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Tanjung Bungah, Penang — area guide: property prices, rental yield and who lives here

Penang Island

Tanjung Bungah

Penang Island's beachfront residential corridor

Condo PSF

RM 513–1065

Avg Yield

4.5%

Avg Rent (condo)

RM 2,200

Active projects

1

What is the average PSF in Tanjung Bungah in 2026?

The average condo PSF in Tanjung Bungah is roughly RM513–1065 as of 2026, based on NAPIC/Brickz-checked benchmarks for the area.

  • Condo PSF rangeRM 513–1065
  • Gross rental yield4.5%
  • Avg. condo rentRM 2,200/mo

Character

Laid-back beachfront suburb with a strong family feel. A step back from the Gurney Drive premium but with direct beach access and a slower pace. Popular with long-term expats who prefer space over proximity to the CBD.

Lifestyle scorecard

Zac's honest 1–10 rating across the dimensions buyers care about most.

Walkability
5/10
Food scene
7/10
Schools
9/10
Beach access
8/10
Traffic / commute
4/10
Family-friendly
9/10
Public transport
4/10
Expat community
8/10

✅ Pros

  • Direct beach access — rare on Penang Island
  • More affordable than Tanjung Tokong / Gurney Drive
  • Strong family-oriented community
  • Mix of freehold landed and condos available
  • Quieter, less congested

⚠️ Cons

  • Further from Georgetown CBD
  • Fewer mall options — Gurney Drive requires a drive
  • Some older condo stock needs renovation

Transaction benchmark

April 2024 - March 2025 (trailing 12 months)

Condo PSF (low)

RM 380

Condo PSF (high)

RM 880

Sample

Brickz aggregate for Tanjung Bungah non-landed residential; project anchors include By The Sea (RM700-880/sf premium beachfront), Birch Plaza Tanjung Bungah (~RM450/sf), Sunny Ville (older walk-up ~RM380-420/sf).

Tanjung Bungah covers a wide PSF band — premium beachfront condos (By The Sea, Quayside-adjacent stock) sit at the top of the range, while older walk-ups inland and on hillside roads anchor the lower end. NAPIC publishes only district-level (Timur Laut); Brickz is the closest verifiable public source.

For unit-by-unit recent transactions on any specific Tanjung Bungah project, ask Zac for the latest →

📈 What to watch over the next 3 years

Verifiable upcoming events from named, dated announcements — not price speculation.

  • Tanjung Bungah is NOT served by the funded Mutiara LRT alignment (line runs island-south to Penang Sentral). A potential coastal extension from Tanjung Tokong is discussed in Wikipedia commentary but unfunded — net effect over the next 3 years: relative transit access lags Bayan Lepas / KOMTAR corridor.
  • Ascott Residences beachfront luxury project (99 units) is slated to open by 2028 on the Tanjung Tokong–Tanjung Bungah coastal stretch, reinforcing branded/serviced positioning for the strip and competing with existing premium condo resale.
  • Mount Erskine Underpass (RM330m, Budget 2026 approved, Q4 2026 start) will reshape feeder traffic into Tanjung Bungah from Pulau Tikus — 18-month utility-relocation phase precedes flow benefit, so 2027–2028 are disruption years on the inbound corridor.
  • Limited new condo launches in-suburb (versus active Tanjung Tokong pipeline of Eight & Eight, Dua Tanjung, Crown Penang) means resale stock here faces less new-supply competition than its northern neighbour.
Sources (2)

Every project in Tanjung Bungah, priced

All 15 tracked projects — 1 selling, 14 trading sub-sale. Rendered from our project records, so a correction updates this table everywhere it appears.

Tanjung Bungah is a sub-sale market, not a launch market — only 1 of 15 tracked projects are selling. Buying here this year means buying from an owner, not a developer.

Selling now

ProjectPricePSFTenureLand titleBuiltStatus
WaterstoneRM1.29MFreeholdResidential2028selling

Sub-sale — 14 projects

ProjectPricePSFTenureLand titleBuiltStatus
Granito @ PermaiRM397K–RM560K461–648FreeholdResidential2024sub-sale
Grand OceanRM550K590–700FreeholdResidentialsub-sale
Surin CondominiumRM600K–RM1.4M459–650Freeholdconfirm2011sub-sale
Alila HorizonsRM700K–RM900K516–643FreeholdResidential2008sub-sale
Pearl View CondominiumRM780K–RM810K560FreeholdResidential1998sub-sale
Mira ResidenceRM1.07M–RM1.8M734–979FreeholdResidential2016sub-sale
Horizon TowerRM1.1M–RM1.58M480–660FreeholdResidential1988sub-sale
Alila 2RM1.68M–RM4M863–1250FreeholdResidential2018sub-sale
NinetenRM2.5M–RM3.95M762–854Freeholdconfirm2013sub-sale
The Cove CondominiumRM2.7M–RM4.99M450–832FreeholdResidential2008sub-sale
Infinity BeachfrontRM2.7M–RM6.9M681–1089FreeholdResidential2010sub-sale
1 TanjongRM3.6M847–1049Freeholdconfirm2015sub-sale
Springtide ResidencesRM3.8M–RM4.98M920–1053FreeholdResidential2009sub-sale
SkyhomeRM4.39M–RM16M640–800Freeholdconfirm2010sub-sale

Price bands

Under RM700K3
RM700K–1M2
RM1–2M4
RM2M+6

Foreign buyers

11 of 15 have at least one unit clearing the RM1M island minimum. 3 do not: Granito @ Permai, Alila Horizons, Pearl View Condominium. One has no recorded ceiling and an entry below the floor — confirm whether a larger unit qualifies: Grand Ocean. The threshold never varies by title class.

Title & tenure

  • 4 have no land title on record. Confirm it in writing before committing — it changes your financing.

Narrow it down

Filtered views of Tanjung Bungah stock — each one a live list, not a static page.

Projects in Tanjung Bungah

1 selling · 0 upcoming · 14 completed

14 completed buildings in Tanjung Bungah browse subsale inventory →

More on Tanjung Bungah

Guides and comparisons specific to this area.

Hero photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC-BY-SA-4.0

Sources & data gaps (1)

Honest list of what couldn't be verified from public sources for this area (research completed 2026-06-24). These need Zac's direct input.

  • Condo PSF band is the range of PROJECT MEDIAN asking PSF across 7 verified sub-sale projects (Aug 2026) — a typical-unit band, not the absolute min-max of every listing, so it stays usable for area-vs-area comparison.

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