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Latest news, features and analysis on Hong Kong housing, including policy and efforts to find a solution to the problem of a shortage of homes in the world’s most expensive property market.
Large supply of homes due to come online soon in Hong Kong will, hopefully, help thwart the rise of a new generation of speculators.
A recruitment fair has highlighted concerns about Hong Kong’s high cost of living and the language barrier. These must be addressed if the city is to attract the world’s best
Hong Kong may be developing a formula to take in factors in addition to income, the basic marker, however change must not come at the cost of those in need
A worrying investigation by the consumer watchdog identified problems that will only deepen unless a fix is found.
Relaxing daily cross-border remittance caps will make it easier to purchase homes in the development zone, and thus provide incentive for jobseekers and entrepreneurs to move
Fewer than 20 people visit authority’s Cheung Sha Wan office on first day of sale for flats at eResidence Tower 3 in Hung Hom.
Some 238 of the 336 units available in the first batch at Uptown East in Kowloon Bay, worth about US$179 million, found buyers as of 6pm on Sunday, in a sign that the removal of all market-cooling measures has revived demand in Hong Kong.
Simon Siu, chairman of Estate Agents Authority, says decision to scrap extra stamp duties last month was ‘shot in the arm’ for ailing property market.
Most of the 1,600 rental units at Tai Hang Sai Estate are empty, and about half the tenants want to return when new flats are built.
The 90-year-old converted mansion, Jessville Manor, has changed hands for HK$207 million (US$26.5 million), adding to evidence that the recent scrapping of property curbs may be starting to revive the luxury housing market.
Urban Renewal Authority announces plan to redevelop flats and shops at flower market and nearby streets, with HK$2.5 billion to be spent on acquiring properties.
New ‘community living rooms’ expected to cater to more than 1,000 households living in cramped conditions in To Kwa Wan, Hung Hom and Nam Cheong.
Hong Kong developer Wheelock Properties has priced a first batch of 130 units at its Seasons Place residential project in Tseung Kwan O at a five-year low for the district.
About 900 households from two blocks at Wah Fu Estate will move to new homes by July 2027 at the latest in first stage of clearance for redevelopment of site.
Readers discuss the shortcomings of the 2024-25 budget, how housing affects the birth rate, and schools’ approach to discussion of sex and dating.
Government proposing to build 3.5km elevated smart mass transit system in Kai Tak, with five stations, document submitted to district council says.
The market will be keen to see how it prices its new project in Wong Chuk Hang, as this could give ‘direction’ to Hong Kong’s recovering housing sector, analysts said.
Readers question the rationale behind the removal of stamp duties intended to cool the property market, and point to the benefits of the measure.
Residents say they are still being overcharged for utilities and have ongoing conflicts with landlords over repair and maintenance issues.
Far East Consortium chairman David Chiu says stock market’s performance can’t be judged on recent lows.
Homebuyers flocked to a second round of sales at Henderson Land Development’s Belgravia Place project on Thursday amid expectations that first-hand sales are likely to hit a 40-month high in March.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has advised banks to take extra care when lending to property speculators, in an indirect attempt to clamp down on asset flipping a week after the city abandoned decade-old curbs for the real estate industry.
City’s major public housing provider announces figure for last quarter of 2023 for families and elderly households.
Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalisation is being tipped by analysts to emerge as the ‘prime beneficiary’ of the city’s removal of all property cooling measures.
The removal of property curbs in the Hong Kong government’s budget announcement last week has generated a very encouraging response in the housing market.
InvestHK head of business and professional services Herman Tse Yu-man says more foreign investments are expected in the coming year.
The removal of all property sector cooling curbs in Hong Kong has sparked immediate interest among mainland Chinese buyers, who still perceive real estate in the city as a lucrative investment option, industry insiders said.
Undersecretary for Housing Victor Tai says occupancy rate among key performance indicators for city’s first 2,100 ‘light public housing’ flats in Yuen Long.