BANGKOK, 16th May 2018-Property Perfect and Hongkong Land today unveiled an agreement for the joint development of landed residential property projects in Bangkok, Thailand, targeting the upper-income segment with luxury houses priced as high as Bt100 million. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Property Market Blows Past Another Record
Hong Kong’s roaring property market has blown past another record. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. paid HK$25.2 billion ($3.2 billion) for a plot of residential land by the highly sought-after locale near Hong Kong’s former airport, beating out bidders ... ( read original story ...)
What may end HK property boom? Here are the triggers
HONG KONG property companies such as Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. and CK Asset Holdings Ltd. are bracing for the first increase in the city’s prime rate in more than a decade. A higher prime rate, which sets the upper limits on mortgages, could damp ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai Properties bags ‘land king’ at record price
China’s HNA Group sent shockwaves in the property-obsessed city in late 2016 when it outbid local and mainland developers at nearly double the market forecast in its first land purchase in Hong Kong. It later bought three more land parcels in the same ... ( read original story ...)
From minibuses to world’s most expensive tower: how Hong Kong tycoon Ma Ah Muk made and kept a fortune
His son, Ma Kiu Sang, told the Post that property now accounts for about 80 per cent of the family’s assets. “I’ve long noticed that buying shops and collecting rents is rather stable and can gain a lot in Hong Kong,” said Ma Ah Muk ... ( read original story ...)
Mico Chung, the upstart Hong Kong developer who aims to join the ‘big boys’ league
Hong Kong’s property market is so dominated by the local elite property developers – the so-called big boys – that it’s often thought these developers will never be usurped from their positions of power, or that their ranks will ever change. ( read original story ...)
As flat prices soar in Hong Kong, investors park money down in the lot
according to data from Centaline Property Agency. The flats currently go for about HK$4.7 million per unit. City-wide, while Hong Kong’s private homes roughly doubled in value between 2010 and 2017, the price of a parking spot in residential complexes ... ( read original story ...)
Five other Hong Kong stars who, like Joey Yung, bought properties for millions of dollars recently
4. Nicholas Tse Ting-fung Another artist who has bought his parents property as a gift is Nicholas Tse, who in 2017 bought a HK$85 million flat at The Somerset in Repulse Bay, on Hong Kong Island’s upscale South Side, for his father, Patrick Tse Yin. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong homes are over-valued: IMF
Hong Kong homes are over-valued, a warning echoed by the IMF's ... ultra-low interest rates and an influx of capital, property prices have soared beyond the affordability of ordinary citizens,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan then warned. ( read original story ...)
RLC teams up with Hongkong Land for projects
ROBINSONS Land Corp. (RLC) has partnered with Hongkong Land Group (HKLG) for the development of real estate projects in the country, starting with a P5.6-billion residential property in Pasig City. The Gokongwei-led property developer disclosed to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority makes record offer for buildings in Sai Ying Pun
The acquisition offer, announced on Monday, came as private home prices in the world’s least affordable property market continued to rise for two straight years as of the end of March. Economist Andy Kwan Cheuk-chiu said after the redevelopment ... ( read original story ...)
Higher rates likely to cool price growth for homes, commercial property in HK
Higher rates are likely to calm Hong Kong's frothy property market. Interbank lending is getting more expensive after a decade-long slump, pointing to costlier mortgages and slower price growth. This will be manageable for banks and developers, and welcome ... ( read original story ...)
Yardi Announces New Client: The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited
has announced a new contract with Hong Kong-based luxury hospitality and commercial property group The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited (HSH). The two companies will collaborate to centralise data and simplify business processes for HSH. "We are ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing steps down, son Victor now holds reins
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s richest man ... a conglomerate that employs 323,000 employees and has assets in more than 50 countries spanning property, power, telecoms and oil. At the AGMs for his flagship firm CK Hutchison Holdings (0001.HK ... ( read original story ...)