As if the possibility of getting tear gassed during a late night search for noodles isn’t enough, Hong Kong residents are now being warned by a Swiss bank that they need to worry about the value of their homes collapsing.
Henderson, New World May Hand Over Plots as HK Govt Explores Land Requisitioning
Two of Hong Kong’s largest developers have expressed their willingness to hand over part of their land banks for housing development as the government looks into requisitioning underused plots in a bid to lessen a home shortage.
On Thursday, Henderson… Read More>>
68% in Citi Survey Say It’s a Terrible Time to Buy a Home in Hong Kong
Homebuyer confidence in Hong Kong’s residential market, which as recently as April had led experts including UBS to predict a bull run that would last at least another decade, is in a state of free fall, according to a Citibank… Read More>>
China Developer Financing Drops by 58% Amid Lending Clampdown
Financing for Chinese property developers plunged by 58.15 percent month-on-month in August amid an intensifying government clampdown on the housing market, according to data cited by the Securities Times.
Total new financing provided to China’s builders reached RMB 36.83 billion… Read More>>
Hong Kong Retail Real Estate Transactions Fall 47% in August
The uncertainties of the US-China trade war negotiations and the political turmoil in Hong Kong have combined to cool down investor interest in Hong Kong’s property market, with sales of retail real estate bearing the brunt of investor reluctance… Read More>>
China’s PBOC Sets Minimum Mortgage Rates in Latest Bid to Control Housing Prices
The People’s Bank of China has unveiled a new minimum interest rate system for home loans according to an announcement on the central bank’s official WeChat social media account, as the mainland government continues to clamp down on the housing… Read More>>
Office Vacancy in Hong Kong’s Central District Rises to 3-Year High
Vacancy in Hong Kong’s normally red-hot Central office market, which boasts the most expensive commercial property in the world, rose to a three-year high in July amid increasing economic uncertainty, according to JLL’s latest Property Market Monitor report.
The property… Read More>>
APAC Data Centre Market Predicted to Grow to $28B by 2024
The Asia Pacific data centre market is expected to overtake North America to become the largest in the world by 2021, according to property services consultancy Cushman and Wakefield.
Underpinned by a surge in demand for cloud services and digitisation,… Read More>>
Hong Kong Commercial Real Estate Transactions Fell 42% in 2019 Q2
As discontent over the government’s extradition bill roiled the Hong Kong economy, and with mainland authorities keeping a tight clamp on cash, commercial real estate transaction volume fell over 42 percent in Hong Kong during the second quarter of this… Read More>>
China Banking Regulator Launches Crackdown on Property Lending in 32 Cities
Sales for China’s top 100 developers fell 29 percent for the first seven months of 2019, as the government has continued a year-long clampdown on the housing market, and that trend could be set to continue, as the country’s top… Read More>>
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