Cheung Kei Group, the property developer owned by the owner of Hong Kong’s most expensive mansion, has completed its £410 million (US$530 million) purchase of a landmark 12-story office building in London’s Canary Wharf, in the biggest real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Cheung Kong Property plans name change to better reflect strategy
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited (1113.HK), owned by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, said it plans to change its name to CK Asset Holdings Limited, to better reflect the company's strategy also in infrastructure investment ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam warned she must act quickly to rein in soaring property prices
Property analysts have called on Chief Executive Carrie Lam to treat Hong Kong’s runaway property prices as the new administration’s top priority, adding that realistic steps must be taken to release supply of land. Record property prices have driven ... ( read original story ...)
Cash flowing into Hong Kong keeps lending rates down, but for how much longer?
despite the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s best efforts to make mortgages more expensive and cool Hong Kong’s red hot property market. In recent months, money has been flowing into Hong Kong’s capital markets both southwards from the mainland via the ... ( read original story ...)
Residential Mortgage Survey Results for May 2017
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the results of the residential mortgage survey for May 2017. The number of mortgage applications in May increased month-on-month by 13 ... ( read original story ...)
Rising Interest Rates Raise Uncertainties for Hong Kong’s Property Market
And some experts are warning that if this happens, it might not be pretty. "Normalization of U.S. interest rates will eventually raise the mortgage burden of Hong Kong borrowers, posing risks" to the city's export-driven economy and housing market ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Faces a Year of Hardship, If History Has Its Say
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has warded off speculation with measures like a 15% tax for non-residents and another 15% tax on quick sales. It has made mortgage restrictions extremely tight. There's virtually no overborrowing, and if prices do dip ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property owners net record high offer of HK$15,383 per sq ft for redevelopment projects
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority announced on Monday the highest acquisition offer on record – of HK$15,383 per square foot – extended to property owners affected by three redevelopment projects in Kowloon. The offers are to be issued on Friday. ( read original story ...)
HK property market less risky than 20 years ago: OKAY
Hong Kong’s property market has seen steep price appreciation over the past several years – with prices soaring an average of 60 percent in the last five years. Some industry players are worried that the market could be facing a situation similar to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home prices hit record high as Xi praises government on housing
and technology and innovation," Xi told dozens of Hong Kong's senior officials on Thursday evening, in comments carried by local television. Making housing more affordable in the Asian financial hub, one of the most expensive property markets in the world ... ( read original story ...)
TABLE-Hong Kong’s drawndown mortgage loans in May rise 33.5 pct m/m
June 30 New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$28.3 billion ($3.63 billion) in May, up 33.5 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Friday. Following is the breakdown of data from the authority: 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong’s property market won’t crash – this time
Property is at the centre of everything in Hong Kong today, much like it was 20 years ago on the eve of the handover. Soon after the handover, prices collapsed, hitting rock bottom in the spring of 2003. They have since clawed their way back up, and some. ( read original story ...)
Wonderland Villas – a tale of HK’s property rollercoaster
Prices at Wonderland have risen, waned and risen again, as Hong Kong property has swung through boom and bust to become one of the world’s most expensive markets. The lack of affordable housing has become a major political issue for Hong Kong as it ... ( read original story ...)
This Is How Much Hong Kong Property Has Surged Since British Rule
As the Union Jack fluttered over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour for the last time on June 30, 1997, home prices were hovering near record highs and sellout crowds at new projects were the norm. Twenty years on, property price have hit fresh records and ... ( read original story ...)