Keystone by Univa
BIG 2.0  /  Venture Client

The financing-recovery ladder for S P Setia's bank-rejected buyers.

The stone that locks the arch.

KEYSTONE

Prepared for S P Setia Berhad, BIG 2.0.

UNIVA
02  /  The problem

The funnel leaks exactly at the bank's no.

Housing loan approvals: 39.2% in early 2026, down from 41% in 2025 and 42% in 2024. 83% of developers face end-financing difficulties, and launch take-up fell to 21%. Every rejected buyer already chose a unit and paid a booking fee.

39.2%
Housing loan approval rate, first four months of 2026. It was 41% in 2025 and 42% in 2024.
32,801 units
National residential overhang, worth RM16.37bn. A sixth consecutive quarterly rise.
21%
Launch take-up on H2 2025 launches, down from 38%. 83% of developers face end-financing difficulties.
31 to 45%
Rejection rates in the RM500,001 to RM700,000 band.

Today, the conversation ends there.

Every rejected buyer already chose a unit
and paid a booking fee.

03  /  The insight

Rejected does not mean unbankable, it means unpackaged.

Banks haircut gig income by 30% and decline a file with no payslip, whatever its DSR. SJKP reads income gross and accepts platform-income records. A guarantee is not an approval: bank discretion still declines eligible files; packaging quality decides.

Aisyah binti Rahman
Bank view
Guarantee view
Income recognised
RM4,900 after a 30% haircut
RM7,000 read gross
Income evidence
Payslip required
Platform income accepted
DSR read
Haircut basis, irregular-income flag
30.3% gross against a 65% ceiling
Verdict
Declined. Gig-income flag
Eligible. SJKP-MADANI
Gross DSR against ceiling

Same buyer, same unit, opposite answer.

Aisyah: RM7,000 gig income, RM600 commitments.

Live assessment result, spsetia.univa.my. Demo data, fictional institutions.

04  /  The solution: the ladder

Invite, verify, and route every rejected buyer upward.

The developer invites a rejected buyer; a rejection becomes an invitation. The buyer consents under PDPA, uploads statements, and Keystone re-underwrites beyond a payslip. Rung 1 routes to a guaranteed loan or bank dossier. Rung 2 offers a bridge on completed stock. Rung 3 coaches readiness. Every path graduates back to a full-price sale.

05  /  The product, live today

Built. Tested. Running live today. Not a mock-up.

Live at spsetia.univa.my: SJKP-MADANI assessment (Aisyah), bankability dossier with the government-guarantee section, operator console dashboard, and WhatsApp concierge (Farid). 722 automated tests passing, 10 of 10 on the security checklist, English by default with a Bahasa toggle. Demo data throughout, with a one-click reset for repeat walkthroughs.

01Assessment

Rung 1 result and SJKP-MADANI badge, Aisyah.

02Dossier

Bankability dossier, government-guarantee section.

03Console

Operator dashboard, cohort and inventory.

04Concierge

WhatsApp readiness coaching, Farid.

spsetia.univa.my 722 tests passing 10 / 10 security checklist English with Bahasa toggle Demo data, reset available
06  /  Rung 1 in depth

Rung 1: a government guarantee, packaged to convert.

Budget 2026 doubled SJKP's guarantee to RM20bn, extended to gig and self-employed income.

SJKP tier
MADANI tier
Standard tier
Financing
Up to 120%of price, covering legal, valuation, insurance, renovation
Up to 110%of price
Financing cap
RM360,000
RM500,000
DSR ceiling
65%read on gross income
65%read on gross income
Tenure
Up to 35 years
Up to 35 years

Eligibility. First home only. CCRIS: at most 2 months of arrears in the trailing 12, and a clean 24-month history.

BSN, March 2026

First-home financing extended to gig workers on platform-income documentation.

Outcome for S P Setia

A full-price sale, zero capital, and the unit never leaves the sales pipeline.

Participating banks BSN / Alliance / Maybank / CIMB / Bank Islam
07  /  Rungs 2 and 3

The bridge and the coach catch what the guarantee cannot.

Rung 2  /  The bridge

Rung 2 bridges what the guarantee cannot catch: over-cap units, non-first homes. Halim: RM520,000 unit, rent RM1,900 a month, 50% credited, graduates after 56 on-time months with RM53,200 credited, sold under a normal SPA.

The rent-to-own plan and payment ledger, live at spsetia.univa.my.

Rung 3  /  The coach

Rung 3 coaches readiness in Bahasa over WhatsApp. Farid: DSR above 90%, readiness 45 to 70 over about 11 coached months.

The WhatsApp concierge, live at spsetia.univa.my.

Capital sits in an Islamic SPV, ring-fenced outside Setia's balance sheet. Phase 2 gates on one legal opinion.

08  /  How S P Setia wins

Three moves that turn rejections into recovered revenue.

Recovered cash sales

From leads already paid for.

Zero acquisition cost
Inventory monetisation

On completed stock.

Shorter days-to-sale on stuck units
A buyer experience

That answers the home-ownership-experience brief.

Answers the BIG 2.0 clause
RM6.6m
Recovered cash sales per 100 rejected affordable-tier leads.
Illustrative: 100 leads x 20% Phase 1 gate x RM330,000 average unit
The gate and the average unit price are assumptions, not results. Both are stated in the business case and both are what Phase 1 is designed to measure.

Complementary to Loanplus pre-screening, not competing.

09  /  Built for scrutiny

A deterministic core, guarded AI, and human oversight throughout.

Deterministic

DSR, matching, ledgers and graduation gates are rule-based and auditable. No LLM arithmetic.

AI, document parsing only

AI is confined to document parsing, behind injection defence, output scrubbing, and an anti-hallucination contract.

Injection
defence
Output
scrubbing
Anti-hallucination
contract

PDPA consent-first, human-in-the-loop. The operator console is where a person, not the engine, takes every consequential action.

10  /  The journey, end to end

One journey: from landing invitation to bank-ready dossier.

The landing page invites and explains. The buyer journey runs mobile-first: consent, assessment, badge, plan. The operator console tracks every lead and triggers graduation. The WhatsApp concierge coaches in Bahasa. Every path can produce a bank-ready dossier.

Mobile assessment result
Mobile concierge, Bahasa
01The process
02The dream
03The seam
04The close
One continuous system, not five disconnected tools. Demo data only
11  /  The programme

A 90-day pilot, then a gated co-creation phase.

Phase 1, 90 days, Venture Client: week 1 delivers a price-band fit analysis against the SJKP caps. We feed 100 historical rejected leads plus 50 live rejections through the engine. KPI: cash recovered and bookings closed.

Gate to Phase 2
20% or more of fed leads convert to a closed cash booking inside 90 days.
Success metrics
  • Contact rate
  • Enrolment rate
  • Rung 1 approval rate
  • Rung 2 on-time rate
  • Graduation rate
  • Cash recovered
  • Days-to-sale on previously stuck units
Phase 2, co-creation

Up to 3 completed, unsold units allocated to the Islamic SPV for the rent-to-own bridge. Setia decides which units. Gated on the one legal opinion commissioned in week 1.

From S P Setia

The rejected-lead list, the unsold completed-inventory list, panel-bank confirmation, and one Tech and Innovation Council sponsor.

12  /  Close
BIG 2.0  /  Venture Client

Keystone: every no becomes a not yet, for Setia.

The platform is built. The tailwinds are here. We are ready to build this with S P Setia.

RM20bn
SJKP guarantee capacity, Budget 2026
BSN
Gig-income precedent, March 2026
Inventory
Setia's own monetisation push
Muhamad Ahnaf Thaqeef
Founder and Managing Director, Univa
ahnaf@univa.my   /   +6017-474-7960   /   univa.my
UNIVA