Land sales

25 Apr 2013

The government will put two residential land sites - one in Tseung Kwan O and another on Lantau Island - up for sale next month in a tender that is expected to fetch a total of up to HK$4.14...

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Sun Hung Kai pays more than expected for luxury site; Cheung Kong cuts prices

27 Mar 2013

Sun Hung Kai Properties won a luxury residential site at Kau To Shan in Sha Tin, paying a higher-than-expected HK$1.42 billion. It's a sign the appetite of big developers for high-end sites has...

4:27AM

Surveyors lower valuation on Sha Tin residential site amid cooling measures

20 Mar 2013

The government released the residential site in Sha Tin's Kau To Shan and a hotel site in the former North Point Estate on the harbour front in front of Java Road Municipal Services Building for...

5:22AM

Kerry win shows low prices being offered for sites

14 Mar 2013

Kerry Properties has won a Ho Man Tin luxury residential site with a market-expected price of HK$11.69 billion, but the price is 18 per cent less than a neighbouring site sold for nearly three...

6:41AM

Wen Jiabao's land pledge to farmers up to next cabinet to implement

6 Mar 2013

Legislation meant to lift farmers' share of profits from land sales, which outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao vowed to introduce before the end of his term, has been left in the hands of the next cabinet...

6:24AM

Cooling measures not seen as affecting prices for development sites

6 Mar 2013

Their valuations have not been affected by the doubling of stamp duties on properties worth HK$2 million or more, and tighter conditions for lending, announced on February 22 nor the scrapping...

4:40AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Hong Kong needs to speed up land supply mechanism

When it comes to market intervention, the less the better. In Hong Kong, the formula has been tried and tested and contributes to our success in being named the world's freest economy for many...

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Property Digest, February 27, 2013

Land sales in Beijing amounted to 12.7 billion yuan from the sales of 15 development sites so far this month as developers turned aggressive in their land replenishment, according to a data from...

5:04AM

Tin Shui Wai site set to attract large and small bidders

Tenders will close today for the 196,248 sq ft site near the Tin Wing light-rail station. According to the MTR Corp, the site can yield a total gross floor area of about 979,500 sq ft, of which...

4:40AM

PROPERTY

Government may collect HK$4.86b from North Point and Kau To tenders

The harbourfront hotel site in North Point and the luxury residential site in Kau To, Sha Tin, were opened for tender yesterday. The tender period will close on March 22.

4:13AM

MAINLAND

Land sales drop amid dip in supply with developers wary of higher prices

The total number of sites that were sold for commercial, industrial and residential developments registered a month-on-month decrease of 53 per cent to 2,145 in January, according to transactions...

4:59AM

BUDGET

Land sales and stamp duty push up city's revenue

On his blog yesterday, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said he was always being asked by friends whether he intentionally underestimated revenue to restrict growth in government...

4:41AM