According to the Real Estate Institute of Australia, selling real estate sight unseen is becoming more popular with international buyers keen to snap up property here A Hong Kong buyer recently purchased a home on Sydney's North Shore for $3.65million ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong | Apartment sets Asia price record amid gov’t curbs
A luxury home in Hong Kong set a price record for apartment sales in Asia, even as the government seeks to tame property prices in the world’s least affordable market. The penthouse duplex unit in Henderson Land Development Co.’s 39 Conduit Road ... ( read original story ...)
Imagine Hong Kong with affordable housing and universal pension for all
How much of Hong Kong’s political poison would drain away if the city supplied enough land—and, yes, there is plenty available; don’t believe the Great Land Crunch myth perpetuated by fat-cat property developers and their cronies in government —to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks flirt with 10-year high
amid big gains in Chinese property developers and index heavyweight 0700, +0.63% The internet giant rose another 0.8% in early action, hitting fresh record highs. It has surged 85% in 2017. Hong Kong markets will be closed Thursday, while there is no ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong Creative Industries Association cuts revenue of copyright infringing websites by 14%
The introduction of the IWL follows a scheme named 'Operation Creative' led by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). The scheme has listed about 1,500 pirate websites, and involves over 130 advertising associations and companies. Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Japanese stocks drive Asian shares up
Japanese and Hong Kong share markets led Asian stocks higher on Wednesday ... Growth in China, the world's no. 2 economy, has held up remarkably well this year despite curbs on the property market and risky forms of lending, thanks to a construction ... ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong penthouse just sold for over $13K psf
despite efforts from the government to cool down property prices, according to Bloomberg. The unit is 4,971 square feet and includes three parking spots and a private swimming pool. Prices for homes in Hong Kong hit record highs this year and climbed for ... ( read original story ...)
A Hong Kong apartment sets an Asian price record, amid government curbs
Hong Kong home prices hit all-time highs this year ... The local monetary authority in the same month introduced fresh curbs on second-home mortgages as well as borrowers whose income is derived mainly from overseas sources. The recently sold home was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Apartment Sets Asia Price Record Amid Government Curbs
Hong Kong home prices hit all-time highs this year ... The local monetary authority in the same month introduced fresh curbs on second-home mortgages as well as borrowers whose income is derived mainly from overseas sources. The recently sold home was ... ( read original story ...)
13,000 buyers swamp Tseung Kwan O property project for just 400 flats, despite Hong Kong official warning about market
“Judging from Hong Kong’s history and property markets around the world ... He would not rule out another round of tightening measures on property mortgage loans, as he said there were no signs of a downward cycle in the market at the moment. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Aug drawndown mortgage loans fall 13.3 pct
Sept 29 (Reuters) - New mortgage loans drawn down in Hong Kong totalled HK$28.1 billion ($3.60 billion) in August, down 13.3 percent from a month earlier, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) data showed on Friday. The following is the breakdown of data ... ( read original story ...)
HK private home prices soar, HKMA chief warns against overheating market
The head of the city’s de facto central bank, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, struck a note of caution against homebuyers piling into the market. “The risk of the property market overheating still exists,” Norman Chan, head of HKMA, told reporters. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong private home prices climb to fresh highs in August
HONG KONG, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s private home prices climbed to a fresh peak in August, hitting highs for the 10th month in a row and extending gains to a 17th month, government data released on Friday showed. Prices of private domestic homes ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore home prices have bottomed, Hong Kong ‘crazy.’
Singapore property prices have declined for 15 quarters - the longest slide since data was first published in 1975 - as the government rolled out a series of curbs. Home values have dropped 12 per cent from their 2013 peak, while Hong Kong prices reached ... ( read original story ...)