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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 - 16:21
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US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled (ZeroHedge)
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US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled
Despite tumbling mortgage rates, existing home sales plunged (the most since COVID) in January, with some blaming 'below-normal temperatures' despite The West suffering the biggest declines (and unaffected by the winter storms).
Consensus was for a modest 0.8% MoM decline in February (again despite an ongoing drop in mortgage rates) but sales actually surprised to the upside, rising 1.7% MoM. Perhaps even more notably, January's 8.4% MoM plunge was revised up to a slightly less crazy 5.9% MoM drop...
Source: Bloomberg
With the beat and upward revision, existing home sales were down just 1.45% YoY but SAAR topped 4mm (4.09mm) once again...
Source: Bloomberg
On the bright side, with mortgage rates at their lowest since 2022, existing home sales look set to continue to improve (unless Trump's war triggers more panic in rates)...
Source: Bloomberg
Mortgage rates fell at the end of last month to 6.09% after President Trump ask...
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10.03.26 - 15:42
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US Existing-Home Sales Rise, Helped by Decline in Mortgage Rates (Bloomberg)
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US existing-home sales unexpectedly rose in February and the prior month was revised up. Contract closings increased 1.7% to a 4.09 million annualized rate, according to National Association of Realtors data released Tuesday. Mike McKee reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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10.03.26 - 10:48
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Abu Dhabi′s ADIA, Ardian Team Up on Real Estate Secondaries Push (Bloomberg)
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A unit of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is partnering with international private investment firm Ardian to launch a real estate secondaries platform, underscoring how Gulf sovereign investors are pressing ahead with global dealmaking despite heightened geopolitical tensions following the US-Israeli war on Iran....
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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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