Hong Kong property set to become ‘buyer’s market’ in the first quarter Analysts said the results showed that Hongkongers were exercising more caution when it comes to purchasing properties despite the high demand for flats. “The interest and demand ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's drawndown mortgage loans rise 14.6 pct in Nov
Dec 30 New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$26.5 billion ($3.42 billion) in November, up 14.6 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Friday. Following is the breakdown of data from the authority ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's Increasingly Tiny Flats
While Hong Kong’s cage homes have often been a source of artistic ... according to the government survey. Now it seems the large property developers are getting in on the action. In 2016 alone, three high-profile projects have been launched. ( read original story ...)
London property: Buyers from China and Hong Kong continue to acquire assets despite Brexit
The Chinese investments are said to be prompted by the decline in the Renminbi and fears of greater capital controlsiStock It seems buyers from China and Hong Kong are unaffected by the uncertainty caused by the UK's decision to leave the European Union as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong's K Wah wins residential site for $757 mln
A unit of K Wah, Century Basis Ltd, beat 15 mainland and Hong Kong developers, including China Overseas Land, Vanke Property, China Resources Land, Sun Hung Kai Properties, New World, and Cheung Kong, to clinch the deal, the government said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
Property, sex, nudity and the MTR – the top 10 stories you liked most in 2016, and our own top 10 favourites
There’s food, bare bums, murder and property speculation on both lists, as well as some of those simple stories that remind us of Hong Kong’s true colours. When Hong Kong’s mass transit railway lines were being built, it was decided the stations ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong lions Stephen and Stitt, Japanese looters and the legal battle to protect cultural property
Recent controversy regarding the decoration of the bronze lions outside the HSBC building brings to mind the near loss of these icons of Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation. It is 75 years since the fall of Hong Kong. Apart from the terrible human ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Property Shares Turn Toxic as Mortgage Costs Spike (1)
The International Monetary Fund warned this month that a faster pace of interest-rate increases in the U.S. could threaten Hong Kong’s economy due to stretched property valuations and high household debt with floating-rate mortgages. The Hang Seng ... ( read original story ...)