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1. News - Hong Kong

   Applications flood in for first batch of subsidised flats

   Posted Dec 28th 2012, 02:31pm by LO WEI

   ... News Hong Kong Subsidised flats Lo Wei Applications began flooding in on Friday morning from Hongkongers hoping to buy a subsidised flat under the government’s new My Home Purchase Plan. Competition is expected to be heavy for the first offering under the plan – Greenview Villa in Tsing Yi, where 988 flats in a three-block estate are expected to be available in 2015. Many home ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1114322/applications-flood-first-batch-subsidised-flats
2. News - Hong Kong - HOUSING

   Housing Authority to allow higher earners to apply for subsidised flats

   Posted Nov 30th 2012, 12:00am by NG KANG-CHUNG

   ... News Hong Kong Housing Authority Subsidised flats Ng Kang-chung kc.ng@scmp.com Housing Authority backs a proposal allowing households that earn up to HK$40,000 a month to apply to buy subsidised homes As many as 270,000 home buyers seeking bargains will be able to vie for up to 5,000 used government-subsidised units from next January under a revised home ownership scheme. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1094266/housing-authority-allow-higher-earners-apply-subsidised-flats
3. News - Hong Kong - HOUSING

   Subsidised flats for young people won't be ready for four years

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by DENNIS CHONG AND LAUREN HO

   ... News Hong Kong Housing Subsidised flats Young people Dennis Chong and Lauren Ho And there will only be 300 up for grabs when the first projects in subsidised scheme are ready It will take up to four years to finish the first lot of subsidised housing for young people under a new scheme - but that will amount to fewer than 300 flats. That is despite Chief Executive Leung ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1144816/subsidised-flats-young-people-wont-be-ready-four-years
4. Property - Hong Kong & China - MAINLAND

   Affordable-housing sales poor in tier-one mainland cities

   Posted Feb 20th 2013, 12:00am by Yvonne Liu

   ... of a subsidised housing project in Shanghai last year. "We thought the units would be popular, as housing demand is strong and the prices of those flats are up to 30 per cent below prices ...

   http://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1154007/affordable-housing-sales-poor-tier-one-mainland-cities
5. News - Hong Kong - WELFARE

   Waiting list for subsidised elderly homes may last 50 years

   Posted Jan 19th 2013, 12:00am by Colleen Lee, Emily Tsang

   ... News Hong Kong CY Leung policy address 2013 Elderly subsidised homes Colleen Lee and Emily Tsang As thousands queue for subsidised homes, the 1,700 places pledged by chief executive in his policy address are likely to have little impact Clearing the waiting list for government-subsidised homes for the elderly could take up to 50 years if provision increases at the pace outlined ... do anyway, for the public rental housing and also for the subsidized home purchase, while their income is low now. The civil servants were and still are not doing their job properly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131332/waiting-list-subsidised-elderly-homes-may-last-50-years
6. News - Hong Kong - HOUSING

   Home Ownership Scheme flats attract queue at launch

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by Johnny Tam, LO WEI

   ... government-subsidised flats put out under a revised Home Ownership Scheme (HOS). Among the roughly 600 prospective buyers who turned up at the authority's customer service centre in Lok Fu in the morning, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1120041/home-ownership-scheme-flats-attract-queue-launch
7. Property - Hong Kong & China - LOANS

   Mortgage insurance market set for boost from HOS

   Posted Dec 05th 2012, 12:00am by Sandy Li

   ... Property Hong Kong & China Home Ownership Scheme Mortgage Insurance Subsidised flats HOS Sandy Li sandy.li@scmp.com Protected loans set for a boost due to decline in sales and prospect of many more buyers hoping to pick up HOS properties with 90pc deals Big rises announced by the government last week in the income and asset caps for applicants seeking to buy subsidised housing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1097449/mortgage-insurance-market-set-boost-hos
8. News - Hong Kong

   Subsidised housing comes first, says authority adviser Stanley Wong

   Posted Sep 12th 2012, 12:00am by Joyce Ng

   ... the Home Ownership Scheme [HOS]." He disagreed there was a need for a plan announced by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying two weeks ago to work out a new subsidised housing scheme. ... 2012 6:25am The housing crisis in HK is clearly at the low end of the economic spectrum. Cage homes are a disgrace and illegally subdivided ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1034507/subsidised-housing-comes-first-says-authority-adviser-stanley-wong
9. News - Hong Kong - PROPERTY

   Thousands sign up for subsidised homes after Leung policy fails to impress

   Posted Jan 18th 2013, 03:35pm

   ... News Hong Kong Property subsidised housing Greenview Villa HOS Lai Ying-kit Discounted new homes and HOS secondary market flats vastly oversubscribed Hundreds of homebuyers flocked to submit their forms as the application for 5,988 flats under two subsidised housing schemes drew to a close late on Friday. Some applicants who turned up at the Housing Society’s office in Tai ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1130954/thousands-sign-subsidised-homes-after-leung-policy-fails-impress
10. News - Hong Kong - PROPERTY

    Young people flood subsidised housing projects

    Posted Jan 19th 2013, 12:00am by NG KANG-CHUNG

    ... News Hong Kong subsidised housing Housing Authority Young people Ng Kang-chung kc.ng@scmp.com Two subsidised housing schemes are inundated with applications from the young and single - taking local real estate experts by surprise Young people have emerged as the keenest home hunters, with almost two-thirds of applications for two government-subsidised housing schemes being made ... to be eligible. The parents will pay the price of the flat and view it a giving their kids a place to live that is cheap (starter home). Those kids must apply now as 2-3 years later they will earn too ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1131194/young-people-flood-subsidised-housing-projects

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