That means curbing the power of Hong Kong’s property tycoons and monopolies, finding a government-revenue model that doesn’t depend on sky-high property prices, and spending far more state resources ... ( read original story ...)
Democracy, Property and Oligarchy in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is in the midst of its worst political violence since the semiautonomous city’s handover to China in 1997. Defusing the crisis—and maintaining its status as a global financial powerhouse and ... ( read original story ...)
Hongkong Land: Leasing Business Remains Defensive, Capitalizing On Opportunities In China Residential
... over U.S.-China trade tensions and ongoing protests impacting its Central Hong Kong investment property portfolio, and its increasing exposure to Mainland China development properties ... ( read original story ...)
Will Hongkong Land be able to withstand weakening office space demand?
SINGAPORE (Aug 6): Hongkong Land, the property group which is a member of the Jardine group, reported a 63% fall in 1H19 earnings ended June to US$411 million ($568 million) from US$1.1 billion in ... ( read original story ...)
How is Hong Kong’s property market affected by the protest crisis and how much can youth anger be linked to home ownership?
Hong Kong’s economy is stagnating, if it has not entered recession yet. Official figures show the city was already in negative growth for the second quarter over the previous three-month period, with ... ( read original story ...)
As protests rock Hong Kong, money may flee to safer and cheaper property markets
As Hong Kong’s political crisis enters a dangerous new phase, with the protests erupting into violence , the city’s reputation among investors is taking a severe knock. The territory’s rule of law and ... ( read original story ...)
The future of Hong Kong’s property market is looking ‘dim,’ researcher says
The future for Hong Kong's property market is bleak, a commercial real estate services researcher predicts. That expectation comes amid a possible U.S. recession and China-U.S. trade tensions. ... ( read original story ...)
Mortgages for new flats drop to HK$11.5b in June
Hong Kong's mortgage applications in June decreased by 27.1 percent month-on-month to 12,732, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority says.Mortgage loans approved in June fell 14.6 percent month-to-month to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s inventory of unsold residential property rises to a decade-high of 10,000 homes as trade war, protests deterred buyers
Hong Kong’s inventory of unsold residential property rose to the highest in more than a decade, as uncertainties brought by the US-China trade war and the city’s ongoing political unrest deterred ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Is a fresh wave of foreign homebuyers coming from Hong Kong (again)?
Perhaps, if those buyers are really motivated. And the recent political unrest in Hong Kong could well be enough to create that momentum. It seems that potential property buyers from Hong Kong (once ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong home prices seen weakening after huge protests but only briefly-realtors
Real estate consultancy Colliers International (CIGI.O) forecast housing prices in one of the world’s most expensive property markets will fall 4% in the second half, but still rise 6% for the full ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong residents flock to buy in London amid political and civil unrest
There has been a surge in the number of Hong Kong residents travelling to London to invest in residential property, according to luxury London estate agency Aston Chase. Amid significant political and ... ( read original story ...)
Violence in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long casts long shadow over property projects in New Territories
Mob violence in areas such as Yuen Long will affect demand for new projects in the northern New Territories of Hong Kong, with sales expected to drop 20 per cent this month, Centaline Property Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong’s angry and disillusioned youth are making their voices heard
But many young people in what is one of the world’s most densely populated and expensive cities are also infuriated by Over the past decade, Hong Kong’s residential property prices have skyrocketed by ... ( read original story ...)