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The Peak site whose sale was withdrawn by the Hong Kong government on Tuesday. Photo: Roy Issa

Hong Kong scraps sale of The Peak plot as bids failed to meet target

The government says bids received did not meet the site’s reserve price

16 Oct 2018 - 8:57pm 25 More on Hong Kong land sale

Shareholders may have blocked the deal in rare move because the US$190 million price tag was too low, even as the embattled firm fights to trim debt

HNA shareholders who vetoed Beijing office sale want ‘better deal’

16 Oct 2018 - 3:28pm

Just 100 of the 491 flats on offer were bought at Nan Fung’s “LP6” development on Saturday, even after significant price cuts. Photo: Reuters

Homeowners, developers rush to cash in before further price falls

16 Oct 2018 - 8:43pm 32

Buildings along the stunning Paseo del Prado, in the centre of Cuban capital Havana. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

Cubans looking to swap their homes for a change of scene

15 Oct 2018 - 8:03pm

Investors move downmarket seeking juicier UK property returns

Investors move downmarket seeking juicier UK property returns

16 Oct 2018 - 7:18pm

Sheung Shan Kai Wat village in the New Territories. Photo: Nora Tam

Tackling colonial policy may help ease Hong Kong housing shortage

15 Oct 2018 - 4:09pm 13

Prospective property buyers at the Octa Tower in Kowloon Bay, queuing up to bid for 491 units of LP6 at Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O on 13 October, 2018. Photo SCMP / Xiaomei Chen

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The government-owned Mansfield Road site was expected to fetch up to HK$40 billion (US$5.1 billion). The government tended closed on Friday. Photo: Roy Issa

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Hong Kong attracted US$13.26 billion in cross-border cash until June

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Sheung Shan Kai Wat village in the New Territories. Photo: Nora Tam

Tackling colonial policy may help ease Hong Kong housing shortage

15 Oct 2018 - 4:09pm 13

Public and private housing blocks in Hong Kong. Photo: Fung Chang

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The Estate Agents Authority says that as sales of new flats have been rising, it has led to sales sites teeming with a mix of licensed unlicensed salesmen, which inevitably turns chaotic. Photo: SCMP

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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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The Peak site whose sale was withdrawn by the Hong Kong government on Tuesday. Photo: Roy Issa

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Hong Kong scraps sale of The Peak plot as bids failed to meet target

The government says bids received did not meet the site’s reserve price

16 Oct 2018 - 8:57pm 25 More on Hong Kong land sale

Just 100 of the 491 flats on offer were bought at Nan Fung’s “LP6” development on Saturday, even after significant price cuts. Photo: Reuters

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Homeowners, developers rush to cash in before further price falls

Tuesday, 16 October, 2018, 8:43pm 32

Sheung Shan Kai Wat village in the New Territories. Photo: Nora Tam

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Tackling colonial policy may help ease Hong Kong housing shortage

Monday, 15 October, 2018, 4:09pm 13

Prospective property buyers at the Octa Tower in Kowloon Bay, queuing up to bid for 491 units of LP6 at Lohas Park in Tseung Kwan O on 13 October, 2018. Photo SCMP / Xiaomei Chen

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Home sales flop as sentiments cool in Hong Kong’s property market

Monday, 15 October, 2018, 10:38am 25

Prospective buyer line up at the sales office of One East Coast on October 12, the first project launch after Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s policy speech. Photo: Edmond So

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Hong Kong buyers snap up a quarter of flats in ‘youth oriented’ project in Yau Tong on Friday

Saturday, 13 October, 2018, 3:19pm 11

‘Houses should be for living in, not for speculation,’ President Xi said one year ago. But he finds status quo is hard to change.

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China launches experiments to tame runaway housing prices

Saturday, 13 October, 2018, 1:25pm 10

The government-owned Mansfield Road site was expected to fetch up to HK$40 billion (US$5.1 billion). The government tended closed on Friday. Photo: Roy Issa

Hong Kong & China Markets Companies

Hong Kong’s tender for a rare land site on The Peak fetches just five bids

Friday, 12 October, 2018, 11:16pm

Shareholders may have blocked the deal in rare move because the US$190 million price tag was too low, even as the embattled firm fights to trim debt

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Buildings along the stunning Paseo del Prado, in the centre of Cuban capital Havana. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

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Cubans looking to swap their homes for a change of scene

Brigitte Garcia mills around a leafy Havana street, holding up a handwritten sign with a description of her home: a two-bedroom unit close to the capital’s Old Quarter.

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Investors can get a better return on their investment in office towers in Tokyo, shown above in 2011, than in Hong Kong, where prices and borrowing costs eat at profits. Photo: AFP

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Wednesday, 10 October, 2018, 10:38pm

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UK’s most expensive home sold for US$209 million

Wednesday, 10 October, 2018, 8:53pm

Shopping centre landlords have been the subject of a flurry of deal making in the past year as the growth of online retail has hit the value of their assets. Photo: Bloomberg

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Brookfield venture considers offer for UK mall owner Intu

Monday, 8 October, 2018, 8:01pm

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Friday, 5 October, 2018, 8:18pm

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