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23.03.26 - 09:18
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Regal′s US$194 million hotel sale highlights investor push into Hong Kong student housing (SCMP)
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Regal Hotels International Holdings and its units have sold the 494-room Regal Kowloon Hotel for about HK$1.52 billion (US$194 million) to the real estate investment arm of Centaline Group, which operates one of Hong Kong's largest property agency networks, to be converted into a student hostel.
Regal Hotels and affiliates Century City International Holdings and Paliburg Holdings agreed to dispose of the 17-storey hotel on Sa Po Road, including two basement floors, the group said in a filing......
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23.03.26 - 00:36
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Potential rate cut pause, geopolitical tensions may cloud Hong Kong property recovery (SCMP)
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Hongkonger Katie Chan was hoping to buy a flat to live in, and although the 37-year-old accountant was in no rush, the potential longer pause in interest rate cuts could delay her decision.
For Chan, the ideal mortgage would be if the one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate (Hibor) fell below 1.95 per cent, but this year the key driver for local mortgage costs and corporate borrowing rates had only dropped to as low as 2.02 per cent, according to data tracked by the Hong Kong Association of......
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16.03.26 - 12:55
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Hong Kong businessman expected to take loss on Peak properties he bought for US$255m (SCMP)
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Luxury residential property on Hong Kong's Peak Road owned by businessman Chan King-wai has been put up for sale by public tender, several years after he acquired it from companies linked to CK group.
Marketing agent JLL said on Monday that the adjoining sites at 86, 88 and 90 Peak Road are being offered for joint sale by tender. The residential lots have a combined area of about 28,620 sq ft.
The site could attract bids of about HK$70,000 (US$8,939) to HK$100,000 per square foot, said Joseph......
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11.03.26 - 10:00
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Hong Kong property could gain as Middle East turmoil reshapes global wealth flows (SCMP)
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Escalating tensions in the Middle East could redirect global wealth flows and support demand for Hong Kong property, as investors seek stable financial hubs amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, analysts say.
The shift comes as global wealth migration increasingly reshapes luxury property markets from Sydney to Dubai and Hong Kong.
Citigroup said in a report released on Monday that prolonged instability in the region could prompt capital and talent to move out of the Middle East. The report said......
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10.03.26 - 22:00
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From Valuation to Vision: Reinventing Hong Kong′s Real Estate Landscape (SCMP)
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K.K. Chiu is reimagining Hong Kong's real estate future by helping to shape the next chapter for the city through technology, housing and long-term commitment.
Few executives have witnessed Hong Kong's real estate evolution as closely - or continuously - as K.K. Chiu, Chief Executive of Greater China at Cushman & Wakefield. With more than 40 years in the industry, Chiu has advised clients through market booms and downturns, political transition, and the growing influence of technology on how......
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10.03.26 - 01:36
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Singapore property clan puts rare Hong Kong estate up for US$38.4 million tender (SCMP)
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A Singapore-rooted property family has put a rare residential estate in Hong Kong's Southern district up for tender at about HK$300 million (US$38.4 million), testing demand for trophy homes as the city's luxury housing market shows early signs of recovery despite soft prices.
The tender for Belvedere, a low-density compound in Chung Hom Kok, would close at noon on April 28, according to marketing agent JLL. The property had been held by Remadour Estate since 1993, Land Registry records......
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07.03.26 - 04:06
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As the world′s wealthy relocate, rewriting the property map, will Hong Kong win out? (SCMP)
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From Sydney to Hong Kong, wealth migration is reshaping the global super-luxury property market as activity picks up after two subdued years – though the dominance of relative newcomer Dubai is now being tested by the war in the Middle East.
In Sydney, Peter Li, general manager at Plus Agency, said commission revenues on super-luxury homes had risen about 20 per cent from a year earlier. The firm, which handles more than US$300 million in annual sales, has hired six new staff members since......
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05.03.26 - 07:42
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Global investors revisit Hong Kong property stocks as housing market recovery gathers pace (SCMP)
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The recovery in Hong Kong's property market has begun attracting overseas investors back to the sector, with the Hang Seng Properties Index rising more than 20 per cent this year.
International investors, who have had limited exposure to Hong Kong property stocks over the past two to three years, had begun revisiting the sector and adding positions since the start of 2026, according to Citi.
At a recent global investor conference hosted by the US bank, participants said they were showing greater......
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02.03.26 - 01:36
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Hong Kong luxury real estate: how a European agent won US$30.45 million penthouse listing (SCMP)
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Minna Honkanen could not have anticipated the seismic events that would grip Hong Kong after she decided to try her luck there in early 2019.
Two months after she arrived, unprecedented social unrest engulfed the city, followed immediately by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut borders and restricted travel for more than two years.
Least of all did the Finnish national imagine she would become a luxury property agent in one of the world's most expensive real estate markets, securing exclusive......
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01.03.26 - 13:06
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China Resources subsidiary acquires Hong Kong hotel for student housing project (SCMP)
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A subsidiary of state-owned conglomerate China Resources (Holdings) has acquired a Hong Kong hotel and plans to convert it into student housing amid a wave of investments driven by rising demand after the city raised the cap on non-local students.
CR Longdation signed an agreement to buy four-star hotel Hotel Cozi Oasis in Kwai Chung, a major industrial and residential area in the southwestern New Territories, for HK$953 million (US$122 million), said Colliers and Knight Frank, which advised on......
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25.02.26 - 12:06
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Hong Kong′s home prices reach 19-month high as rise gathers pace (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's lived-in home prices opened the year with a 0.53 per cent month-on-month gain in January, according to official data, sustaining a recovery that began in the second quarter of 2025.
Rents in the city, meanwhile, continued to rise, surging by 0.3 per cent from a month earlier to set another peak, according to data released on Wednesday by the Rating and Valuation Department.
With the latest increment, the city's second-hand home prices officially stood at 301.4, its highest since......
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24.02.26 - 00:36
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More banks catch on to Hong Kong′s housing rebound, upgrade market forecast (SCMP)
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Global investment banks are rallying behind a more bullish view of Hong Kong's housing market, with JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs joining Morgan Stanley in forecasting double-digit price gains after a stronger-than-expected rebound.
Morgan Stanley was the first major bank to forecast a 10 per cent increase in home prices in January, which was widely seen as aggressive at the time.
With fresh data bolstering signs of a recovery, other banks have also lifted their 2026 estimates.
According to a......
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23.02.26 - 02:36
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Hong Kong homebuyers face dwindling discounts as property market stabilises (SCMP)
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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 help if there are discounts.”
Now that mortgage rates have stabilised and there is less uncertainty about property prices, she hopes to find a reasonably priced home.
With Hong Kong's residential property market stabilising......
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20.02.26 - 11:06
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Hong Kong′s property market to build on gains in the Year of the Horse, agents say (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's residential property market made gradual and steady gains in the Year of the Snake, with the momentum set to continue in the Year of the Horse, according to the city's largest real estate agencies.
“The Year of the Snake marked the end of three years of decline and a strong rebound fuelled by policy easing and wealth effect [from the Hong Kong stock market's gain],” said Derek Chan Hoi-chiu, head of research at Ricacorp Properties.
“The Year of the Horse will build on the momentum,”......
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16.02.26 - 10:06
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Hong Kong′s Kerry Properties secures Shau Kei Wan residential plot for US$177 million (SCMP)
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Hong Kong-based Kerry Properties has won a tender for a residential plot in Shau Kei Wan for HK$1.38 billion (US$177 million), which drew heavy bidding interest from both mainland Chinese and local developers.
Kerry beat seven other bidders for a 50-year grant for the 1,349-square-metre (14,523 sq ft) parcel in the Eastern district, the Lands Department said on Monday.
The plot was expected to provide a total gross floor area of over 130,000 sq ft, yielding around 300 residential units,......
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10.02.26 - 12:30
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China′s property woes likely to hurt some Hong Kong banks′ 2025 earnings: Citi (SCMP)
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China's commercial real estate stress will force some Hong Kong banks with significant exposure to the sector to set aside additional reserves for potentially higher non-performing loans, which could weigh on their second-half 2025 earnings, according to Citi.
In a report on Tuesday, Citi Research said Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK), the Hong Kong subsidiary of state-owned Bank of China, and Bank of East Asia (BEA) had the highest exposure to China's commercial real estate, which is under......
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08.02.26 - 08:48
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What is Hong Kong′s headquarters economy – and how it drives a commercial property upswing (SCMP)
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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 metres) of net absorption for the full year, the largest annual total since 2018, according to CBRE.
Central recorded the biggest......
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06.02.26 - 11:42
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Kowloon East site attracts nine bids as Hong Kong housing outlook brightens (SCMP)
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Hong Kong's tender for a 3,132 square metre (33,712 sq ft) residential plot in Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon East, has drawn nine bids, according to the Development Bureau.
The site was estimated to be worth as much as HK$1.55 billion (US$198 million), according to real estate services provider CBRE.
Sun Hung Kai Properties, Henderson Land Development and CK Asset Holdings submitted bids individually, while Sino Land and Great Eagle Holdings made a joint offer, the groups confirmed separately on......
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