Data from Ricacorp Properties showed that for the week ended May 12, 176 second-hand flats were sold in the 50 largest private housing estates it monitors, up 24 per cent from 142 sales the...
- Sun
- May 19, 2013
- Updated: 5:16am
Trending topics
15 May 2013
3:06AM
4 comments
15 May 2013
In the Lohas Park development in Tseung Kwan O, rents dropped by up to 20 per cent last month, taking rates back to the same level as early last year, according to Alvin Ma, a senior district...
3:06AM
8 May 2013
Just eight flats sold at the 10 largest estates tracked by Centaline Property Agency over the weekend, versus 10 the previous weekend. Midland Realty's index of 35 estates fell 5 per cent week on...
2:34AM
26 Apr 2013
Market fears of a total halt in sales of new homes were dispelled yesterday after Hong Kong Ferry and Swire Properties said they would proceed with the sale of their new projects when new rules on...
4:13AM
24 Apr 2013
International consultant Savills, which until now has focused on broking big-ticket property transactions in Hong Kong as well as introducing overseas properties to Hong Kong buyers, is expanding...
5:20AM
23 Apr 2013
Hopes are growing that official efforts to cool Hong Kong's red-hot property market may finally be working. Two months ago the government doubled the stamp duty it charges typical home-buyers to...
4:45AM
Hong Kong home prices will fall by as much as a quarter as a result of the government's stepped-up measures to cool the housing market and rises in bank mortgage rates, equity research firm...
7:08AM
Cheung Kong sold the remaining 14 flats at One Kowloon West in Lai Chi Kok in two days after it added sweeteners on April 17, and a senior manager at a large local property agency said weekend...
2:50AM
Overall residential prices in the secondary market have dropped about 5 per cent since the government announced the doubling of stamp duty on February 22, it noted.
5:31AM
It's easy to mistake the dockers' strike as just that. But it's more than just industrial action for better pay and conditions. The strikers and their supporters consider it a struggle to restore...
3:14PM
The government's cooling measures "have created a severe situation for sellers", Centaline Property managing director Louis Chan Wing-kit said. "Some have waited for up to 40 days to clinch a deal...
5:47AM
Hong Kong touts itself as one of the world's elite cities and financial centres. However, the way it regulates the sale of new flats now is far from first class.
The new law governing home...
4:24AM
6:36AM
In Case You Missed It
Login
SCMP.com Account
or
Log in using a partner site
Log in using your Facebook account. What's this?
Don't have an SCMP.com account? Subscribe Now!