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Will sharp rises in interest rates diminish Hong Kong’s love affair with property?
Concerns about the city’s slowing economy, and continued restrictions to control the coronavirus could also deter buyers, property agents said. → Read More
Hong Kong’s retail landscape is changing as landlords lure restaurants to fill spaces abandoned by shops during pandemic
The mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to leave during the pandemic. → Read More
Veteran investors are snapping up Hong Kong retail property assets in sign market slump is ending, Colliers says
The next six months is a great time to invest in retail assets, according to Colliers. Easing of social-distancing rules, border reopening hopes and long-term appreciation in Northern Metropolis are some of the reasons. → Read More
Investors turn Hong Kong hotel assets into co-living space on higher occupancy, profit appeal
The appeal of higher occupancy and profitability is driving investors to buy and convert more hotels in the city into co-living ventures, industry consultants say. → Read More
Hong Kong home prices slip from all-time high amid concerns about stock market wealth, policy speculation
Lived-in home prices retreated in August for the first time this year from an all-time high. Analysts blamed it on concerns surrounding negative wealth effect and policy curbs. → Read More
Standard Chartered eyes threefold increase in wealth management revenues from Greater Bay Area
Standard Chartered plans to hire 1,500 people over the next three to four years to support its overall Greater Bay Area plan as it eyes a slice of the US$46.5 billion Wealth Management Connect. → Read More
Sun Hung Kai chairman pins retail, hospitality recovery hopes on ‘normal flow of people’ between Hong Kong, mainland
The progress of vaccinations and the lifting of cross-border travel restrictions were prerequisites for a full recovery of the retail sector, Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, SHKP’s chairman and managing director, said on Thursday. → Read More
Fivelements to shut Times Square spa amid quibbles over rent, as uncertainty about Hong Kong’s recovery stymies businesses
Fivelements is the latest to pull back, as businesses grapple with how to price Hong Kong’s commercial real estate while consumption is yet to fully recover. → Read More
Hong Kong’s mass-housing rental market picks up as mainland Chinese students snap up even haunted flats
Rents are likely to rise 10 per cent in this half due to demand from mainland students, economic recovery and vaccinations, Centaline’s Louis Chan says. → Read More
Hong Kong’s real estate deals jump to 24-year high in first half buoyed by upbeat economic sentiment
Real estate deals reached HK$468.71 billion (US$60.4 billion) in the January to June period, the most since HK$483.6 billion in the first half of 1997, according to data compiled by Midland Realty. → Read More
Hong Kong sees rising interest in property auctions, as housing market outlook improves
Interest in property auctions has risen amid a boom in Hong Kong’s housing market, despite a decline in the number of properties foreclosed. → Read More
Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices within touching distance of pre-protest days, could set record over next two months
Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices were within touching distance of pre-protest days and could set a record over the next two months. → Read More
Hong Kong to abolish stamp duty on commercial property in move designed to boost small firms’ cash flows
The abolition of the stamp duty on commercial property is expected to help companies receive a fair price for their assets. → Read More
Hong Kong’s Link Reit announces entry to Europe with US$487.5 million acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s London home
Hong Kong-based Link Reit, Asia’s largest real estate investment trust, has announced its entry into Europe with a £380 million (US$487.5 million) deal for an office complex housing Morgan Stanley’s headquarters in London. → Read More
Hong Kong hoteliers issue SOS as plunging rates touch US$9 a night and occupancy hits 20 per cent amid protests
Hong Kong hotel operators have called on the government to waive rents and even allow properties to offer empty rooms on long-term leases, or for sale, as a way of survival amid a steep decline in occupancy and rates brought on by 16 weeks of protests in the city. → Read More
Sun Hung Kai’s hotel, shopping mall businesses take a drubbing as tourist numbers plunge amid Hong Kong protests
Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest developer by value in the world’s least affordable housing market, said its hotel and shopping centre businesses have been hit hard by the protests that are shaking Hong Kong to its core and deterring visitors. → Read More
These two Hong Kong developers are set to release thousands of new homes this year to bolster profits
Hong Kong’s two top developers revealed plans to sell more than 3,600 homes by the end of the year to support earnings as the outlook for the property market appears uncertain. → Read More
Sun Hung Kai Properties wins Tai Po land parcel at auction for HK$6.31 billion
Sun Hung Kai Properties won a residential parcel in Tai Po for a higher-than-expected HK$6.31 billion (US$804 million) on Friday, its second successful government land tender in a month.... → Read More
Micro-sized housing project in Sham Shui Po offers discounts ... and cheapest new Hong Kong homes since 2016
Hong Kong’s newest micro-sized housing project has been priced at levels that represent a double-digit percentage discount to similar offerings released only a few months earlier.... → Read More
High data centre rents have allowed three firms to dominate US$883 million Hong Kong market
Land scarcity and some of the highest rents in Asia-Pacific have allowed three operators of data centres to dominate the market – estimated at US$883 million – in Hong Kong.... → Read More