Friday brings good news for Wheelock while Hong Kong homebuyers and China’s state owned enterprises are probably looking forward to get the week done with. Starting with the good, Wheelock won a residential site in its home market for HK$6.39… Read More>>
What Stamp Duty? Pair of HK Apartments Sell for $117M Two Days After Restriction Debuts
After just three days, it’s safe to say Hong Kong’s new home price stamp duty hasn’t quite worked as government officials would have hoped. The curbing measures, which took effect on Sunday, slapped a levy of 15 percent on residential… Read More>>
Shanghai Banks Told Not to Lend to Property Industry and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The headlines are full of stories of the Chinese government clamping down on credit to the real estate industry today, including comments from a top banking regulator saying that property loans are not a big issue. In other news, Hong… Read More>>
Vancouver Home Sales Fall 33% After Tax on Foreigners and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading the real estate market news today, home purchases in Vancouver fell by 33 percent last month after the government began taxing foreign home buyers, but the impact of a similar 15 tariff on non-residents of Hong Kong seems to… Read More>>
Mainland Billionaire Spends $580M to Add One Harbourgate to HK Portfolio
A Chinese property investor who spent HK$2.1 billion ($271 million) in June to acquire Hong Kong’s most expensive home has added to his portfolio in the city with the HK$4.5 billion ($580 million) purchase of the east tower in Wheelock… Read More>>
China Taiping Insurance Said Buying Kowloon Office Project for $580M
China Taiping Insurance is rumored to have won the race to acquire the One Harbourgate East Tower in Kowloon with a bid of HK$4.5 billion ($579.6 million), marking another foray by mainland financial services companies into the Hong Kong property… Read More>>
New HK Project Priced 10% Below 2nd-Hand Market and More Greater China Real Estate Headlines
Competition is rapidly bringing down Hong Kong’s housing prices as Wheelock is now offering discounts of nearly 20 percent on its new project. Meanwhile on the mainland, the housing recovery may be bailing out the broader economy, and a Chinese… Read More>>
Li Ka-Shing to Sell Bahamas Resort and More China Real Estate News 2016-03-17
What to do with an oversupply of housing that local customers won’t buy? The city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province is trying the time-honoured solution marketing these unwanted homes to people from out of town. Plus government officials prove that… Read More>>
Wheelock Puts Second Tower in Kowloon Project on the Block for $516M
Only a few weeks after selling two buildings in its One Harbourgate complex in Kowloon for a record HK$5.86 billion ($755 million), Hong Kong developer Wheelock and Company is said to be putting the second office tower in the project… Read More>>
China Life Buys Kowloon Office Tower From Wheelock for $755M
Mainland insurer China Life Insurance set a new record for purchase of a commercial property in Hong Kong’s Kowloon area by purchasing two buildings currently under development at Wheelock and Company’s One Harbourgate complex for HK$5.86 billion ($755 million).
The… Read More>>