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News updated on 23 April 2021

• Weekly property prices rebound – www.thestandard.com.hk
• Hong Kong’s Canton Road overtakes Russell Street as Asia-Pacific’s most expensive place to rent a shop amid exodus of luxury retailers, survey finds – www.scmp.com

News updated on 22 April 2021

• Wanda raising US$3bil ahead of HK IPO – www.thestar.com.my

News updated on 21 April 2021

• Empty apartments and plummeting rents in the world's most expensive housing market – www.businessinsider.com
• Two of three Hong Kong office staff want to keep working from home, boding ill for demand in the world's most expensive office market – www.edgeprop.sg
• Empty apartments and plummeting rents in the world's most expensive housing market: How the exodus out of Hong Kong could change its real-estate scene in 2021 – www.businessinsider.com

News updated on 20 April 2021

• 50pc of luxury home buyers from mainland – www.thestandard.com.hk

News updated on 16 April 2021

• HONG KONG OFFICE MARKET SHRANK BY 900,000 SQUARE FEET IN Q1 – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 15 April 2021

• Hong Kong developers, analysts warn against government pushing ahead with vacancy tax to solve city’s housing crisis – www.scmp.com

News updated on 14 April 2021

• HONGKONG LAND LEASES EXCHANGE SQUARE FLOORS TO S&P DESPITE CENTRAL MARKET SLIDE – www.mingtiandi.com
• The Hottest Features the Rich Are Craving for Their Next Home – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 13 April 2021

• Grade-A office rental drop slows – www.thestandard.com.hk

News updated on 9 April 2021

• How a Chinese Billionaire Family Is Quietly Expanding Its Empire in Hong Kong – www.bloomberg.com
• Chinese billionaire family quietly expanding empire in Hong Kong – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 8 April 2021

• MANULIFE SIGNS HONG KONG’S BIGGEST OFFICE LEASE SINCE 2019 IN PAG-OWNED TOWER – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 5 April 2021

• HANISON SELLS HALF-STAKE IN KOWLOON PROJECT TO ANGELO GORDON AS HK MARKET REVIVES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 30 March 2021

• Can tradeable land rights be the solution to Hong Kong's housing crisis? These two legal researchers think so – www.edgeprop.sg
• What Can Be Done About Hong Kong’s Ridiculously Tiny Flats? – www.vice.com

News updated on 25 March 2021

• Hong Kong residents transfer billions to Canada as China clamps down – globalnews.ca
• Societe Generale to give up one floor of Hong Kong offices as remote working takes hold – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 24 March 2021

• DBS JOINS BANKS SURRENDERING HK OFFICE SPACE AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 20 March 2021

• Swire Pacific invests in new Shenzhen private hospital as part of strategy to tap ‘robust’ consumer spending in mainland China – www.scmp.com

News updated on 17 March 2021

• Homebuyers snap up Wheelock's Grand Victoria flats, ignoring Hong Kong's growing Covid-19 cluster as vaccines and resurgent stock market bolster confidence – www.edgeprop.sg
• Daughter of Hong Kong's 'queen of serviced apartments' brings luxury to Tuen Mun with launch of 99Commons industrial building for creatives – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 16 March 2021

• Start-up Dash Living helps Hong Kong hotels switch to monthly leases, ride out pandemic slump – www.scmp.com
• Start-up Dash Living helps Hong Kong hotels switch to monthly leases, ride out pandemic slump – www.scmp.com

News updated on 15 March 2021

• Home sales buoyant amid fears over new Covid wave – www.thestandard.com.hk
• China Targets Hong Kong Wealth Gap, Housing Woes After Political Purg – www.wsj.com

News updated on 12 March 2021

• GIORDANO TO CLOSE SIX MORE HK SHOPS AMID $112M LOSS AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 11 March 2021

• A Hong Kong home is being rented out at $2 million a year, setting a new city record – www.businessinsider.com
• Wealth Effect Sends S&Ps Surging 66% y-o-y in January and February, and expected to jump to 74% y-o-y in Q1 – vietnamnews.vn

News updated on 10 March 2021

• Pandemic property investors bet on Hong Kong's old factories – www.straitstimes.com

News updated on 9 March 2021

• 'Act now' signal on HK housing woes – www.thestandard.com.hk
• UA CINEMAS SHUTS DOWN HK THEATRES AFTER 36 YEARS AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES – www.mingtiandi.com

News updated on 4 March 2021

• Hong Kong Home Posts Record-High Rent – www.finews.asia

News updated on 2 March 2021

• Louis Vuitton, Fendi stores in upscale Hong Kong mall Times Square close, months after rift with LVMH over rent reduction – www.scmp.com

News updated on 1 March 2021

• Hong Kong could see more instances of ‘tokenisation’ in real estate, as market embraces fintech, says law firm DLA Piper – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 25 February 2021

• Hong Kong developers' acquisition of old buildings seen rising amid a drop in supply of urban residential plots – www.edgeprop.sg
• Hong Kong's January lived-in home prices rise, reversing three months of decline as property buyers return to the market – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 24 February 2021

• Hong Kong budget: five commercial land parcels at old airport may be used for private housing – www.scmp.com

News updated on 23 February 2021

• Hong Kong's real estate bull run gets a lethargic start in Year of the Ox as city's first sales weekend gets a mixed response – www.edgeprop.sg
• Hong Kong Homes Ranked Least Affordable for 11th Year – financialpost.com

News updated on 18 February 2021

• Sale of US government’s Shouson Hill Road property in Hong Kong proceeds after Beijing approves transaction – www.scmp.com

News updated on 17 February 2021

• US$59 million Hong Kong flat sale sets new Asia record – www.channelnewsasia.com

News updated on 16 February 2021

• A 1.25-acre plot of land in Hong Kong sold for $935 million, setting a new record in one of the world's priciest property markets – www.businessinsider.in
• Hong Kong developer sells Asia's priciest apartment at HK$459m – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 14 February 2021

• Undeveloped package in Hong Kong sells for $ 6,451 PSF – www.bollyinside.com

News updated on 12 February 2021

• S.F. Express merger with Kerry Logistics creates logistics powerhouse – www.freightwaves.com

News updated on 10 February 2021

• SF Holding to Take Over Kerry Logistics for $2.3 Billion – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 8 February 2021

• Standard Chartered to give up eight floors in Hong Kong headquarters amid work from home arrangements and cost cuts – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 5 February 2021

• Pandemic leaves Hong Kong’s ‘Ginza-style’ retail towers half empty as bars, restaurants struggle for survival – www.scmp.com
• Bids for US$970 million Mansfield Road plot on Peak in line with expectations, hint at optimism, analysts say – www.scmp.com

News updated on 4 February 2021

• StanChart gives up multiple floors in Hong Kong offices – www.businesstimes.com.sg

News updated on 3 February 2021

• Hong Kong’s outlying islands see popularity surge as homebuyers swap convenience of city life for peace and quiet amid shift to remote working – www.scmp.com

News updated on 30 January 2021

• Hong Kong’s home buyers return in droves, helping Nan Fung and Sino Land sell three of four flats in Lohas Park and Ma On Shan – www.scmp.com

News updated on 29 January 2021

• Hong Kong's Central Office Vacancy Rate Hits 16 Year High in 2020 – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 28 January 2021

• Hang Lung has US$132 million in limbo as its purchase of Shouson Hill villas in Hong Kong hits a snag amid US-China spat – www.scmp.com

News updated on 27 January 2021

• Hong Kong property market narrowly avoids first annual decline in home prices in 12 years as demand defies coronavirus – sg.news.yahoo.com
• Home prices in Hong Kong post marginal gain in 2020: Data – realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com

News updated on 23 January 2021

• Hong Kong’s homebuyers pile back into real estate market, snapping up Nan Fung’s LP10 flats in Tseung Kwan O – sg.news.yahoo.com

News updated on 21 January 2021

• Hong Kong falls off global real estate investors' radars even as they eye more assets in Asia-Pacific – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 19 January 2021

• Kailong pays US$124.5 million for Hong Kong industrial building, the largest deal in the segment since August 2019, after scrapping of double stamp duty – www.scmp.com

News updated on 17 January 2021

• Strong sales at Wheelock’s Monaco project bode well as hundreds queue for Hong Kong’s first new homes launch of 2021 – www.scmp.com

News updated on 10 January 2021

• New World sells US$200 million of sustainability-linked bonds to steer its real estate projects towards renewable energy – www.scmp.com

News updated on 7 January 2021

• Hong Kong property offers pockets of value for bargain hunters as pandemic eases, analysts say – www.edgeprop.sg

News updated on 31 December 2020

• China Blocks U.S. Government’s $332 Million Sale of Hong Kong Luxury Apartments – www.wsj.com
• Hang Lung's HK$2.6 billion purchase of US government's 37 Shouson Hill Road villas runs into diplomatic snag in US-China spat – www.edgeprop.sg
• Hong Kong's Steep Office Rental Decline Moderates in November – www.worldpropertyjournal.com

News updated on 30 December 2020

• US sale of Hong Kong consulate property held up by China – www.channelnewsasia.com
• Seek consent before selling property, China tells US – www.aa.com.tr

News updated on 23 December 2020

• Hong Kong Sells Prime Residential Site for $1.5 Billion to Wharf – www.bloomberg.com

News updated on 22 December 2020

• Hong Kong approves 10km Northern Link railway – www.globalconstructionreview.com

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

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