Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying has challenged landlords to “adjust their mentality” over rental yields as he renewed his call for price cuts to stem a 40-year-high vacancy rate for commercial properties from rising further amid a slackening economy. Leung, now a top political adviser to the country, also warned that landlords would be…
Rental yields for Hong Kong residential properties have hit the highest level in more than a dozen years and are set to remain at an elevated level for two or three years, driven by robust demand from newly arrived residents and reduced mortgage costs, according to analysts. The average rental yield in the city inched…
Homebuyers swarmed property show rooms in Wong Chuk Hang and Kai Tak on Saturday, snapping up the 504 flats on offer in Hong Kong’s biggest sales launch in six months after the monetary authority relaxed the city’s mortgage financing rules. CK Asset Holdings and MTR Corporation sold 188 of the 256 flats at their Blue…