Real Property Law

DNA Galleria buyer's ousting of tenants causes a shock

7 Nov 2012

The day that Lau Chun-kai signed an agreement to lease a 500 square foot shop on the second floor of the DNA Galleria shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui in August was one the 24-year-old hoped to...

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Chinese property stocks hit by talk of real estate tax

15 Aug 2012

Mainland property stocks fell yesterday on speculation that the central government will implement a property tax in more than 30 cities.

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Strategy leads to record profit

6 Aug 2012

Profit at Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (Fortune REIT) was up a record 20.3 per cent to HK$537.4 million in the first half of this year compared with the same period a year ago, as its...

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Students learn the perils of sublets

1 Aug 2012

Today marks the end of a legal tangle over a property lease for mainland student Zhang Mengtao.

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LAW wins

20 Jul 2012

The political controversy triggered by illegal structures in the homes of senior government officials has once again grabbed public attention on this issue.

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Wen pledge to keep property market curbs

8 Jul 2012

Premier Wen Jiabao reaffirmed the need for government measures to restrain the mainland's property market yesterday.

He spoke amid expectations that back-to-back interest rate cuts could...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

3 comments

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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New tax could hit owners of UK homes

Wealthy Hong Kong residents who own property in Britain could be facing a hefty tax slug if a new law is passed.

6:21PM

High-end home rents falling

Demand for prime, high-end residential properties in Hong Kong is weakening, forcing landlords to lower their asking rents by as much as 20 per cent.

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Consumer confidence boosts returns for Link

The Link Real Estate Investment Trust's distributable income for the year to March has increased by nearly a fifth on the back of strong consumer confidence and retail spending that boosted demand...

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Tenants on the bottom rung at the mercy of landlords

A two-year-old picks up a toy, as his mother stops him from wandering out their door-less subdivided Sham Shui Po flat. The door was removed on Wednesday after she received two weeks' notice to...

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Review of eviction notice sought after appeal fails

A woman has gone to court to challenge an eviction notice from the Housing Authority because of an 11-month delay in moving into a public flat.

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My fifty years as a cubicle dweller

Subdivided flats are nothing new in Hong Kong. Ask Tam Kin-wai, who lived in them for half a century.

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