Hong Kong shares end at 23-month high, buoyed by property

June 1 Hong Kong's benchmark stock index finished on Thursday at a 23-month high, bolstered by property shares as Chinese money flowed steadily into the city's market. The Hang Seng index ended up 0.6 percent at 25,809.22, while the China Enterprises Index ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Housing Prices Are Still out of Control

If you speak to any Hong Kong resident, the conversation will invariably be directed to the subject of property prices. That’s no surprise given that earlier this year, Hong Kong was crowned the world’s least affordable city by research organization ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong throngs defy efforts to cool housing market

Snaking queues of thousands of prospective apartment buyers in Hong Kong signalled authorities have made no progress in cooling a red-hot property market, where prices are at records. People were lining up last Friday and over the weekend at Victoria Skye ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong commercial land sold at record price

In terms of price per square foot, Henderson's purchase still held the record at about HK$50,000, compared to about HK$13,000 paid by Nan Fung at the Kai Tak site, said Denis Ma, research head at property consultancy JLL Hong Kong. "The price is a bit of a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s drawndown mortgage loans in April fall 15 pct m/m

May 31 (Reuters) - New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$21.2 billion ($2.72 billion) in April, down 15.0 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Wednesday. Following is the breakdown of data from ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong homebuilders to face tougher limits on bank borrowing

The HKMA hopes that by cutting the amount of financing available to the homebuilder it will discourage the developers from offering generous mortgages to buyers – something seen by most observers as hindering efforts to deflate Hong Kong’s sizzling ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong tightens rules on bank loans for property developers

HONG KONG May 12 Hong Kong on Friday imposed stricter restrictions on bank lending to developers, warning there was a need to review credit risks posed by property companies in one of the world's most expensive real estate markets. Home prices in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)