The fast-growing technology, media and communications sector is taking a significantly larger share of the total office leasing market both in Hong Kong and Beijing, according to property...
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- Oct 3, 2013
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Prices of property in areas surrounding the newly established free-trade zone in Shanghai's Pudong New Area have soared by up to 20 per cent in the past two months, triggering warnings of...
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Some Hong Kong developers are releasing high-end homes for sale to test potential demand from mainland buyers over the "golden week" holiday which ends on October 7.
5:26AM
On the first floor of a hulking residential building, at the end of a dimly lit corridor, a narrow door opens up into Hong Kong's economic underbelly.
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According to latest data from the Central Statistics Office, Dublin's residential property prices grew by 3.3 per cent in July, gaining 8 per cent year-on-year. This contrasts with house prices in...
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Editor's Pick
CapitaLand, Southeast Asia's biggest developer, said prices and sales of Singapore residential properties would moderate because of government measures to curb speculation.
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Interiors & Living
What: Side chair
Why: Replica of a Saarinen chair from the 1950s
How much: HK$3,950
Where: Indigo Living, 6/F, Horizon Plaza, 2 Lee Wing Street, Ap Lei Chau, tel: 2555 0540
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Hong Kong & China
As we contemplate the future strategic direction of Hong Kong, a recurring area of debate is whether the city's current operating model is the most efficient and effective in terms of the...
5:28AM
Hong Kong's shop rents are high, but international retailers are willing to pay a premium to secure a foothold in the market, according to Chen Tien Yue, the executive director of Malaysian-based...
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Developers may have left themselves very little room for profits by paying high prices for sites on the mainland in recent months, say analysts.
2:50PM
Prices of property in areas surrounding the newly established free-trade zone in Shanghai's Pudong New Area have soared by up to 20 per cent in the past two months, triggering warnings of...
2:39PM
Some Hong Kong developers are releasing high-end homes for sale to test potential demand from mainland buyers over the "golden week" holiday which ends on October 7.
5:26AM
Rising construction costs will act as a brake on falling property prices, limiting any declines to about 10 per cent, says New World Development chairman Henry Cheng Kar-shun.
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International
From yesterday, banks have to keep lending to borrowers with mortgage deposits of less than 20 per cent of a property's value - so-called high loan-to-value ratio lending (LVR) - to no more than...
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Chinese investors, including some from Hong Kong, have bought property near drilling rigs in the northern United States to share in the country's oil boom.
5:12AM
The Dubai Land Department will raise the transaction fee to 4 per cent from 2 per cent from Sunday, its director general, Sultan Bin Mejren, said. The change will apply to residential and...
5:47AM
The flight by foreign companies from violent unrest in Egypt threatens to drive up vacancy rates at offices and shopping centres and prompt international investors to shift funds to sub-Saharan...
5:48AM
According to latest data from the Central Statistics Office, Dublin's residential property prices grew by 3.3 per cent in July, gaining 8 per cent year-on-year. This contrasts with house prices in...
5:12AM
House prices in England and Wales posted their biggest month-on-month gain in more than six years in September, but talk of a price bubble is overdone, property analysis firm Hometrack said in a...
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Q&A With Our Experts
Q: I began renting a three-bedroom flat at Bel-Air in Cyberport with a car parking space for about HK$60,000 a month two years ago. My lease will expire in October. I hear there are more flats available for lease and rents are falling as property sales are not active.
I plan to renew the lease. By how much should I ask the flat owner to cut the rent?
Full answerQ: I have just become a permanent resident and am looking to make Hong Kong my first home. My budget is up to HK$12 million. My shortlisted choices are a one-bedroom flat at Sun Hung Kai Properties' The Arch or a two-bedroom flat at Cheung Kong's Victoria Towers. I would prefer an apartment with a good view but the choices are limited.
Full answerQ: I'm an expatriate from Europe. I plan to buy a flat in the Hong Kong Parkview estate for my own use. It will cost about HK$19 million. How much stamp duty do I need to pay and are there any other new rules I should be aware of?
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