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08.11.26 - 07:06
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Hong Kong investors look to Swiss Alps as they diversify property holdings (SCMP)
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Some wealthy Hong Kong investors are looking beyond Asia for property, as they seek to diversify their holdings across currencies and jurisdictions as part of a broader approach to wealth preservation.
The Swiss Alpine resort village of Andermatt offers one example of the appeal. Prime residential prices there rose 12.5 per cent in the year to June 2026, making it the second-best-performing market in the Knight Frank Mountain Property Price Index. Its relatively open rules for foreign buyers and......
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06.11.26 - 07:12
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Hong Kong property investors buck Asia-Pacific buying shift, survey shows (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's property market is bucking a wider shift towards selling across Asia-Pacific, with three-quarters of market professionals reporting stronger buying intentions among their clients, even as rising borrowing costs are making investors across the region more cautious.
About 75 per cent of respondents in Hong Kong reported stronger buying intentions in the third quarter, up from 71 per cent in the first quarter, making the city an outlier in a region where more investors are looking to......
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04.11.26 - 00:00
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′Wait-and-see′: Hong Kong′s private home sales drop as interest rates are tipped to rise (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's primary and secondary private residential property sales fell in October compared to the previous month, as the expectation of an interest rate increase by year-end draws nearer, according to new market research.
Conducted by Centaline Property, the research indicated that Hong Kong recorded 1,410 first-hand private residential property transactions in October, with a total transaction value of HK$18.66 billion (US$2.38 billion).
This represented a decline of 5.8 per cent and 12.1......
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01.11.26 - 08:06
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What would a December rate rise mean for Hong Kong family offices′ property portfolios? (SCMP)
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An expected 0.25 percentage point rate increase by the US Federal Reserve in December is unlikely to dampen Hong Kong family offices' interest in European, US and Japanese property investments, according to industry insiders.
Ken Peng, chief investment officer at Raffles Family Office, said there were currently no signs of a large-scale sell-off in the US real estate market, with some local markets in the US even seeing supply shortages.
“I believe the Federal Reserve's current rate-hiking cycle......
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01.11.26 - 04:01
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Will Argentina′s citizenship scheme lure property buyers from mainland China and Hong Kong? (SCMP)
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Argentina is the latest country seeking to lure investors with an investment-for-citizenship programme, providing another residency and diversification option for the wealthy, including those from mainland China and Hong Kong, according to analysts.
Buenos Aires in October announced two principal investment routes for applicants. One is a US$350,000 non-refundable contribution to the National Treasury and a subscription to a US$800,000 government bond created specifically for the programme,......
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28.10.26 - 12:00
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Why Hong Kong rents are hitting records while home price gains lose momentum (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's lived-in home prices fell 0.8 per cent in the third quarter, their first quarterly decline after five quarters of gains, as a September rebound failed to fully offset a summer slowdown in the residential market.
Prices rose 0.19 per cent in September from August, marking a second consecutive monthly increase, according to data released by the Rating and Valuation Department on Wednesday.
The index reached 320.8, but remained 19.4 per cent below its September 2021 peak. Prices were......
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22.10.26 - 01:00
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Could Hong Kong′s student housing boom lure property giants off the sidelines? (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's largest landlords and developers could get their first formal route into the rising student accommodation market after the government announced plans to tender land for a purpose-built student hostel this quarter, according to analysts.
Development Secretary Bernadette Linn Hon-ho announced on Thursday the inclusion of a 1,100 square metre (11,840 square foot) site for student accommodation as one of two land tenders in the October to December quarter.
The plot – at the junction of......
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20.10.26 - 09:54
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How Jardine Matheson′s street-shop sale reflects Hong Kong retail property′s struggles (SCMP)
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Amid Hong Kong's commercial property downturn, British conglomerate Jardine Matheson has sold a street shop in Causeway Bay for HK$80 million (US$10.2 million) after holding it for more than 50 years, accepting a price HK$10 million below its earlier valuation.
The property, a ground-floor shop in H&S Building at 36 Leighton Road, with a gross floor area of about 11,727 square feet, was acquired by Uni Investment Development, according to Land Registry records.
Jardine Matheson appointed an......
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20.10.26 - 09:54
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Hong Kong plans just 2 land sales this quarter despite housing rebound (SCMP)
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The Hong Kong government will release two parcels of land for sale – one for a residential development and another for a student hostel project – in the October to December quarter, as officials maintain a cautious stance towards housing supply even as the market rebounds.
One residential site – an 8,015-square-metre (86,250-square-foot) parcel of land in Sha Tin – will be offered through tender in the third quarter of the 2026-2027 financial year, Development Secretary Bernadette Linn Hon-ho......
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20.10.26 - 09:54
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Why mainland Chinese still drive Hong Kong′s housing market despite Beijing′s 20% tax (SCMP)
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Although the Chinese government imposed a 20 per cent tax on rental income and capital gains derived from overseas properties transferred into offshore trusts by mainland residents, agents said these investors remained a key driver of the Hong Kong property market.
China's Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration said in July that rental earnings – profits from the sale of properties and investment gains derived from assets including real estate, stocks or equity interests held......
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19.10.26 - 08:00
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Why mainland Chinese still drive Hong Kong′s housing market despite Beijing′s 20% tax (SCMP)
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Although the Chinese government imposed a 20 per cent tax on rental income and capital gains derived from overseas properties transferred into offshore trusts by mainland residents, agents said these investors remained a key driver of the Hong Kong property market.
China's Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration said in July that rental earnings – profits from the sale of properties and investment gains derived from assets including real estate, stocks or equity interests held......
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15.10.26 - 14:19
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Hong Kong plans just 2 land sales in next quarter despite housing rebound (SCMP)
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The Hong Kong government will release two parcels of land for sale – one for a residential development and another for a student hostel project – in the October to December quarter, as officials maintain a cautious stance towards housing supply even as the market rebounds.
One residential site – an 8,015-square-metre (86,250-square-foot) parcel of land in Sha Tin – will be offered through tender in the third quarter of the 2026-27 financial year, Development Secretary Bernadette Linn Hon-ho......
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15.10.26 - 01:00
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How Jardine Matheson′s street-shop sale reflects Hong Kong retail property′s struggles (SCMP)
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Amid Hong Kong's commercial property downturn, British conglomerate Jardine Matheson has sold a street shop in Causeway Bay for HK$80 million (US$10.2 million) after holding it for more than 50 years, accepting a price HK$10 million below its earlier valuation.
The property, a ground-floor shop in H&S Building at 36 Leighton Road, with a gross floor area of about 11,727 square feet, was acquired by Uni Investment Development, according to Land Registry records.
Jardine Matheson appointed an......
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08.10.26 - 01:00
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Hong Kong banks grow cautious on One Stanley mortgages amid investigation (SCMP)
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The furore over alleged construction defects at luxury development One Stanley threatens to cast a shadow over Hong Kong's recovering super-prime property market, as banks hold off on mortgages and property agents suspend viewings at the complex while an investigation continues.
“Most [banks] are adopting a wait-and-see approach,” said Eric Tso Tak-ming, chief vice-president at mReferral Mortgage Brokerage Services, adding that lenders were likely to take a more cautious approach to mortgage......
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06.10.26 - 01:00
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How one Hong Kong property investor still made US$30 million – after a 40% price cut (SCMP)
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Amid concerns over rising interest rates and a weak retail property market, a long-time investor has sold a portfolio of prime street shops in Tsim Sha Tsui – held for more than four decades – and locked in a profit of nearly HK$237 million (US$30.2 million) despite accepting a deal more than 40 per cent below his original asking price.
The portfolio of retail shops in Cheung Lee Commercial Building and the podium of Wing Lee Building, both on Kimberley Road, changed hands for HK$256.8 million,......
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05.10.26 - 08:06
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Hong Kong poised for first listed property debt fund as banks pull back (SCMP)
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Private equity firms are moving to plug a commercial real estate funding gap as traditional banks pull back, with one fund filing to launch Hong Kong's first listed property debt vehicle.
Gaw Capital, a Hong Kong-based real estate private equity fund which managed US$35.6 billion in assets as of late 2025, filed to list its Gaw Capital Real Estate Private Debt OFC on Friday, seeking to become the first property-focused private debt fund on the Hong Kong stock exchange's main board.
The fund has......
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