Cage Homes : an art exhibit on Hong Kong's most expensive streets

Housing

Bar state-owned developers from commercial housing market

13 Jun 2013

Despite government efforts to cool the property market, land sales in China have surged in the first five months of the year, with record prices set.

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Dublin – repossessions start soon

7 Jun 2013

There are lots of reasons to see recovery in Ireland. Today's second look at Ireland demonstrates its desire to be the first country to leave the European rescue programme. Property is a key...

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Ireland – time to buy property again?

7 Jun 2013

The Irish property market collapsed spectacularly when most of Europe went into meltdown. Ireland was one of the “I”s in “PIGS” – Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Greece and Spain.

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Small-house policy is flawed

4 Jun 2013

The small-house policy is now becoming more like a tool for developers to grab land and build houses for sale rather than a policy for villagers to build their own houses.

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Land reclamation is not the answer to public housing shortage

17 May 2013

Passions were running high last Saturday as government officials met the public for the second stage of consultation on reclamation in Hong Kong waters.

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Complexities of small-house issue are no excuse for government to back off

7 May 2013

What does the word "temporary" mean to you? In the case of the small-house policy, it means 40 years and more. It was first introduced in Hong Kong as a temporary measure to address housing needs...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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More property buying tips in China

There are many good reasons to buy a new, not second-hand, home in China. Every time I talk to property investment expert Chris Dillon I glean something new.

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Draughty London mansion, anyone?

So, London’s reputedly most expensive mansion has been trumped by London’s even more expensive mansion.

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Hong Kong property buyers can turn the tables on mainland Chinese

Hongkongers who are tired of mainland buyers driving up local property prices may want to flip the situation and buy real estate across the border.

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HOUSING

Buyers, have we got a deal for you!

Homebuyers who turned up to select a subsidised flat from a Tsing Yi project that went on sale yesterday found that it wasn't just the cheap homes in hot demand - so was their business.

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Uniform Hainan housing divides the online community

The photograph was published by writer Liang Hong on microblogging platform Sina Weibo on Sunday. She commented in the post under the photo: “A bunch of brand-new prisons without space or privacy…...

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DEVELOPMENT

Vacant school sites marked out for housing

The city has identified 18 vacant school premises for possible rezoning in the government's latest search for more land to ease the housing shortage. Secretary for Transport and Housing Professor...

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