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9 September, 2024
Evergrande Centre in Shanghai, China. Photo: AFP
China property

Creditors pursue court action against Evergrande, Shimao amid housing slump

China’s developers collectively have over 700 billion yuan worth of property bonds due this year.

China property

Indebted developer Sunac China faces liquidation threat in Hong Kong

China property

Chinese builder Country Garden details offshore debt restructuring

China property

China state-backed developers offload land acquired during market peak

Analysts believe more firms will follow suit in an effort to ease their liquidity crises.

Vanke residential buildings under construction in Hangzhou, China. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

Allan Zeman’s Lan Kwai Fong Group plans major entertainment hub in Xian

The planned project ‘is huge and it’ll be the largest Lan Kwai Fong we have,’ Zeman says.

China property

Shanghai’s December lived-in home sales hit 4-year high on incentives

Homeowners still had to offer discounts to get deals done, as analysts warn the uptick may be short-lived amid a bearish economic outlook.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developer cuts prices in Shau Kei Wan project amid oversupply

New price list takes average price in the district to the lowest level since September 2016 for primary launches: Midland Realty data.

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Oria, a 23-storey residential project in Shau Kei Wan developed by Hip Shing Hong (Holdings). Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s property market to maintain momentum after deals hit 3-year high

Property transactions totalled 67,662, valued at US$68.2 billion in 2024, according to Midland data.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong rental yields to pick up momentum in 2025: analysts

Rental yields are expected to rise on the back of robust demand from the city’s new inhabitants and reduced borrowing costs.

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Hong Kong property

No immediate relief in sight for Hong Kong’s distressed office landlords

The prices of prime office space in the city’s main business zones declined by more than 46 per cent since October 2018.

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Overall rents across the city’s premium office space segment are estimated to have fallen 8.6 per cent this year. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s November home prices, rents diverge on cheaper loans

Lived-in home prices rose slightly in November for a second straight month, while rents fell, according to official data.

Property listings are displayed on the window of a real estate agency. Hong Kong’s home prices rose in November. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong property

Outlook for Hong Kong’s high-end homes to brighten in 2025

Luxury property prices to rise as much as 5 per cent next year, with rents also set to increase by the same level, Ricacorp’s Derek Chan says.

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International Property

Chinese firms seek European base for factories amid trade tensions, tariffs

European industrial real estate developer CTP expects increased demand from Chinese firms that do not want to get caught in the trade war.

China property

Builder Jinke Property reveals details of court-supervised debt restructuring plan

Jinke expects to reduce its liabilities-to-assets ratio to around 30% from more than 90%.

A mother held her child with high-rise buildings and a construction site in the background in Chongqing. Photo: Getty Images
China property

China property flare-ups resurface as crisis enters fifth year

As China property debt crisis enters fifth year, there is little indication that distressed developers are finding it easier to repay debt.

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Residential buildings in Guangzhou. Photo: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
Hong Kong property

The Center sale came at a peak and now buyers struggle to exit

Take a look inside The Center, which was the world’s most expensive skyscraper when it was shrewdly sold by the city’s wealthiest man.

Hong Kong property

New World Development takes more beating in market as debt crisis lingers

Stock price slumps further as debt issues threaten to spiral into a crisis of confidence.

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China property

China home prices show signs of stabilisation after months of decline

In November, new home prices in China’s four top-tier cities were unchanged from a month earlier, following 13 months of declines.

Workers install windows at a residential project in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
China property

China’s housing market rout is ending as policy actions revive sales

Bullish signals emerge in hot ‘off-season’ secondary home sales in November, tax incentive in December.

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Hong Kong property

Mystery buyer spends HK$150 million for 26 flats in shopping binge

All the flats were acquired in Kai Tak district in projects including Double Coast 1 and Twin Victoria, according to agents.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong home prices: up or down? Experts weigh in with forecasts for 2025

Analysts forecast up to 5 per cent price fall or rise amid oversupply, falling interest rates and improving stock market performance.

CK Asset’s mass residential project in Kwun Tong. Some 87,000 new flats in Hong Kong are estimated to be ready by the end of next year, according to JLL. Photo: Nora Tam
China property

Swire sees robust demand for flats at first mainland China residential project

Swire Properties said 94 per cent of the units at a residential project in Shanghai were sold.

A rendering of the Lujiazui Taikoo Yuan Residences. Photo: Swire Properties
Hong Kong property

Even Chow Yun-fat is no match for Hong Kong’s real estate slump

Cutting the price of his home on The Peak, the film star joins other celebrities and tycoons selling high-end homes at a discount.

Hong Kong property

New World faces risk of mounting losses amid Hong Kong property slump

New CEO Huang has to grapple with looming losses on costly projects in a market downturn.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s hotel industry faces ‘worrying’ troubles in tax and Trump

A 3 per cent tax on hotel guests on January 1 and looming troubles from the Trump presidency could undermine the city’s tourism sector.

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Travellers at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. Photo: Elson Li
International Property

La Défense, Europe’s largest purpose-built business district, seeks Asian investors

Around 15 per cent of the office space in the business district is currently vacant because of weak demand.

Avenue Charles de Gaulle and the business district of La Defence, seen from Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong property

1 in 6 Hongkongers are eyeing home purchase in next 5 years: HSBC

Around 300,000 households will be in the market, exceeding expected supply, the lender estimates.

Banking & finance

China had nearly 100 fewer billionaires in 2024, UBS says

In Hong Kong, the billionaire tally rose to 74 from 68.

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