William Ma of Grow Investment Group says Hong Kong property stocks could tumble in the near term as a result of weak demand. ( read original story ...)
Easing of cooling measures is not a cure-all for Hong Kong’s struggling property market, say analysts
Any relaxation of the government's cooling measures will only slow down the decline in homes prices but not reverse the trend, says DBS Bank analyst Jeff Yau Chief Executive John Lee is expected to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong eyes property tax cut
According to a report In Bloomberg, a part or all of the impost likely to be refunded after workers have stayed in Hong Kong for a certain number of years Click here to watch more such web stories ... ( read original story ...)
What’s wrong with lower home prices for Hong Kong residents?
Readers discuss whether the government should scrap its property cooling measures, and question Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation's priorities after it asked a recycler to vacate its ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land (OTCMKTS:HNGKY) Sets New 12-Month Low at $21.59
Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (OTCMKTS:HNGKY – Get Rating)’s share price hit a new 52-week low on Friday . The company traded as low as $21.59 and last traded at $21.59, with a volume of 3950 shares ... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore and Hong Kong’s property cooling measures differ
Recent measures in Singapore aim to slow pace of price increase for resale HDB flats, while Hong Kong has stuck to its policies despite home prices being in the midst of a five-year low. ( read original story ...)
Rising rates, topsy-turvy pound hurt Hong Kong BN(O) migrants’ path to home ownership in Britain
Interest rates could top 5.75 per cent in Britain next year, according to analysts, reducing the buying power of house buyers and making it more difficult for some newly arrived Hongkongers to ... ( read original story ...)
Inside the private Chinese art collection of Joseph Hotung, Hong Kong property magnate, which has been hidden from the public gaze for decades – until now
While much of Joseph Hotung's collection of Chinese jades and Yuan and Ming dynasty porcelains is already on display, now his private cache is coming to light One fateful day in the early 1970s, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property stocks regain favour as investors and developers bank on John Lee’s policy tailwinds
“The move would not be a surprise to us,” said Raymond Cheng, property analyst in Hong Kong at CGS-CIMB. “It is a way to attract more talent, especially from mainland China.” The action may be needed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Property Stocks Jump on Potential Tax Cut Report
Shares of Hong Kong-based developers rallied after a Bloomberg report that the city’s government is considering cutting property tax for non-resident buyers, a move that could stabilize the ailing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property sales tumble to three-decade lows
Hong Kong’s sagging property market is set to post its lowest sales volume in three decades with prices headed for their biggest on-year decline since the 2008 financial crisis, real estate analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s housing market cooling measures: What are they? Have they done their job? And should they be relaxed?
The government and the monetary authority have introduced a variety of duties and rules to cool the city's hot property market since 2010 With the market now in a slump, developers and agents would ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property market is tumbling
On a recent Saturday, more than 100 salespeople swarmed the floors of a luxury shopping mall in Hong Kong, haranguing shoppers to check out deals at one of the city’s latest residential projects. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong developers lobby government to end cooling measures, protect homeowners from negative equity amid price slump
The Real Estate Developers Association is lobbying the government to lift stamp duties imposed as a cooling measure when the market was much hotter The number of homes valued below their mortgage loan ... ( read original story ...)