Many pundits expects this month’s US Federal Reserve meeting to raise interest rates, which will likely also make it more expensive to borrow money in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong Many pundits expects this month’s US Federal Reserve meeting to raise interest rates, which will likely also make it more expensive to borrow money in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
Many pundits expects this month’s US Federal Reserve meeting to raise interest rates, which will likely also make it more expensive to borrow money in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
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Ease mortgage curbs and first-time buyers can revive secondary housing market, Hong Kong banks told

In 2015, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a directive to all lenders to curb mortgage lending to 60 per cent of the value of properties below HK$7 million

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Mukul Munish
Mukul Munish and Jimmy Chow

Updated: 3:01pm, 3 Mar, 2017

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Many pundits expects this month’s US Federal Reserve meeting to raise interest rates, which will likely also make it more expensive to borrow money in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong Many pundits expects this month’s US Federal Reserve meeting to raise interest rates, which will likely also make it more expensive to borrow money in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
Many pundits expects this month’s US Federal Reserve meeting to raise interest rates, which will likely also make it more expensive to borrow money in Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
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