Singapore home sales lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today after deals for new housing took a 30 percent jump, while a Chinese e-commerce giant and a large mainland developer are among the shortlisted bidders… Read More>>
Mainland Home Prices Rise as HK Goes Quiet and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Housing markets lead the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that home prices grew at their fastest pace in nearly half a year on China’s mainland, at the same time that sales in… Read More>>
Steak House Carves 80% Off Queen’s Road Lease and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
With anti-extradition law protests rocking the core of Hong Kong, the property market in the world’s least affordable place to live has gone quiet in the past week.
With activity slowing, a US steak house has found a spot in… Read More>>
HK Housing Sales Jumped 50% in May, But Analysts Warn of Coming 10% Price Slide
Despite growing uncertainty over the US-China trade war and protests of a proposed extradition law, the value of homes sold in Hong Kong reached HK$78.4 billion in May, up 11.9 percent compared with April and 50.3 percent higher than the… Read More>>
HK$58 Million Shave on Hong Kong Villa Takes Shine Off Luxury Market
Hong Kong’s bellwether for extravagant living — housing prices atop Victoria Peak — suffered a proper dinging after a residence in the tony Mount Nicholson development sold at a price whose discount alone would build a stately mansion almost anywhere… Read More>>
HNA Sells Hong Kong Properties at 30% Discount
Distressed mainland conglomerate HNA Group has reportedly taken a big loss on properties it owned in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district, selling them off this past week for HK$70 million less than what it paid for them just last year.
Citi Survey Says 57% of Hong Kongers Expect Home Prices to Drop in 2019
Most Hong Kong homeowners now expect home prices to drop over the next 12 months, a sharp increase over the 29 percent who foresaw a declining market in the previous quarter and the 9 percent who had the same expectations… Read More>>
Hong Kong Housing Starts Dropped 33% in 2017 After 2016 Surge
Hong Kong saw a 33 percent plunge in the number of private residential units that started construction last year, falling from 25,500 in 2016 to 17,000, according to figures from the city’s Transport and Housing Bureau.
Although the decline may… Read More>>
New Flats Hit 13-Year High in 2017 and More Hong Kong Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s Hong Kong real estate news, 2017 marked a 13-year high for the construction of private flats. And if that’s not enough to ease the city’s housing crisis, the operator of Kwai Tsing port facility is talking about building… Read More>>
Sino Land Buys Mong Kok Site for Fourth New Project in Five Weeks
Developer Sino Land teamed with Chuang’s Consortium International to grab a site in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district yesterday for an estimated HK$1.8-2 billion ($230 -256 million), according to a statement released by the city’s Urban Renewal Authority.
The purchase… Read More>>
