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China’s home sales gain momentum as stimulus repairs confidence
Average weekly and monthly sales this month have risen substantially versus volumes before Beijing’s September 24 rescue package.
22 Oct 2024 - 4:03PM
Hong Kong property developers lift prices as sentiment improves
22 Oct 2024 - 10:02AM
‘Encouraging sign’ as China cuts mortgage rate, but heavy lifting still needed
21 Oct 2024 - 6:20PM
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Business
Hong Kong has more tools to revive, enhance property market: analysts
Robust home sales from first post-stimulus weekend suggest recent tweaks are beginning to inject confidence in the market.
21 Oct 2024 - 8:54AM
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Notices in Mong Kok encouraging buyers to take advantage of new property support measures in the 2024 policy address. Photo: Elson Li
China Business
Hong Kong developers launch mainland homes to catch hot demand
Companies experienced a surge in showroom visits during China’s ‘golden week’ holiday earlier this month.
20 Oct 2024 - 2:45PM
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Buyers swarm Hong Kong’s biggest home sales weekend in 6 months
Buyers snapped up more than 300 of 504 new flats across Blue Coast II in Wong Chuk Hang and Cullinan Sky in Kai Tak on Saturday.
20 Oct 2024 - 2:35PM
China Business
China’s home prices see biggest drop since 2015 despite efforts to revive market
New home prices in September fell 6.1 per cent year on year in 70 mainland cities, widening from a 5.7 per cent slump in August.
18 Oct 2024 - 12:59PM
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Policy
Beijing declares property sector has ‘bottomed out’, pledges more support
China’s housing ministry unveiled its plan to support the country’s property sector, with an expansion of funding to 4 trillion yuan.
18 Oct 2024 - 9:28AM
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Residents walk by a luxury housing construction site in Beijing. Photo: AP
Business
Hong Kong home-mortgage tweak creates ‘positive expectation’: Paul Chan
Analysts agree the change will spur buying, but caution a full recovery may take ‘years’ given a glut of new-home inventory.
17 Oct 2024 - 6:39PM
Policy
China goes all out to stabilise vital property sector: as it happened
Housing minister held a briefing along with officials from the central bank, Ministry of Finance and National Financial Regulatory Administration.
17 Oct 2024 - 10:46PM
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Business
Hong Kong eases mortgage lending restrictions to jump-start market
HKMA allows buyers to borrow up to 70% of a property’s value, with the aim of reviving the market where prices have declined by 6.2% in the year’s first eight months.
16 Oct 2024 - 7:37PM
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China Business
Data centres push Asia’s cross-border property investment towards 2-year high
Anticipated growth of 50 per cent will drive 2024 cross-border investments to about US$48 billion, according to Knight Frank.
16 Oct 2024 - 3:56PM
A pedestrian passes construction sites in Tokyo on September 18, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg
Business
‘Studying in Hong Kong’ brand to boost demand for student housing
Chief executive pledges to turn Hong Kong into an international hub for postsecondary education, earmarks over 80 hectares of land for university town.
16 Oct 2024 - 2:59PM
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Chinachem to sell Hong Kong flats at 2016 levels as recovery proves elusive
Developers still need to offer discounts as market purchasing power is still not sufficient, according to Martin Wong at Knight Frank.
15 Oct 2024 - 7:36PM
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Companies
Hong Kong tycoon Peter Lee looks for good karma in green investments
The Towngas chairman and devout Buddhist hopes to create a more sustainable future through his family office investments.
17 Oct 2024 - 3:32PM
Business
From Fila to Armani, brands snap up prime Hong Kong retail spaces
With rents as much as 65 per cent below historical highs, brands from Europe, the US and Japan see a chance to make a splash.
14 Oct 2024 - 8:30AM
Hopewell Mall in Wan Chai, set for a soft opening next month, and will have an occupancy rate of more than 90 per cent. Photo: Handout
Companies
Sun Hung Kai’s Cullinan Sky sees another weekend of brisk sales
Quantitative easing and a slew of economic stimulus measures from Beijing have increased buyer confidence, agents say.
12 Oct 2024 - 8:15PM
Business
Hong Kong to sell second logistics site on sweetened terms after feedback
The winner is to surrender 20 per cent of the floor space to the government to ensure its financial viability, instead of 30 per cent; plot ratio reduced to lessen cost.
11 Oct 2024 - 4:04PM
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China Business
China property: stabilisation effort gains pace in Hangzhou, Chengdu
Zhejiang province’s capital lifts price restrictions for homes built on newly acquired land and cuts initial payments for new and used homes.
10 Oct 2024 - 4:48PM
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China Business
Chinese developers scrap discounts after ‘golden week’ sales rebound
State-backed China Resources Land said it would withdraw the 2 per cent discounts for all its residential projects in Beijing.
11 Oct 2024 - 6:07PM
Taxis in Shenzhen near the border with Hong Kong. Photo: Bloomberg
Business
Hong Kong’s housing market lacks key ingredients to halt losses
Lower financing costs and greater wealth effect from stock gains are needed to overcome another year of declines in home prices, analysts say.
9 Oct 2024 - 10:00AM
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China Business
China’s housing market saw spurts of buying during ‘golden week’
Transactions of new homes jumped 27 per cent from a year earlier in an index that tracks deals across 25 mainland cities.
9 Oct 2024 - 9:27AM
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Hong Kong developers plan nearly 18,000 new flats amid rate cuts
The government has approved presale consent for several projects, with developers eager to offload unsold inventory.
8 Oct 2024 - 9:21AM
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Opinion
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Hong Kong’s small flats will drive international talent elsewhere
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Opinion
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To buy or not to buy in Hong Kong’s volatile property market?
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For Hong Kong to reach net zero, rethink our air-conditioned glass boxes
10 Mar 2024 - 5:30AM
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