HONG KONG, Feb. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Shojin Property Partners ("Shojin"), a London-based property investment company conducted a two-day investor presentation in Hong Kong for the first time ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong regulator begins an unusual savings plan to raise HK$1 billion to afford owning an office in the world’s costliest city
Hong Kong’s securities regulator has revealed an unusual savings ... which puts the SFC in a position to review its options. With a mortgage on up to 50 per cent of the property’s value, the SFC can a... ( read original story ...)
Powell’s `Patience’ Is Relief for Hong Kong as Pressures Mount
While abundant liquidity has kept Hong Kong mortgage rates low--the prime rate has only risen once in the same period that the Fed hiked nine times--the more the Fed hikes, the greater the pressure on ... ( read original story ...)
Mortgage Delinquencies Drop to 18-Year Low in U.S.
In Florida, the non-seasonally-adjusted overall mortgage delinquency rate on all loans dropped 458 basis points from last year, to 4.31 percent. According to Knight Frank's latest Global Outlook Repor... ( read original story ...)
New Home Mortgage Applications Rise in January
According to Knight Frank's latest Global Outlook Report, Hong Kong will retain its title as the world's most expensive office market despite rents being forecast to decrease in 2019. According to the ... ( read original story ...)
Mainland developers face hard choices as the fizz goes out of the Hong Kong property boom
Mainland Chinese developers who arrived late to the Hong Kong real estate party are among the first to suffer the hangover. Property analysts are pointing at developers who bid lavishly two years ago ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong man admits to dangerous driving after car mounts pavement and hits woman, severing her leg
A Hong Kong property agent on Monday admitted to driving so dangerously that his car mounted a pavement and severed the leg of a woman who was waiting for a minibus with her two-year-old daughter. The ... ( read original story ...)
A bridge to Hong Kong’s centrally planned future?
Ironically, Hong Kong could most benefit from some economic planning a la Beijing. Since its return to China in 1997, the city that prides itself on free markets has not only struggled to evolve, it h... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, China buyers pause investments in Australian real estate on concern of post-election increase in capital-gains tax
A recent surge in demand for Australian property from wealthy Hongkongers and mainland Chinese could be dampened by the country’s upcoming elections, industry experts warned. Data from London-based Re... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong property tzars team up for new Phang Nga development “Aquella”
Two of Hong Kong’s leading entrepreneurs Allan Zeman and Richard Li are developing a mixed-use project in Thai Muang, Phang Nga named Aquella. The initial phase of the development includes a par 72, 1... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong homeowners facing HK$5.1 million bill as government steps up campaign to claim unpaid stamp duty
Hong Kong’s government has started cracking down hard on homeowners suspected of evading stamp duty that was imposed to discourage speculation and cool down the property market, taking two cases to co... ( read original story ...)
HK property market may cool further amid jitters
Hong Kong's overheated property market may be in for further cooling in the Year of the Pig with investors jittery about the global outlook, especially as simmering tensions between the United States ... ( read original story ...)
Office rents in Hong Kong’s Central district to fall by up to 7 per cent as trade war dampens Chinese firms’ expansion plans, says Knight Frank
Other property consultancies released similarly gloomy outlooks ... dragged by factors that include Beijing's crackdown on debt and risky spending. Hong Kong is likely to keep its crown as the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel
Hong Kong's Ocean Park finally welcomed its first hotel since opening more than four decades ago. Prudence Lui checks into this much-anticipated property with her teenage daughter, and finds a destina... ( read original story ...)