The majority of Hong Kong people believe it is necessary to protect intellectual property rights, survey has found. A total of 1,003 members of the public responded to the survey. An overwhelming majo... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong yet to make the most of its iconic harbourfront
Moving the handprints of Hong Kong’s movie stars and their story panels up to the railings (they used to be trodden on, à la the Hollywood version) is also more logical and more respectful. Property t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘mortgage slaves’ help keep the market afloat
Many Hong Kong people seem to think property prices will only go up. That’s why as soon as there are reports of negative equity, alarm bells start ringing. Well, if you are a speculator, it’s very lat... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong sees 1st negative equity mortgage cases in 2 years
HONG KONG, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Hong Kong had its first cases of negative equity on residential mortgage loans in two years in the last quarter of 2018, according to the city's de facto central bank, as ... ( read original story ...)
HK sees negative equity cases for first time in two years
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Thursday its survey found 262 cases of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) in negative equity – the value of the property fell below the outstanding balan... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Mortgage loans down 20.7%
Residential mortgage loans approved in December fell 20.7% compared with the previous month to $23.5 billion, the Monetary Authority announced today. Mortgage loans financing primary market transactio... ( read original story ...)
HK$1.8b of home mortgages in negative equity
The aggregate value of home mortgage loans in negative equity at end-December added up to HK$1.18 billion and the unsecured portion of these loans amounted to HK$58 million, the Hong Kong Monetary Aut... ( read original story ...)