A recent wave of forced closures of fitness centres is creating vast areas of empty real estate in Hong Kong and driving down rents. ( read original story ...)
China’s property rebound is unstable
The recent relaxation of official pressure on the Chinese real estate sector is less reassuring than it seems. Battered property stocks surged last week on regulators' promises to stabilise the sector ... ( read original story ...)
38 arrested in Hong Kong for trying to swindle pandemic benefits
Hong Kong police have arrested 38 people for allegedly attempting to defraud over HK$285 million (SG$49.4 million) from a government loan scheme that supports small and medium enterprises affected by ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong suspends trading in shares of Chinese property developer Evergrande
Hong Kong suspended trading in shares of the world’s most indebted property developer Evergrande on Monday pending a release of “inside information” from the Chinese company ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese property giant suspends share trading again
The debt-laden property developer Evergrande, which racked up debts worth $A420 billion, has suffered another embarrassing blow by suspending trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange for a second time. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks rise following US and Europe equities
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Asia-Pacific equities news every morning. Hong Kong technology shares rose on Monday to extend a rally last week after Beijing signalled ... ( read original story ...)
China property giant Evergrande suspends share trading again
Troubled Chinese property developer giant Evergrande and all its units suspended trading in Hong Kong Monday morning, according to a notice to the stock exchange. ( read original story ...)
China Evergrande and Its Units Suspend Trading in Hong Kong
Embattled Chinese real estate developer China Evergrande Group along with its other units suspended trading in Hong Kong Monday morning, according to exchange filings. Most Read from BloombergUkraine ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: why thousands of rooms at Hong Kong’s isolation hotels for Covid-19 patients are still empty
City leader has vowed to redesignate the space for other purposes, with authorities revealing occupancy rate at just over 50 per cent. ( read original story ...)
With Hong Kong at a crossroads, city needs a strong leader and a Build Back Better plan to reboot
Hong Kong is in dire need of a reboot following mishandling of pandemic and protests roiled the city because status quo no longer works Hong Kong's next chief executive must lead the city out of its ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Hainan cyberspace regulator summons some property firms over suspected fake advertisements
China's Hainan government agencies have summoned two property firms, including Hong Kong-listed Agile Group, and have warned some real estate service websites over suspected fake advertisements.Firms ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong housing: who benefits from the budget’s raising of mortgage caps for homebuyers?
Readers discuss the government's opening of the mortgage funding tap, and how the use of Covid-19 isolation units could be extended Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? ( read original story ...)
‘Pandemic is temporary’, Hong Kong developer Wheelock says, remains optimistic about housing market, price recovery after record year
Hong Kong developer Wheelock Properties expects to shrug off headwinds and remains optimistic about the city’s home prices recovering 5 per cent this year if Covid-19 eases. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buyers dominate 17 London boroughs, study shows
Hong Kong buyers currently have the biggest property footprint within the London market, new research from Benham and Reeves shows. ( read original story ...)