First-Time Buyer

Fewer buyers expected at electronics fair

14 Apr 2009

Asia's biggest electronics trade show opened yesterday at the newly expanded Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, but exhibitors expect to see fewer buyers and overseas orders this year,...

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No plans for starter loan scheme

8 Jan 2009

There are no plans to resume the Home Starter Loan Scheme to help first-time buyers, Secretary for Transport and Housing Eva Cheng has said. She was responding to legislator Gary Chan Hak-kan's...

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Shanghai relaxes more rules on property sector

30 Dec 2008

Oversupply puts pressure on prices, analysts say

Despite the Shanghai government's efforts to revive the property market by easing rules for people buying a second home, prices...

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Recovery in mainland property market expected to be short-lived

9 Dec 2008

Home purchases in some major mainland cities rebounded last month, but property consultants are unimpressed.

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Scotland and Northern Ireland still leading the pack

14 Mar 2007

Britain's regional property markets experienced considerable variations in fortune last year, with Scotland and Northern Ireland leading for the second year running. London is reasserting its...

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Prices turn London workers into commuters

28 Jun 2006

Londoners are leaving the British capital because they can no longer afford the property prices, analysts have revealed.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Britain to launch reits next year

But critics say the tight planning system means developers cannot build enough homes to satisfy supply

The British property sector was less than enthralled by British Chancellor of...

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Playing politics

Legislators now seem to realise their blunder in vetoing a government plan to provide more assistance for first-time buyers.

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Tung sorry for buyers

THE Chief Executive sympathises with property buyers who have not secured mortgages because of the property slump.

Tung Chee-hwa, however, said the Home Starter Loan Scheme was not...

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Home loan hope for first-time buyers

Young professionals can expect to buy new flats of about 800 square feet in urban areas when government loans to help first-time buyers go on offer next Friday.

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Downturn could become a dream

PROSPECTIVE flat buyers could consider saving up their year-end bonus to take advantage of the property downturn to achieve the dream of home ownership.

The bonus amount may be a...

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Buyers move in as prices hit lowest level in generation

British homes will become their most affordable for a generation this year because of tax and interest rate cuts, new research shows.

Buying activity will subsequently rise in both...

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