Housing Authority

22 Mar 2013

Young people seeking a housing bargain waited in line at the Housing Authority yesterday to get brochures and application forms for more than 800 surplus Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats.

4:07AM

Enough funds for public housing

13 Mar 2013

The Housing Authority has a five-year rolling public housing construction programme. This is reviewed and adjusted annually in accordance with the latest demand and supply situation.

3:00AM

Ballot for buyers of second-hand HOS flats

19 Feb 2013

Lots were drawn on Monday to decide who will be eligible to buy second-hand Home Ownership Scheme flats without a premium. The Housing Authority's revised scheme will enable low- to middle-income...

5:11AM

Government aims to complete housing projects earlier

6 Feb 2013

The government is trying to complete two urban public housing projects ahead of schedule so that total production in the next five years can be raised from 75,000 to 79,000.

5:28AM

Young people flood subsidised housing projects

19 Jan 2013

Young people have emerged as the keenest home hunters, with almost two-thirds of applications for two government-subsidised housing schemes being made by the young and single.

3:31AM

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Home Ownership Scheme flats attract queue at launch

5 Jan 2013

Hundreds of homebuyers seeking bargains waited in line at the Housing Authority yesterday, to get application forms for 5,000 used government-subsidised flats put out under a revised Home...

4:06AM

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3:47AM

Housing Authority to allow higher earners to apply for subsidised flats

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.

3:20AM

Hong Kong house prices 'set to fall by 20pc'

A government housing adviser has forecast Hong Kong home prices should tumble 20 per cent before reaching what he regards as a reasonable level, reiterating the latest round of cooling measures...

8:31AM

Above-35 singles may get priority in public rental flats

Housing applicants aged above 35 may get priority over students on a long waiting list for public rental flats.

4:33AM

RETAIL

The Domain, a shopping mall built by the Housing Authority in Hong Kong, opens for business

The biggest shopping mall built by the Housing Authority in recent years will be mainly occupied by chain stores, although it has been marketed to be different from other malls.

The shop...

3:15AM

PROPERTY

Tsang's HOS resale premium change dumped

The formula for calculating resale premiums under the Home Ownership Scheme proposed by the previous administration has been rejected as being too complicated.

3:38AM

HOUSING

Site sale will yield 1,760 flats

Six residential sites would be sold by tender in the fourth quarter to provide nearly 1,800 flats, Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po announced on Friday afternoon.

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