https://www.scmp.com/rss/525098/feed The latest news and top stories on the Urban Land Institute (ULI). A Washington DC-based global non-profit research and education organisation, ULI is dedicated to providing leadership in the responsible use of land and shaping the future of the built environment. Its main areas of focus include urban development, real estate best practices, housing and sustainability. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Hong Kong and Singapore routinely top global rankings of unaffordable cities. Yet it is the residents of Manila, Colombo and Yangon who are far more likely to tell pollsters they cannot afford shelter. The Philippines recorded the world’s highest share of people reporting difficulty affording housing in a new survey from US-based firm Gallup, with 55 per cent saying they had struggled to pay for shelter in the past 12 months. Sri Lanka followed at 54 per cent, Myanmar at 49 per cent and Thailand... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3349725/forget-hong-kong-and-singapore-philippines-housing-least-affordable-survey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3349725/forget-hong-kong-and-singapore-philippines-housing-least-affordable-survey?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:00:21 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro Every quarter, Knight Frank publishes an index tracking the movement of prime residential prices and rents in leading cities around the world. Although the index is just a snapshot that should be treated with caution given significant differences in the performance of submarkets within cities, its findings are nevertheless revealing. In the sales market, five of the six cities with the fastest growth in prices last quarter were in Asia. In Tokyo, prices rose a staggering 56 per cent on an... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3335554/asias-housing-affordability-squeeze-shows-no-signs-slowing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3335554/asias-housing-affordability-squeeze-shows-no-signs-slowing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:31:35 +0000 Ashlyn Chak Ashlyn Chak There is a large commercial space at street level in the heart of Hong Kong Island’s southern Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood whose interesting and rather random history lends it a somewhat mysterious air. The high-ceilinged, 3,500 sq ft (325 square metre) unit on the ground floor of the Remex Centre, a large industrial building just in front of an MTR station, was previously occupied by a gold and jewellery shop that was almost exclusively patronised by tour groups from mainland China. Before... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3334020/how-new-cultural-salon-gold-will-reflect-hong-kongs-changing-art-scene?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3334020/how-new-cultural-salon-gold-will-reflect-hong-kongs-changing-art-scene?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:15:08 +0000 Dennis Lee Dennis Lee How do we “future-proof” Hong Kong’s built environment? For the design and construction industry in particular, this could be the most relevant question amid today’s grave challenges. In the global environment, military and tariff wars interrupt supply chains and the uncertain economic outlook hinders project investment and financing. These issues are complicated locally by a suspension of commercial land sales, a property market slump and escalating construction costs. If the worst of times can... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3315697/no-better-time-property-slump-future-proof-urban-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3315697/no-better-time-property-slump-future-proof-urban-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:30:07 +0000