3 d. ago Hibor plunge a bigger deal for stock market than Hong Kong’s property sector

Hong Kong needs all the help it can get. Since 2018, the city has suffered one shock after another, preventing a meaningful recovery from taking hold and fuelling concerns about its position as a global financial centre. As an importer of US monetary policy with an economy that is far more synchronised with that of mainland China, Hong Kong has been the biggest casualty of economic and policy divergence between the world’s two largest economies, prompting renewed questions about the suitability...

Economics

1 week ago Japan and Singapore show even property safe havens are not problem

Two findings stood out in CBRE’s survey on Asia’s commercial property investment market published last month. The first was that Japan alone accounted for 36 per cent of transaction volumes in the first quarter of this year. The second was that it was easily the most popular market among cross-border investors, with 86 per cent of respondents describing their level of interest in Japan as very strong or fairly strong. These findings underscore the strong appeal of a market that has long been...

Politics

1 week ago Hong Kong’s veteran investors face the heat in sinking property market

Hong Kong’s commercial market declines have left some of the city’s once-prosperous veteran investors struggling financially, with experts expecting distressed sales to continue amid plunging property valuations. In April, receivers took over the luxury detached mansion in Pok Fu Lam where “Cassette King” David Chan Ping-chi and his family had lived since the 1980s, marketing it for HK$430 million (US$54.8 million) last week. Chan, who defaulted on a loan of about HK$350 million from Fubon Bank...

Economics

1 week ago Tepid sales at Uni Residence as competition heats up in new home market

Competition is intensifying in Hong Kong’s new residential property market as improved sentiment and declining mortgage rates have prompted developers to offer attractive prices to entice buyers. Homebuyers snapped up just 58 of the 100 flats on offer on the first day of sales at Uni Residence in Tai Wai, agents said. Five out of 10 flats offered by tender were also sold, generating about HK$38 million (US$4.8 million). In contrast, Henderson Land’s The Henley in Kai Tak sold 78 of 80 units on...

Society

1 week ago HKEX chairman Carlson Tong sells Pok Fu Lam luxury home for US$9 million

The chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) sold a house in Pok Fu Lam for HK$70 million (US$8.9 million), around three times what he paid for it a quarter of a century ago, amid signs of improving sentiment in the luxury residential property market. Carlson Tong Ka-shing bought the 3,114 sq ft, four-bedroom house at Villa Cecil – 200 Victoria Road in Pok Fu Lam – in 2000 for HK$23.2 million, according to Land Registry records. The selling price translates to about HK$22,479 per...

Politics

2 w. ago Hot Shanghai property market defies national slump as luxury units sell quickly

Luxury developments such as One Central Park fetch high prices from rich buyers who are undeterred by economic uncertainty.

Politics

2 w. ago Hong Kong homebuyers flock to latest Sierra Sea units as mortgage rates ease

The temporary truce in the tariff wars between the US and China also helped improve sentiment in the property market, according to agents.

Economics

3 w. ago China cuts key mortgage rate to spur property market. Is a rebound in sight?

Cuts come amid Beijing’s broader efforts to revive China’s real estate sector, which has been a persistent drag on the economy.

Economics

3 w. ago Hong Kong property: new pricing weighs on home market as tariff war hurts demand

Projects in New Territories are being priced below second-hand properties, while mainland Chinese buyers are driving demand in Kowloon.

Society