report).

*Chart: industrialandland.com.my, from NAPIC records compiled by EdgeProp (EPIQ) and Penang Property Talk. Map: EdgeProp EPIQ.*