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Sunac’s onshore debt deal bodes well for China’s troubled property sector: experts
The deal could ‘provide a viable reference model for other embattled Chinese property developers’.
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More Hong Kong home buyers may lose deposits, agents say
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Embattled Chinese developer Vanke suffers Fitch Ratings bond downgrade
21 Jan 2025 - 6:30PM
Business
Tourism, student accommodation to give hotel assets a bump, experts say
A promising year awaits hoteliers as tourism rebounds and owners looking to sell their assets for better prices, industry experts say.
21 Jan 2025 - 10:06AM
Hotel porters in Tsim Sha Tsui help guests with their luggages on December 31, 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee
China Business
Founder of Chinese developer Zhenro faces action on ‘suspected illegal activities’
Ou Zongrong placed under legal compulsory measures after restructuring support agreement expired, according to holding company.
21 Jan 2025 - 6:00AM
China Business
Country Garden gets a 4-month reprieve in Hong Kong liquidation
Earlier this month, developer released its first proposal to restructure as much as US$11.6 billion in liabilities.
20 Jan 2025 - 2:36PM
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Will higher school fees, new taxes turn Hongkongers away from UK properties?
Additional education fees, a new tax scheme and slowing growth in rental rates could turn Hongkongers away from UK property.
20 Jan 2025 - 9:35AM
People view the office buildings of the City of London from Parliament Hill in the Hampstead suburb of north London. Photo: AFP
Business
More foreign property investors are likely to sell Greater Bay Area assets
Analysts attributed the expected sales to escalating geopolitical tensions and lower investment yields.
19 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
Business
First-time homebuyers snap up Tuen Mun flats amid easing economic worries
Early Light had sold more than three-quarters of the 280 flats on offer at The Reserve in New Territories by Saturday afternoon.
18 Jan 2025 - 5:19PM
Business
CEO of Hong Kong’s NWD buys company-built flat for US$6.4 million
Echo Huang Shaomei, appointed in November as the second new CEO in two months, purchases 4-bedroom, 1,522 sq ft North Point home.
17 Jan 2025 - 5:06PM
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China Business
Home prices in China’s biggest cities stabilise under stimulus measures
Prices across 70 major cities fell in December by the smallest percentage in 18 months, and prices in the four biggest metropolises rose.
17 Jan 2025 - 4:00PM
Residential buildings are pictured in Shanghai on September 29, 2024. Photo: Reuters
China Business
China developer Vanke’s fate in question as shares and bonds drop amid rumours
A government takeover could be seen as a positive development in the market, according to an analyst.
17 Jan 2025 - 5:55PM
Business
Defunct Hong Kong gym chain owner sells 4 flats at over 40% discount
Disposal involved four units at Park Haven development in Causeway Bay, which were sold by Physical owner Luk Ngai-keung.
16 Jan 2025 - 5:50PM
Banking & Finance
Hong Kong’s CTF Services to issue US$100 million in convertible bonds
The infrastructure unit under Chow Tai Fook Enterprises said it will apply to list the new shares on the Hong Kong exchange.
16 Jan 2025 - 4:14PM
China Business
Slew of indebted Chinese developers face reckoning in Hong Kong courts
Sunac and Shimao have received new liquidation petitions, while Country Garden and Times China face court hearings this month.
15 Jan 2025 - 4:00PM
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Cases involving indebted mainland Chinese developers will come up before the courts in Hong Kong that will decide their fate. Photo: Warton Li
Companies
Troubled Chinese developer Country Garden’s loss for first half of 2024 narrows
Foshan-based developer also says revenue for first half of 2024 fell 55 per cent to 102 billion yuan (US$13.9 billion).
15 Jan 2025 - 10:21AM
Business
Distressed property deals to rise in Hong Kong this year as sellers cut prices
High interest rates and uncertainties in the global economy are cited as reasons why distressed deals will rise in 2025.
14 Jan 2025 - 8:53AM
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Why restaurants are replacing shops, changing Hong Kong’s retail landscape
The mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to leave during the pandemic.
9 Aug 2022 - 8:07AM
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Business
Magnate warns of tough times as Hang Lung kicks off results season
The comments by Chan showed how Hong Kong has been caught since 2019 by a series of turbulent events, including months of anti-government protests, US sanctions and a Covid-19 pandemic in its third year.
28 Jul 2022 - 9:08PM
Business
Hong Kong, mainland cities worst performers in index tracking home rent growth
Upmarket home rents in Hong Kong and Shenzhen declined in the year’s first half, bucking the global trend of increases among 30 cities tracked by property consultancy Savills.
3 Aug 2022 - 11:00AM
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Hong Kong’s Peak Lookout restaurant has rent halved as Covid wipes out tourism
The owners of the iconic Hong Kong restaurant, previously a huge draw for tourists with its prime location, are now paying less than half the monthly HK$230,000 (US$29,300) they were forking out on a lease signed pre-pandemic.
26 Jul 2022 - 8:36PM
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OPINION
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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Hong Kong property market gloom has become self-fulfilling prophecy
20 Jan 2025 - 4:30PM
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Winnie Ho Wing-yin
Opinion
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How government plans to improve lot of Hongkongers in poor housing playing
2 Jan 2025 - 10:31AM
Prof Zhang Jun
Opinion
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How China’s fast-transforming economy can avoid painful L-shaped growth
11 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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Asia’s property markets are shrugging off political risks
9 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Mike Rowse
Opinion
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Hong Kong’s small flats will drive international talent elsewhere
20 Oct 2024 - 4:30PM
Dennis Lee
Opinion
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How inaction sustains Hong Kong’s plague of subdivided flats
12 Oct 2024 - 11:01AM
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