Rents

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...

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German cities plan tighter rent laws

24 Apr 2013

State governments that oversee housing rules in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and other cities planned to make it illegal to raise rents by more than 15 per cent in three years, according to government...

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Goodman to raise rents in Japan as land, building costs jump

24 Apr 2013

Prices of land sites used for distribution centres and the cost of construction, which has increased as much as 20 per cent, are making development more expensive, said Paul McGarry, chief...

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Manhattan apartment rents rise sharply, close on record

17 Apr 2013

The median monthly rent climbed 6.7 per cent from a year earlier to US$3,195, according to a report last week by appraiser Miller Samuel and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate. The number of...

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Fall in rents won't last long, agents say

27 Mar 2013

Upward pressure on Hong Kong home rents has eased as a growing number of flat owners shelve plans to sell and opt to let their apartments instead.

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Unintended consequence of property price curbs: more stock market speculation

25 Mar 2013

The Hong Kong government has been keen to curb fast-rising property prices since late last year, but all its efforts may be creating a new problem: more speculation in the city's stock market.

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Investors dominate the Australian housing market

The value of home-loan approvals for investors rose 4 per cent in December from a year ago in seasonally adjusted terms, while mortgages for owner-occupiers fell 1.8 per cent in the same period,...

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Q & A with our experts, March 6, 2013

Q: My employer pays me a monthly rental allowance of over HK$10,000 and I am entitled to this for two more years. I have been using it to rent an apartment, but as property prices keep climbing, I...

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Letters to the Editor, March 1, 2013

I read with shock the news that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong is axing the HK$500 a month it currently pays out to refugees. How can this be? Is the UNHCR broke?...

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HONG KONG

Housing rents seen to rise faster as new stamp duty hits home purchases

Rents will rise at a faster pace in the second half of this year as demand for rental accommodation increases as a result of homebuyers hold off on making purchases while they digest the impact of...

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How higher estate taxes can make Hong Kong equitable

We must come up with a redistribution process that transfers back to society the money that landlords and rich property owners earn. This must come in a form of an estate tax (for properties above...

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BRITAIN

British rent rises tipped to slow this year

Rightmove, a London-based property company, said 74 per cent of professional landlords intended to expand their portfolios, and investors would be lured by tenant demand and "attractive" returns...

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