Category: PROPERTY

But Wu, who lives in Hong Kong, didn’t want to pay B.C.’s 15 per cent foreign buyers tax, court documents said. Chu is from Richmond, and Wu claims he helped her buy a home in the city by putting the land title and mortgage under his name. Online real ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s de facto central bank ... The Federal Reserve announced it would begin in October to trim its massive holding of U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities acquired in the years after the 2008 financial ... ( read original story ...)

Outstanding individual ­mortgage loans rose 30.8 per cent at the end of June ... David Ng, Macquarie’s head of China&Hong Kong research, said he was not surprised buyers had been using consumer loans in an effort to bypass the restrictions, with ... ( read original story ...)

Sept 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks dipped on Tuesday as traders awaited the ... and announce plans to begin unwinding its $4.2 trillion portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. China Investment Securities (HK) said it expects the Fed ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI: China and Hong Kong stocks dipped on Tuesday morning ... and announce plans to begin unwinding its $4.2 trillion portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. China Investment Securities (HK) said it expects the Fed to "reduce its ... ( read original story ...)

However, low-interest rates and reduced credit underwriting standards have encouraged mortgages, fueling demand. Currently, at this stage of Hong Kong’s economic environment, many critics predict the bursting of the housing bubble as prices continue to ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's largest developer by market capitalization, Sun Hung Kai Properties, booked 17% less in property sales at home for the year ended in June, despite a red-hot housing market where prices show no signs of abating. Property sales in ... ( read original story ...)

Property prices in the Asia-pacific region have reached risky levels, especially in Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, according to S&P Global Ratings. “Asset prices, especially property prices, today are as stretched as they were before the Asian crisis ... ( read original story ...)

Sales of new homes in Hong Kong dipped sharply in July and August in a sign that the property market may have peaked, but prices remained stable, says a report by Knight Frank. The Hong Kong Monthly Report by the international property consultant showed ... ( read original story ...)

DBS Bank (Hong Kong) has launched DBS Home360, a banking mortgage app in Hong Kong to leverage the power of real(i)ty, to change the way people embark on one of the most important decisions of their lives – buying a home. Partnering with realtor Century ... ( read original story ...)

As Hong Kong struggles with the world’s priciest housing market, a shortage in supply is being exacerbated by mainland Chinese students who come to study and then decide to stay. The graduates may help boost housing demand by 4,000 units a year in the ... ( read original story ...)

Aug 31 (Reuters) - New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$32.4 billion ($4.14 billion) in July, up 1.2 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Thursday. Following is the breakdown of data from the ... ( read original story ...)

After moving into journalism, he was principal business reporter for Radio Television Hong Kong before the handover to China ... they know they will have to find more cash to pay their monthly mortgage payments. The alternative is they will lose their ... ( read original story ...)

After moving into journalism, he was principal business reporter for Radio Television Hong Kong before the handover to China ... they know they will have to find more cash to pay their monthly mortgage payments. The alternative is they will lose their ... ( read original story ...)