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Demonstrators protest against last Friday’s housing summit on rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing in front of the Chancellery in Berlin. Photo: Reuters

Germany vows more benefits to low-income earners as home prices rise

The German federal government will offer low-income earners more generous housing benefit payments from 2020 onwards, the Editorialnetwork Germany (RND) reported on Friday.

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Boston-based Putnam Investments is betting that struggling shopping malls like Emerald Square Mall, in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, will be able to transform itself as an office.

US mutual fund Putnam bets US malls will transform to survive

24 Sep 2018 - 7:03pm

Markets observers say the actress got off lightly as home prices are expected to fall further on the back of rising interest rates and trade war concerns

Actress Shu Qi sells Hong Kong villa at a loss as market starts to cool

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The Southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, which overtook Hong Kong in economic size last year, now ranks as the prime location for future development, according to Swire Properties chief executive Guy Bradley

Swire Properties has a bold vision that anticipates the continuing rise of Shenzhen

24 Sep 2018 - 9:53am

The China Vanke headquarters in Shenzhen, in southern China's Guangdong province. The developer’s launch price is the lowest recorded in Hong Kong’s Tuen Mun district in the past two years. Photo: Reuters

What’s cheaper than Tuen Mun public housing? China Vanke apartments

22 Sep 2018 - 10:47am 10

Leung Chun-ying, pictured in January of 2014, tried to combat speculation in the housing market through special duties. Photo: Sam Tsang

Last city leader tried to tame demand with special taxes – but prices soared

22 Sep 2018 - 9:33am 6

Potential buyers queue up for SHKP's residential project St Martin at the International Commerce Centre (ICC) in West Kowloon on July 14, 2018. Photo: Dickson Lee

Looming big vacancy tax is prodding city’s developers to sell empty flats

22 Sep 2018 - 12:49am 14

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Hong Kong developer New World Development reports profit jumps 204 per cent to HK$23.34 billion

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A bus passes The Nova Building, a mixed residential and commercial use building, in the Westminster borough of London. Jitters surrounding the British capital city's property market are finally starting to show up in home prices, but for many young people, buying their own home outright is still out of reach financially, and co-living as a concept is gaining in popularity as a result. Photo: Bloomberg

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According to documents released by the government’s Task Force on Land Supply, the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal currently covers a total area of 279 hectares, plus 100 hectares of ‘backup’ area. Photo: Nora Tam

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There’s no place for Chinese belt, road or three-bedroom flats in the new Malaysia under Mahathir

No Chinese belt, road or three-bedroom flats in Mahathir’s Malaysia

29 Aug 2018 - 2:30pm 9

A construction site in Hong Kong. There is no standard for measuring gross floor area in the city’s buildings, leading to some appearing to be bigger than they are. Photo: Roy Issa

Why Hong Kong buildings are bigger than they appear

28 Aug 2018 - 5:27pm 4

Home prices are headed in the right direct, at least for younger buyers. But that’s bad news for sellers, some of whom are having to shave million off their asking prices. Photo: SCMP

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Hong Kong home owners are now selling at discounts as rates rise

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Potential buyers lining up for Sun Hung Kai Properties’ sale of 117 units for the Cullinan West II, photographed on September 2 at the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. Photo: Felix Wong

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SHKP finishes off more than half of entire year’s sales target in just 10 weeks

14 Sep 2018 - 12:17pm 4

The headquarters of Garden in Sham Shui Po. Photo: Handout

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Hong Kong baker Garden to redevelop 80-year-old headquarters

21 Sep 2018 - 11:22pm 7

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Wheelock sees clouds ahead as rate rise and trade war ripple through property market

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Actress Shu Qi sells Hong Kong villa at a loss as market starts to cool

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The China Vanke headquarters in Shenzhen, in southern China's Guangdong province. The developer’s launch price is the lowest recorded in Hong Kong’s Tuen Mun district in the past two years. Photo: Reuters

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Leung Chun-ying, pictured in January of 2014, tried to combat speculation in the housing market through special duties. Photo: Sam Tsang

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Saturday, 22 September, 2018, 12:49am 14

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Hong Kong baker Garden to redevelop 80-year-old headquarters

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Broken windows and glass are seen strewn on the grounds surrounding Harbour Grand Kowloon in Whampoa, Hung Hom. Photo: Nora Tam

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Germany vows more benefits to low-income earners as home prices rise

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A bus passes The Nova Building, a mixed residential and commercial use building, in the Westminster borough of London. Jitters surrounding the British capital city's property market are finally starting to show up in home prices, but for many young people, buying their own home outright is still out of reach financially, and co-living as a concept is gaining in popularity as a result. Photo: Bloomberg

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New York-listed Reit seeks buyer for Manhattan towers as market softens

Monday, 17 September, 2018, 9:00pm

Efforts are being made to lure people back into historic English town centres, such as here in Darlington in the north-east. In recent years rising business rents, stretched household budgets and above-average UK unemployment have damaged the hearts of many communities across the country. Photo: AFP

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British market towns embrace foodie wave to revive ailing centres

Tuesday, 18 September, 2018, 6:28pm

New Zealand will impose a ban on foreigners to buy existing homes. Limited stock, low interest rates and immigration have driven prices up in recent years. Photo: AP

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New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban set to hurt housing prices

Tuesday, 18 September, 2018, 6:28pm

Chen Sze Long – founder and chief executive officer of Atlas, and the son of the chairman of mainland property firm Agile Property, Chen Zhuo Lin – launched his first Hong Kong workplace on Monday. Photo: SCMP

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Buyers on a bargain hunt as Australia’s housing market keeps sliding

Monday, 10 September, 2018, 8:00pm 5

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