Q: I read in a newspaper that Cheung Kong paid a high price for a waterfront site at Tsuen Wan West station last week. I own a two-bedroom flat at Vision City and plan to buy a bigger flat in the...
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30 May 2012
The lack of legislation against advertising the gross floor area of new flats means the market is continuing to see extreme examples of efficiency ratios.
Just compare two examples...
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28 Mar 2012
Home sales at major estates in the city dropped to a six-week low last week, with buyers sidelined by rising prices and uncertainty about the outlook for the market under a new administration.
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Public Rental Housing is a key scheme pioneered by Chongqing to provide affordable homes for the middle to lower income groups.
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10 Nov 2010
While house prices remain mixed in Europe and the United States, Asia is booming, with Singapore in pole position, according to the latest Global Property Guide.
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10 Nov 2010
Singapore's mass-market housing is an example for Hong Kong, with affordable housing made accessible to the middle- and lower-middle class.
Properties developed by the Housing...
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Secretary for Development Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is looking at administrative ways to prevent developers rushing through submissions for building plans before new measures take effect early...
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Three or four decades ago, it was the norm for young Hongkongers to start saving up so they could buy a flat as soon as possible, then sell it later and move on to a bigger and better place as...
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One thing that sets Hong Kong apart from other cities is that, as prosperity and home ownership have risen over the years, new living spaces have shrunk in size rather than expanded. At the same...
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Architects say it is time to introduce a much-discussed incentive system for owners of listed buildings - which for many represent their only assets.
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The Urban Renewal Authority will spend HK$1.5 billion this financial year to revitalise 30 pre-war Cantonese-style shophouses.
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Authority earmarks dozens of pre-war buildings in its 'most ambitious initiative'
Close to 50 pre-war shophouses will be preserved by the Urban Renewal Authority, which is to dish...
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