Hong Kong's Ocean Park finally welcomed its first hotel since opening more than four decades ago. Prudence Lui checks into this much-anticipated property with her teenage daughter, and finds a destina... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong property bubble that won’t burst
Hong Kong has been deemed the world’s “least affordable” housing market for nine straight years, according to a major survey. Don’t be surprised if nine becomes ten. A decade of eye-watering growth pu... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Richest 2019: Correction Fears Spook Property Markets
This story is part of Forbes' coverage of Hong Kong’s Richest 2019. See the full coverage here. Over half of Hong Kong’s fifty richest owe their fortune to real estate, seven of whom are among the top ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign funds zero in on Hong Kong’s neighbourhood malls as next big investment opportunity
Petra Blazkova, senior director for Asia-Pacific analytics at Real Capital Analytics, said that while foreign investment in Hong Kong property overall declined in 2018, investment in community malls w... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s leader wants to be accountable. Why would Beijing stand in the way?
who was sentenced to 12 months in prison for failing to disclose a property deal. He was released in mid-January. Ms. Lam’s immediate predecessor, too, did not face trial after Hong Kong’s Department ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: IP protection awareness remains high
Hong Kong has a high awareness of intellectual property rights protection, the Intellectual Property Department announced today. An overwhelming 96.1% of respondents to the Survey on Public Awareness ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares end higher on trade optimism, A-shares rally
HONG KONG, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong stock market closed ... The sub-indexes of the Hang Seng tracking financial sector and the property sector both ended 0.4 percent higher, while energy share... ( read original story ...)
Chinese investors are spending billions on Thai property despite a turbulent political scene
Thailand was the fourth-most-popular country for Chinese property investment in 2018, according to Juwai. With $2.3 billion coming in from Chinese sources, the Southeast Asian nation ranked behind onl... ( read original story ...)
Intellectual property rights get top of mind attention, survey finds
The majority of Hong Kong people believe it is necessary to protect intellectual property rights, survey has found. A total of 1,003 members of the public responded to the survey. An overwhelming majo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong yet to make the most of its iconic harbourfront
Moving the handprints of Hong Kong’s movie stars and their story panels up to the railings (they used to be trodden on, à la the Hollywood version) is also more logical and more respectful. Property t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘mortgage slaves’ help keep the market afloat
Many Hong Kong people seem to think property prices will only go up. That’s why as soon as there are reports of negative equity, alarm bells start ringing. Well, if you are a speculator, it’s very lat... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees 1st negative equity mortgage cases in 2 years
HONG KONG, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Hong Kong had its first cases of negative equity on residential mortgage loans in two years in the last quarter of 2018, according to the city's de facto central bank, as ... ( read original story ...)
HK sees negative equity cases for first time in two years
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Thursday its survey found 262 cases of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) in negative equity – the value of the property fell below the outstanding balan... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Mortgage loans down 20.7%
Residential mortgage loans approved in December fell 20.7% compared with the previous month to $23.5 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today. Mortgage loans financing primary market transactio... ( read original story ...)