May Chan is looking for a home that she can call her own. The freelancer wants to buy a flat, but high mortgage rates as well as uncertainty in the property market kept her from taking the plunge. “I would like to buy a flat, if I can afford it,” she said. “It would certainly…
The family behind one of Mongolia’s largest mining conglomerates has bought a detached house in Hong Kong’s upmarket Southern district for HK$247 million (US$31.5 million), with the buyer intending to use it as a “retirement residence”. Land Registry records showed Tisara Holdings, whose director is Tselmuun Nyamtaishir, signed a provisional agreement on January 29 to…
Hong Kong’s so-called headquarters economy, in which the city serves as a regional and global base for corporate headquarters, is spurring recovery in the commercial real estate sector as analysts forecast an improved investment environment this year. The city’s battered office market showed signs of stability in 2025, with 2.1 million sq ft (195,000 square…
Hong Kong commercial real estate is the Asia-Pacific region’s fifth most favoured investment destination for cross-border capital this year, underscoring an improved outlook for the city’s battered property market, according to a CBRE report. Hong Kong also recorded the second-highest number of luxury residential property deals among 12 super-prime markets worldwide in the last quarter…
When Kevin Ng Shu-keung inspected the mock-up of a curved glass panel in 2019 to be mass-produced for the facade of The Henderson, a grade A commercial tower in Hong Kong, he was shocked to discover its flaws. The geometrically complex glass panels had never been used in Hong Kong before and his team had…
Ares Management, one of Asia’s largest alternative investment managers, is doubling its real estate footprint in Hong Kong, a move that aligns with a broader expansion by financial firms and demand for office space in the core Central business district. The Los Angeles-based asset manager would add about 12,500 sq ft of space in Gloucester…
Ares Management, one of Asia’s largest alternative investment managers, is doubling its real estate footprint in Hong Kong, a move that aligns with a broader expansion by financial firms and demand for office space in the core Central business district. The Los Angeles-based asset manager would add about 12,500 sq ft of space in Gloucester…
Hong Kong’s leading property developers are accelerating new residential launches, with two major firms unveiling plans to roll out more than 4,300 flats this year as sentiment shows signs of improvement, but analysts caution that a surge in supply may add fresh pressure to a market that has only begun to stabilise. Developers, including Wheelock…
Hong Kong’s residential property market closed 2025 on a strong note, with transactions climbing to a six-month high in December, fuelled by demand for low-priced units even as values fell. A total of 5,883 deals were completed last month, up 5.3 per cent month on month and an increase of 43.4 per cent year on…
Hong Kong’s residential property market closed 2025 on a strong note, with transactions climbing to a six-month high in December, fuelled by demand for low-priced units even as values fell. A total of 5,883 deals were completed last month, up 5.3 per cent month on month and an increase of 43.4 per cent year on…