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Concrete Analysis Victoria Allan

Here’s how Hong Kong property will benefit from Greater Bay Area

15 Jan 2019 - 6:49pm

Concrete Analysis Cliff Tse

Want to buy a home in Hong Kong? Bargain, don’t wait for correction

8 Jan 2019 - 6:27pm 1

Ruby Hon Yuen-ping

Concrete Analysis Ruby Hon Yuen-ping

Find out how much the bank will loan before inking a home purchase

21 Dec 2018 - 9:46pm 2

Concrete Analysis Ben Dickinson

Limited office supply threatens Hong Kong’s global competitiveness

11 Dec 2018 - 7:59pm

More on Hong Kong housing

Letters

Hong Kong’s tycoon golfers are also entitled to enjoy sport

17 Jan, 8:24am

Society

Hong Kong to press on with contentious decade-old new towns project

17 Jan, 12:20pm 10

Letters

Why are Hong Kong land issues divorced from housing?

16 Jan, 5:02pm

Companies

Hongkongers financially unprepared for retirement and death, Citi says

17 Jan, 6:49am 16

Society

Sai Kung development given green light, but ‘roads must be improved’

17 Jan, 8:14pm 16

More on Hong Kong land sale

Letters

Why are Hong Kong land issues divorced from housing?

16 Jan, 5:02pm

Business

Government fails to reach land supply target this fiscal year

28 Dec, 11:12pm 3

Hong Kong & China

Why builders are pessimistic about the property sector’s outlook

19 Dec, 2:22pm 3

Hong Kong & China

Bidders vie for huge land plot set aside for Hong Kong data centre

5 Dec, 8:28am 1

Companies

Shenzhen tycoon to pay for early possession of house on The Peak

1 Dec, 12:39am 7

Hong Kong & China

Sea views boost price of plot on Kai Tak runway amid downturn

14 Nov, 11:03pm 2

Opinion

Decision not to sell site at The Peak reflects best use of land resources

25 Oct, 10:33am 16

More on China home price

China Business

China’s new home prices grow at weakest pace in eight months

16 Jan, 10:59pm 4

Hong Kong & China

Beijing relaxes caps on home prices partially as unsold flats rise

15 Jan, 7:24pm 1

Opinion

Why China’s housing bubble won’t burst any time soon

13 Jan, 10:34pm 6

Hong Kong & China

Xian tops global list of cities with biggest home price rise

21 Dec, 11:02pm 1

Companies

China’s property barons fulfilled dreams on path to riches

26 Nov, 7:10pm

Business

China’s new home prices rise 1 per cent in October

15 Nov, 10:50pm 7

Hong Kong’s richest woman, Pollyanna Chu, rents out a floor of The Center to her own company at premium to market rate

Hong Kong tycoon rents priciest office to her own firm at premium

The deal would be a salve for Chu and her co-investors, who have struggled to find buyers for the 73-storey building, for which they paid US$5.15 billion

17 Jan 2019 - 12:08pm 6 More on Hong Kong property

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Hongkongers are financially unprepared for retirement and death, exposing the risks of living in the world’s most expensive city

Hongkongers financially unprepared for retirement and death, Citi says

17 Jan 2019 - 6:49am 16

Prices of China’s new homes grow at the weakest pace in eight months as purchase curbs bite hard amid a slowing economy

China’s new home prices grow at weakest pace in eight months

16 Jan 2019 - 10:59pm 4

Drone aerial view of the Central - Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB) in Fortress Hill. The bypass was built to alleviate the traffic congestion along the existing Gloucester Road - Harcourt Road - Connaught Road Central corridor, and is to be opened on January 20th. 07JAN19 SCMP / Winson Wong

Office rents headed higher in Island East and Tsim Sha Tsui

16 Jan 2019 - 9:04am

The Ocean Pride residential project in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Felix Wong

Looking for cheap rents? Try Tsuen Wan, Tseung Kwan O and Kai Tak

16 Jan 2019 - 7:03am 3

Evergrande Health pays US$930 million to buy control of carmaker in its foray into mass production of electric vehicles in China

Evergrande’s unit buys a mass producer of electric vehicles in China

16 Jan 2019 - 10:25am

Will Beijing’s partial relaxation on price curbs boost flat sales in the property slump? Photo: Reuters

Beijing relaxes caps on home prices partially as unsold flats rise

15 Jan 2019 - 7:24pm 1

Aerial view of construction sites by Billion Development and Project Management Limited (green scaffolding) and Mayfair by the Sea II (right) by the Hong Kong Science Park. Photo taken May 25, 2018. Photo: Roy Issa

Developer offers 30 per cent discount on Tai Po flats amid downturn

15 Jan 2019 - 5:02pm 5

BitMEX is a leading virtual currency trading platform with a turnover of US$965 billion in the past one year. Photo: Handout

Digital trading platform BitMEX exits US, Quebec as pressure mounts

16 Jan 2019 - 7:10pm

Occupants of 299 QRC in Sheung Wan include start-ups and entrepreneurs who cannot afford rents in Central. Photo: Handout

Sheung Wan’s proximity to Central works in its favour

15 Jan 2019 - 6:58pm 1

China’s senior care market is expected to top 13 trillion yuan by 2030. Photo: Reuters

Developer turns to China’s elderly sector for growth amid property slump

14 Jan 2019 - 11:56am 1

Hong Kong’s first new residential property launch of 2019 gets off to a good start after developer cut prices by up to a third

Hong Kong’s first launch of new homes in 2019 gets off to a good start

12 Jan 2019 - 10:54pm 3

Li Ka-shing meets the media before the Cheung Kong Group annual dinner at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Felix Wong

If you’re going to buy a house in Hong Kong, live in it, warns Li Ka-shing

12 Jan 2019 - 6:49am 22

Analysts said the decisive factor in the success of the bond sales was bullish sentiment across all sectors of the Chinese economy. Photographer: Bloomberg

Trade war hopes make Chinese firms’ US dollar bonds alluring

11 Jan 2019 - 1:17pm

Thirteen houses of 19 at Mount Nicholson have been sold. Photo: Sam Tsang

Villa buyer walks away from The Peak deal, losing US$4.6 m deposit

11 Jan 2019 - 12:36pm 9

A peek at CK Asset’s plan to turn a hotel into apartments for 7,500 people, with 54 units on every floor sharing 10 lifts

A peek at Hong Kong’s densest housing project: 54 flats on a floor

10 Jan 2019 - 1:10pm 10

Pedestrians walk outside the Three Exchange Square building (left), where HNA Group recently gave up five floors of office space it was renting. Photo: AFP

Debt-laden HNA sued by Hong Kong office landlord for HK$8.3 million

10 Jan 2019 - 8:21am 2

A traffic intersection in Haikou city. The local government has also imposed height restrictions on new residential buildings in the city centres of Haikou and Sanya. Photo: Bloomberg

Haikou city goes off script, imposes tighter housing restrictions

9 Jan 2019 - 9:45pm 1

A general view of Heze, in southwestern Shandong province, where the local government eased some property curbs to boost the market. Photo: People’s Government of Heze City

China’s city-level property easing steps prove hardly effective

10 Jan 2019 - 2:18pm 1

Relations between Sino Land and brokers had soured after the property developer said it would only pay 1.7 per cent commission for more than a 1,000 flats sold at its upcoming Grand Central housing development in Kwun Tong. Photo: Roy Issa

Why Hong Kong’s developers and brokers depend on each other

9 Jan 2019 - 9:32am 2

The Harbour Plaza Resort City in Tin Shui Wai. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Can any developer fit 50 flats on a floor? CK Asset has a blueprint

10 Jan 2019 - 11:22am 25

Tai Po villa, occupied by wife and daughter of Zimbabwe’s former president, sold in Hong Kong for a 15 per cent loss

Tai Po villa, the Mugabes’ former Hong Kong abode, sold for a loss

8 Jan 2019 - 6:27pm 3

Advertisements for residential property on display in the window of an estate agency in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay district. According to a broker, home prices in the city will drop by a lesser extent in the current economic climate if the restrictions on mortgages are eased. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong ‘crazy’ to increase mortgage limits for first-time homebuyers

8 Jan 2019 - 3:44pm 5

Apartment blocks under construction on the outskirts of Beijing. The outlook for China’s property market has dimmed. Photo: Reuters

China Evergrande targets modest sales growth amid weak outlook

8 Jan 2019 - 7:00am

Hong Kong’s office landlords raise creditworthiness requirements as more commercial tenants walk away from leases

Hong Kong office owners triple deposits as tenants renege on leases

10 Jan 2019 - 1:51pm 8

Lujiazui, Shanghai’s central business district. The deal for Pufa Tower is CapitaLand’s first foray in the area. Photo: Bloomberg

HNA sells Shanghai tower space to CapitaLand for US$400 million

7 Jan 2019 - 10:50pm

Sino Land’s first sale of year gets off to slow start as Hong Kong developer feels backlash after slashing agents’ fees

Sino Land pays price for slashing agents’ fees as flats fail to sell

5 Jan 2019 - 10:49pm 6

The sales centre for a China Vanke project in Hong Kong. The property developer said contracted sales in December rose by 8 per cent compared with the previous month, capping off a successful year. Photo: Edmond So

‘To survive’ developer Vanke flourished in 2018 after record high sales

4 Jan 2019 - 11:28pm 1

The Regent in Tai Po, developed by China Overseas Land and Investment and China State Construction International, is expected to be completed by the end of January 2021. Photo: Martin Chan

Hong Kong’s first residential sale of 2019 released with big discounts

4 Jan 2019 - 8:19am 9