Tag: mortgage

Luxury development and constant property price increases have created an underbelly of squalid housing for poorer families crammed into tiny subdivided flats in one of Hong Kong’s most affluent distri... ( read original story ...)

Demand for commercial and industrial properties in Hong Kong could weaken over the next several months as businesses adopt a more cautious approach to expansion amid the trade war between China and th... ( read original story ...)

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HONG KONG, Jul, 26 2018 - (Media OutReach) - Citi Hong Kong announced today the results of the latest Hong Kong Residential Property Ownership Survey. The bank commissioned The University of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese companies’ appetite for Hong Kong property shows no signs of abating, with a luxury development near Deep Water Bay selling for a record HK$5.93 billion (US$755.4 million), the largest single ... ( read original story ...)

I have two suggestions. One, bar mainland citizens or any other non-residents from investing in Hong Kong’s residential property. Some Western governments, as well as authorities in mainland China, ha... ( read original story ...)

Skyrocketing property prices, a narrowing industry structure and, most critically, the lack of upward social mobility, make young people increasingly disillusioned about the future. Some politicians a... ( read original story ...)

If you think Hong Kong’s insane property market will magically find sanity one day, don’t hold your breath. You will only suffocate. Forget that dream about owning a flat anytime soon. It will remain ... ( read original story ...)

According to JLL's mid-year 2018 Hong Kong property forecast, the upward march of housing prices will slow in the second half after the Government introduced a new vacancy tax and restrictions on the ... ( read original story ...)

The number of UK buy-to-let mortgage completions from Hong Kong residents soared over the past year according to new figures. Enquiries into the UK from Asia for expat mortgages have been increasing o... ( read original story ...)

I have written and ranted ad nauseam about the sorry state of housing in Hong Kong and the insanity of endlessly skyrocketing property prices in the world’s most expensive city to secure a roof over y... ( read original story ...)

Property prices do not always go up, not even in Hong Kong. It may look that way when we are all caught up in the middle of one of the most sustained real estate bull runs in the city’s history. But e... ( read original story ...)

We understand that our bureaucrats at the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation are no investment geniuses in the mould of Warren Buffett, but even they should be able to obtain a return of at least 4 per ce... ( read original story ...)

Tighter restrictions may be imposed on non-local homebuyers if necessary to rein in runaway property prices even as Hong Kong maintains its open-door policy on mainland Chinese migrants, Chief Executi... ( read original story ...)