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News updated on 21 December 2020

• Workers Flocking to China’s Tech Hub Can’t Afford to Buy Homes – www.bloomberg.com
• Hong Kong retail property: the worst may finally be over for sector, JLL says, but others suggest more pain ahead – www.edgeprop.sg
• Hong Kong property developers expand into co-working sector as demand for proper offices dwindles – www.edgeprop.sg
• Hong Kong property agents turn to rental furniture to stand out from the crowd – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 20 December 2020

• Pavilia Farm ends 2020 as Hong Kong’s best-selling new flats, helping New World top Sun Hung Kai as city’s biggest home seller – www.scmp.com

News updated on 16 December 2020

• Hong Kong property developers expand into co-working sector – www.bangkokpost.com
• Hong Kong Remains Most Expensive Office Fit-Out Market in Greater China – www.taiwannews.com.tw

News updated on 12 December 2020

• Hong Kong’s weekend home sales are mixed as government’s vaccine purchase elevates mood on strict social-distancing rules – www.scmp.com

News updated on 11 December 2020

• Hong Kong’s Shop King Struggles to Sell Billions in Property – www.bloomberg.com
• HKRI BUYS KOWLOON REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR HK$310M – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 9 December 2020

• Hong Kong Developers to Adjust to New Work at Home COVID Trends – www.worldpropertyjournal.com
• Australia’s AirTrunk launches Hong Kong data centre as it looks to tap demand for cloud computing services – www.scmp.com

News updated on 8 December 2020

• Policy support, Covid-19 vaccines create new opportunities in Hong Kong property market – www.scmp.com

News updated on 1 December 2020

• Singapore’s property market is drawing expats from Hong Kong – cnaluxury.channelnewsasia.com
• Covid-19 has provided Hong Kong property developers with opportunity to evolve world’s most expensive office market – www.scmp.com
• Hongkongers expected to spend US$21.9 billion on new homes this year, the lowest since 2015, says Centaline – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 30 November 2020

• ALIBABA FUND, SWIRE INVEST IN HK LOGISTICS STARTUP AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 26 November 2020

• Hong Kong cuts stamp duty on some property – www.thestar.com.my
• Hong Kong home prices to extend decline after October's 0.6 per cent surprise drop as Covid-19's fourth wave dents confidence – finance.yahoo.com
• Hong Kong — Asia's Family Office Hub – www.lexology.com

News updated on 25 November 2020

• Knight Frank on Offices: «The Great Disruption» – www.finews.asia

News updated on 22 November 2020

• RECORD NUMBER OF HK BUYERS ABANDON HOME PURCHASES AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 16 November 2020

• SWIRE TOWER SALE LEADS UPSWING IN HONG KONG COMMERCIAL DEALS – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 13 November 2020

• Hong Kong banks lose appetite for prime space in world's costliest city as work-from-home becomes permanent after pandemic – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 10 November 2020

• Hongkongers come out in droves to buy property – www.google.com
• Gaw Capital and partners to acquire Hong Kong office tower for $1.71 bil – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 9 November 2020

• Gaw, Schroder consortium buys CityPlaza One tower in Hong Kong – realassets.ipe.com
• LI & FUNG RETAIL UNIT SELLS HONG KONG CIRCLE K STORES FOR $360M – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 8 November 2020

• Hongkongers come out in droves to buy property even as developers steadily raise prices amid improving confidence – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 2 November 2020

• HONG KONG’S MTR SELLS LAST LOHAS PARK SITE FOR HK$20B AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com
• Compass Offices Brings 30,000 Square Foot of Workspace to Causeway Bay’s Bustling Core Business District – www.valdostadailytimes.com

News updated on 1 November 2020

• CIFI, WANG ON ANNOUNCE HK$2.6B DEVELOPMENT JV ON HONG KONG ISLAND – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 31 October 2020

• HENDERSON SECURES SITE IN HK’S CENTRAL FOR HK$234M AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 30 October 2020

• Small flats defy Hong Kong’s recession, gaining in price as larger homes continue to lose value – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 28 October 2020

• Swire Properties in talks to sell Hong Kong office tower; trading resumes – www.businesstimes.com.sg
• Hong Kong Office Market Still Feeling Negative Impacts of COVID Outbreak – www.worldpropertyjournal.com
• Marriott International Announces New Offering to Work Anywhere with Marriott Bonvoy as an Alternative to Working from Home for the Day, Overnight or G – us.acrofan.com

News updated on 27 October 2020

• Skyscraper plans unveiled for record-breaking $3B plot of land – edition.cnn.com

News updated on 25 October 2020

• HONG KONG TYCOON SELLS FLOOR IN THE CENTER FOR $126.5M AS DOWNTURN DRAGS ON – www.mingtiandi.com
• Hong Kong property market gets second rousing weekend as buyers grab all units at New World’s Pavilia Farm in Tai Wai – www.scmp.com

News updated on 23 October 2020

• Hong Kong's industrial market continues to decline due pandemic but demand for data centres surge - CBRE – www.retalkasia.com
• Hong Kong office market remains weak as vacancy rates continue to rise - CBRE – www.retalkasia.com

News updated on 22 October 2020

• HONG KONG SITE SALE CANCELLED AFTER LOWBALL BIDS AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 21 October 2020

• New World's project sells out in Tai Wai as discounts and location draw homebuyers to ignore oversupply and recession – www.edgeprop.sg
• Hong Kong residential rents face deeper correction, as fourth coronavirus wave, lay-off clouds gather – www.edgeprop.sg
• Swire Properties selling car parking spaces in Taikoo Shing for HK$3 million each as it disposes off noncore assets – www.edgeprop.sg
• China Evergrande fails to offload leftover units at The Emerald Bay Phase 2 project in Hong Kong – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 19 October 2020

• Cushman & Wakefield Releases 2020 Global Office Impact Study – www.taiwannews.com.tw

News updated on 15 October 2020

• Daewoo E&C Exports High-rise Building Technology to Hong Kong – www.businesskorea.co.kr

News updated on 14 October 2020

• Hong Kong's mid-sized developers seek to create markets in unlikely niches to survive city's worst economic slump on record – www.edgeprop.sg
• Sino Land sells St George’s Mansions penthouse for US$31 million, shows allure of Hong Kong luxury property is intact – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 13 October 2020

• Hong Kong’s housing market is slowing but surely on the path to recovery – www.scmp.com
• Hong Kong’s mid-sized developers seek to create markets in unlikely niches to survive city’s worst economic slump on record – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 12 October 2020

• Compass Offices Expands its Footprint Anticipating Market Recovery – www.oaoa.com

News updated on 10 October 2020

• Hong Kong’s home sales fizzle for a second weekend ahead of key policy address expected to boost supply of affordable homes – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 8 October 2020

• ZHA reveals covid-friendly design for Hong Kong tower – www.bdonline.co.uk

News updated on 7 October 2020

• NEW WORLD SET TO BUY UP HONG KONG’S STATE THEATRE AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com
• Hong Kong hoteliers cautious about openings even as third coronavirus wave eases and staycations rise during 'golden week' – www.edgeprop.sg
• Chinese investment in Hong Kong property to carry on rising - CBRE – www.marketscreener.com

News updated on 6 October 2020

• Greater Central Rentals to Fall by 25% - Steepest Drop since Global Financial Crisis in 2008, Athleisure Sector to Grow as Post-Pandemic New Trend – www.taiwannews.com.tw
• Covid Worsens Crisis in Worlds Most Unaffordable Housing Market – Bloomberg – gooruf.com

News updated on 5 October 2020

• CARTIER CLOSES HONG KONG BOUTIQUE AMID LUXURY SLUMP AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 30 September 2020

• Hong Kong’s August home price index drops by the most in six months as recession, Covid-19 sap investment appetite – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 27 September 2020

• Hong Kong house rents may fall due to corona – www.sentinelassam.com

News updated on 26 September 2020

• Hong Kong’s biggest weekend of home sales in 14 months fizzles out after initial buzz as buyers get the pick of 729 flats across city – sg.news.yahoo.com
• Hong Kong expats get windfall amid coronavirus gloom: rents likely to fall 10 to 15 per cent in world’s costliest place for foreigners to live – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 25 September 2020

• Hong Kong Office Rent Slide Slows in August, New Lettings Uptick – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 24 September 2020

• Billionaire Property Heir Has Big Bets on Troubled Hong Kong – www.bloomberg.com
• ZHA reveals designs for Hong Kong office block on world’s most expensive site – www.architectsjournal.co.uk

News updated on 22 September 2020

• Vacancy in Hong Kong's storage facilities, warehouses and logistics real estate may double as retailers end leases, slash stock – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 20 September 2020

• SUN HUNG KAI ASKS TO REDESIGN WEST KOWLOON PROJECT AS TWO TALLER TOWERS – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 19 September 2020

• Hong Kong homebuyers return in droves for a sell-out weekend of flats offered by Sun Hung Kai and Henderson Land – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 16 September 2020

• Vacancy in Hong Kong’s storage facilities, warehouses and logistics real estate may double as retailers end leases, slash stock – sg.news.yahoo.com
• Hong Kong's housing market remains depressed – www.globalpropertyguide.com

News updated on 15 September 2020

• Hong Kong's veteran property investors head for the exit amid fears of a deep and prolonged correction in prices – www.edgeprop.sg
• EVERGRANDE INVESTS IN HONG KONG LAND TO DEVELOP VILLAS – industryglobalnews24.com
• Chinese companies are showing signs of returning to Hong Kong’s offices and executive apartments, boding well for city’s real estate – sg.news.yahoo.com
• Hong Kong's veteran property investors head for the exit amid fears of a deep and prolonged correction in prices – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 14 September 2020

• Asia-Pacific’s Commercial Properties Battered as Investors Flee – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 12 September 2020

• A 10% drop in residential prices is projected for 2020 as the unemployment rate is forecasted to reach 7%; Investment market remains subdued with 50% of deals in Q3 involving PRC buyers – www.taiwannews.com.tw

News updated on 11 September 2020

• How a network of co-working spaces is looking to reshape Hong Kong office space – www.retalkasia.com

News updated on 10 September 2020

• Hang Lung picks up US government’s Hong Kong mansions for HK$2.56 billion, a 20 per cent discount to valuations – www.edgeprop.sg
• U.S. Government Accepts Winning Bidder for Hong Kong Property – www.caixinglobal.com

News updated on 9 September 2020

• Covid-19 impact: Hong Kong, Singapore property will part ways – www.business-standard.com

News updated on 8 September 2020

• Vastly different Hong Kong, Singapore housing markets find common ground in booming co-living segment – www.edgeprop.sg
• TENANTS CONTINUE TO FLEE HK’S CENTRAL AS GOVT AGENCY SHIFTS TO KOWLOON EAST – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 3 September 2020

• Hong Kong property transactions sink to lowest level since April as third wave of coronavirus weighs on sentiment – www.scmp.com
• Foreign investors most pessimistic on Hong Kong property market in survey across Asia-Pacific markets – www.scmp.com

News updated on 2 September 2020

• Owners suffer steep losses in home sales – www.thestandard.com.hk

News updated on 1 September 2020

• China interest in HK real estate builds up – www.straitstimes.com
• Home prices slip after two months of gains – www.thestandard.com.hk
• Hong Kong Luxury Home Sales Plummet to 4-Year Low in 2020 – www.worldpropertyjournal.com
• Seacoast Royale extends brisk sale for a fourth weekend as Hong Kong buyers snap up homes amid low rates and easing Covid-19 – www.edgeprop.sg
• Mainland Chinese firms plough their cash into Hong Kong property as souring foreign ties put US, Australia, UK out of the picture – www.scmp.com

News updated on 31 August 2020

• Chinese investors snap up HK property – www.thestar.com.my

News updated on 30 August 2020

• MAINLAND BUYER SNAPS UP CAUSEWAY BAY HOTEL AT 34% OFF – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 28 August 2020

• Mainland Chinese demand to stimulate opportunities for Hong Kong real estate sector - Colliers report – www.retalkasia.com
• Hong Kong retail property transactions rise after mortgage rules loosened – www.marketscreener.com

News updated on 26 August 2020

• Prices rise 17pc for Seacoast Royale homes – www.thestandard.com.hk
• HONG KONG’S CASSETTE KING SELLS STAKE IN THE CENTER AT 35% OFF – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 25 August 2020

• Chinese Demand For Hong Kong Property Climbs Amid State Support – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 24 August 2020

• With little rent relief, retailers in HK face eviction – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 22 August 2020

• NEW WORLD SELLING HK BUS BIZ FOR $410M AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 21 August 2020

• Hong Kong retail stand-off turns nasty with landlords suing tenants to recover arrears as recession deepens – www.scmp.com
• Hong Kong mortgage relief won't revive weak property market – www.straitstimes.com
• Evictions loom for Hong Kong retailers with little rent relief – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 20 August 2020

• Why mainland Chinese companies are returning to Hong Kong – www.theinvestor.jll
• Hong Kong mortgage relief won't revive weak property market – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 19 August 2020

• What’s The Future Of Retail Real Estate in Hong Kong? – jingdaily.com
• Hong Kong Mortgage Relief Won’t Revive Weak Property Market – www.bloomberg.com
• Hong Kong’s monetary authority eases commercial property mortgage rules for the first time since 2009 as market cracks under recession – sg.news.yahoo.com
• Coronavirus, economic slump force mainland Chinese owners to dump their luxury Hong Kong properties at steep losses – www.scmp.com
• Hong Kong eases mortgage rules for commercial property – www.reuters.com

News updated on 18 August 2020

• HONG KONG’S BILLIONAIRE SHOP KING SUED FOR HK$12M IN BACK RENT – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 17 August 2020

• How flex space operators are adapting to the current market – www.theinvestor.jll

News updated on 13 August 2020

• Hong Kong's pre-owned home sales dry up, forcing many owners to settle for losses as capital shifts to new abodes – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 11 August 2020

• As coronavirus makes work from home the new normal, Hong Kong homebuyers favour New Territories, study shows – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 10 August 2020

• Tuen Mun homes sell out as confidence returns – www.thestandard.com.hk
• Link doubles tenant relief to $600m – www.thestandard.com.hk
• BUILDING ON HONG KONG’S NATHAN ROAD RETAIL STRIP SELLS AT 50% OFF – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 9 August 2020

• Hong Kong crisis deals $7.7 billion blow to property tycoons – www.hindustantimes.com

News updated on 8 August 2020

• CHINA RESOURCES-LED GROUP BUYING HONG KONG SUPERMARKET CHAIN FOR $300M – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 7 August 2020

• Secondary home prices fall for second straight week, index shows – www.thestandard.com.hk
• Steep discounts for Hong Kong foreclosed homes may portend property price slump – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 6 August 2020

• Steep discounts for Hong Kong foreclosed homes may portend property price slump – kfgo.com

News updated on 5 August 2020

• SHK NOW PRICED AT LESS THAN HALF OF ASSET VALUE AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com
• Hong Kong's richest family, the Kwoks, loses US$8 billion in a single year – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 4 August 2020

• CHINA RESOURCES SAID NEARING HK SUPERMARKET BUYOUT AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 3 August 2020

• Hong Kong’s City’super Owner Nears Sale to Chinese-Led Group – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 1 August 2020

• Hong Kong’s homebuyers defy 11 days of triple-digit coronavirus cases to snap up Henderson’s Seacoast Royale flats in Tuen Mun – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 31 July 2020

• Hong Kong’s June home prices rise to 10-month high as buyers defy coronavirus in search for safe haven assets – sg.news.yahoo.com
• New Hong Kong Real Estate Projects Postponed by Third COVID-19 Wave – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 30 July 2020

• VANKE JV BUYS HONG KONG SITE FOR HK$3.7B AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com
• Covid Weighs on Two of Hong Kong’s Biggest Retail Landlords – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 29 July 2020

• Hong Kong outperforms global gateway cities as favoured investment destination for property over US$10 million – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 28 July 2020

• Hong Kong association urges landlords to offer rental lifeline to retailers struggling amid pandemic – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 26 July 2020

• CAUSEWAY BAY SHOP SOLD AT 73% LOSS AS VIRUS WAVE MENACES HONG KONG – www.mingtiandi.com
• Hong Kong developer Wheelock sells most expensive unit at its Koko Hills development for US$8.1 million – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 25 July 2020

• Hong Kong’s homebuyers shrug aside coronavirus relapse to snap up SHKP’s Regency Bay flats in Tuen Mun – www.scmp.com

News updated on 24 July 2020

• Hong Kong outperforms global gateway cities as favoured investment destination for property over US$10 million – www.scmp.com

News updated on 23 July 2020

• CK Asset may be eyeing a shortcut to replenish land bank with its role in Goldin restructuring, analysts say – www.scmp.com
• Billionaire chairman of indebted property firm Goldin, Hong Kong ‘shop king’ among investors disposing of assets on the cheap to pay debt – www.scmp.com

News updated on 22 July 2020

• Hong Kong’s biggest shopping centre Harbour City offers rent concessions and shocks tenants with lease renewal terms – www.scmp.com

News updated on 18 July 2020

• 8 ways coronavirus has changed what people look for in a luxury home – from touchless elevators to more outdoor space – www.scmp.com

News updated on 16 July 2020

• Cash-strapped developer Goldin seeks to raise another HK$8.7 billion in loans and sell Kai Tak site to pay piling debts – www.scmp.com
• Hong Kong Commercial Market Sees Sharpest Price Corrections Since 2008 Crash – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 11 July 2020

• Buyers shrug aside Covid-19 relapse for Wheelock’s Koko Hills flats in Lam Tin, giving legs to Hong Kong’s home bull run – www.scmp.com

News updated on 8 July 2020

• Foreign firms in Hong Kong surrendering more office space – www.straitstimes.com
• Hong Kong retail vacancies seen rising as global brands downsize: CBRE – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 5 July 2020

• HONG KONG HOME SALES HIT 13-MONTH HIGH IN JUNE AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 3 July 2020

• Hong Kong’s new home sales surge to 13-month high in June as developers price projects aggressively to attract buyers – www.scmp.com
• Koko Hills: Wheelock prices Kowloon East project at a premium, bets on national security law to boost market – www.scmp.com

News updated on 2 July 2020

• US clothing retailer Gap to close some Hong Kong stores after sales sink due to coronavirus-induced slowdown – www.scmp.com
• Schroders buys control of Hong Kong’s property manager Pamfleet, in a vote of confidence amid city’s frayed nerves – www.scmp.com

News updated on 1 July 2020

• Sea view properties in Hong Kong are getting more expensive as affluent families flee protests and coronavirus for Sai Kung, Southside and Lantau – www.scmp.com
• Coronavirus boosts demand for homes on Hong Kong’s outlying Lantau, Lamma islands – www.scmp.com
• Hong Kong’s deferred vacancy tax carries a US$279 million price tag, adding to the financial woes of a recession-busting budget deficit – www.scmp.com

News updated on 30 June 2020

• Hong Kong home prices rise at fastest pace in 13 months in May – www.straitstimes.com
• Has Hong Kong’s home market regained its footing? May’s lived-in price index recorded its biggest gain in 13 months – www.scmp.com
• Has Hong Kong’s home market regained its footing? May’s lived-in price index recorded its biggest gain in 13 months – www.scmp.com

News updated on 29 June 2020

• New World Development speeds up sale of noncore assets as disposals top HK$10 billion in financial year – www.scmp.com

News updated on 27 June 2020

• CK Asset’s bet on home demand pays off as Hong Kong buyers shrug aside US law to snap up Tseung Kwan O’s costliest launch – www.scmp.com

News updated on 25 June 2020

• Victoria’s Secret, known for its seductive lingerie and ads, closes flagship store in Causeway Bay as Covid-19 upends tourism – www.scmp.com

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