Property News
  • 〈The Standard, Nov 4, 2023〉With developers racing to gain market share sales and, in the process, having a knock-on effect on prices and volumes in the secondary market, banks are adopting a more caut...
    2023/11/04
  • 〈The Standard, Oct 28, 2023〉Although the commercial property market remains weak with both the transaction volumes and prices staying low amid a high-interest-rate environment, there are still investo...
    2023/10/28
  • 〈The Standard, Oct 21, 2023〉As the market looks to Wednesday's policy address in hope the "spicy measures" to stabilize the property sector may be removed, developers are offering new payment methods ...
    2023/10/21
  • 〈The Standard, Oct 14, 2023〉Low prices for new homes and a sluggish secondary market sent bank valuations for flats down by up to 4.4 percent last month. Of 20 housing estates tracked, 16 saw valua...
    2023/10/14
  • 〈The Standard, Oct 8, 2023〉Hong Kong and Singapore are "a hybrid of competition and cooperation," tycoon Li Ka-shing says, quoting a reply from ChatGPT, as he praises Singapore's late founding prime m...
    2023/10/07
  • 〈The Standard, Sept 30, 2023〉The number of shop transactions jumped to a 14-month high last month, according to Midland IC&I, although rents in core districts are still seeing a slower recovery. De...
    2023/09/30
  • 〈The Standard, Sept 23, 2023〉More than 1,360 residential units were approved for presale in the primary market last month, bringing the total to over 16,000 units that have been approved for sale but ...
    2023/09/23
  • 〈The Standard, Sept 16, 2023〉Interest rate hikes and sales launches for new builds have dragged down the secondary market, with many potential buyers turning cautious and homeowners rushing to sell - ...
    2023/09/16
  • 〈The Standard, Sept 9, 2023〉Low prices for newly built homes and interest rate hikes sent bank valuations for flats at 17 blue-chip housing estates down by up to 4.6 percent last month. Those 17, o...
    2023/09/09
  • 〈The Standard, Sept 2, 2023〉Rents in hong Kong are expected to spiral up by another 10 percent this year, having already risen to the highest level in almost two years amid an influx of mainlanders ta...
    2023/09/02
  • 〈The Standard, Aug 26, 2023〉With developers offering discounts on car parking spaces, some home buyers are skipping homes in favor of parking lots. That was Midland Realty's finding, with the agenc...
    2023/08/26
  • 〈The Standard, Aug 17, 2023〉Transaction numbers in the 70 biggest residential estates near MTR lines slumped last month, with the number of those seeing zero sales doubling to 10 amid weak market sent...
    2023/08/19
  • 〈The Standard, Aug 12, 2023〉Mainland students and professionals coming in through Hong Kong's talent scheme are driving up the city's rental market, with Novo Land in Tuen Mun seeing over 100 deals la...
    2023/08/12
  • 〈The Standard, August 5, 2023〉Interest rate hikes cast a pall over the market, with a strengthening wait-and-see attitude dragging down the property market even further. Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank...
    2023/08/05
  • 〈The Standard, July 29, 2023〉The northern metropolis is to be the future focus of growth for Hong Kong's economy and development initiatives, and the pace of development there is accelerating. Of t...
    2023/07/29
  • 〈The Standard, July 22, 2023〉The commercial property market is not as exuberant as it used to be, and transaction numbers and prices are no longer staying high due to various challenges. However, ther...
    2023/07/22
  • 〈The Standard, July 15, 2023〉The government is stepping up the pace of development at Northern Metropolis, Kwu Tung North and new areas in Fan Ling North. To speed things up, it proposed last year ...
    2023/07/15
  • 〈The Standard, July 8, 2023〉More new projects are coming to the market soon, and these include single-block homes in urban areas. One such is Aruna in Ap Lei Chau, which is releasing its first price l...
    2023/07/08
  • 〈The Standard, July 1, 2023〉Property market sentiment has improved slightly, with even "haunted" apartments being caught up in the feel-good factor and some fetching good prices. A unit below a dou...
    2023/07/01
  • 〈The Standard, June 24, 2023〉Henderson Land Development (0012) co-chairman Martin Lee Ka-shing expects the property market to gradually recover and property prices to remain stable this year. Lee s...
    2023/06/24