Hong Kong’s residential property market recovery is gaining traction, with transactions of lower-priced homes rising sharply on the back of improved sentiment and recent government tax relief measures. From March to May, 3,780 residential properties priced between HK$3 million (US$382,000) and HK$4 million were sold, a 73 per cent increase from the same period last…
Hong Kong’s residential property market recovery is gaining traction, with transactions of lower-priced homes rising sharply on the back of improved sentiment and recent government tax relief measures. From March to May, 3,780 residential properties priced between HK$3 million (US$382,000) and HK$4 million were sold, a 73 per cent increase from the same period last…
The recent property downturn has paradoxically increased the market dominance of Hong Kong’s three biggest developers. An estimated 60 per cent of new residential units this year and next will be delivered by Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), CK Asset Holdings and Henderson Land, up from 40 per cent in the past two years. Meanwhile,…
Three of Hong Kong’s biggest developers – Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), CK Asset Holdings and Henderson Land – are expected to dominate the housing market, as homebuyers increasingly prefer smaller flats amid economic jitters, according to JLL. The trio were set to deliver 60 per cent of new residential units in 2025 and 2026,…
Hong Kong’s tax revenue increased by about 10 per cent in the past financial year, driven in part by an influx of talent and a boost in property transactions, authorities have said. Commissioner of Inland Revenue Benjamin Chan Sze-wai on Friday also predicted a 7 per cent rise in overall collections for the 2025-26 financial…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has revised the city’s deficit for the previous financial year to HK$80.3 billion (US$10.4 billion), 8 per cent lower than his original estimate, attributing the change to increased stamp duty income on stock trading and lower-than-expected departmental expenditure. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday also revealed that the government would…
UK house prices experienced their biggest monthly drop in a year this March, which resulted from market cooling after many homebuyers completed purchases to avoid English and Northern Irish stamp duty changes. According to data from Halifax, the average property price dropped by 0.5 per cent in March, falling to £296,699. This marks the most…
Hong Kong’s property sales increased to the highest level in four months in March, as a resurgent stock market and a lower tax scheme for homes spurred sentiment, according to two of the city’s largest agencies. Sales of new and lived-in homes, shops, office units, car parking spaces and industrial properties jumped by 55 per…
Approved mortgage loans in Hong Kong rose to a nine-month high in February as buyers of new flats sought additional financing, suggesting an improvement in demand as developers continued to launch new projects at attractive prices, analysts said. Financial institutions approved mortgage loan applications worth HK$26.1 billion (US$3.3 billion), the highest since HK$31.6 billion in…
Home prices in Hong Kong’s secondary property market dropped for a third straight month in February to near the lowest in a decade amid concerns about slower cuts in interest rates and heightened tensions in global trade stoked by extra US tariffs on foreign goods. Lived-in home prices retreated 0.9 per cent in February from…