(Lai Tsz-tin) With nearly 50,000 professionals coming to work in Hong Kong, the property rental market is in great demand, mainly from corporate execu...
The Housing Authority's Subsidised Housing Committee (SHC) has approved the regular sale of Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) recovered flats. The new batch of TPS recovered flats will be sold under the 2023 Home Ownership Scheme (HOS).What is the Tenants Purchase Scheme? It is a scheme for the s...
(Tsang Yip-chun) - Amid economic uncertainty, developers have recently launched a number of new urban developments at a low price to compete for buyer...
Will the government relax the loan-to-value ratio (LTV) for first-time home buyers again? Paul Chan Mo-po, Hong Kong’s financial secretary, said at a meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Financial Affairs that the government had no intention of adjusting the property market's cooling me...
To fulfil home ownership dreams for local residents, the Housing Authority will propose affordable Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) flats to be launched ...
In recent years, people have been discussing the ‘2047 land lease’ issue. Some worry that their property ownership will be affected, while others express concern that the the government will eventually repossess land following property lease expiration.According to the Development...
(Leung Yuet-kam) Come June, Hong Kong property developers are gearing up to launch new developments. After announcing its asking prices the day before...
With longer wait times and public housing in short supply, policies on well-off tenants have been controversial. In view of this, the Housing Authority's Subsidized Housing Committee met last Wednesday and approved the tightening of the policy in order to combat the abuse of public housing.Under th...
To curb soaring property prices, the government has launched a number of cooling measures, including Special Stamp Duty and Buyer's Stamp Duty. These measures were introduced in 2010 – but now that market conditions have changed, there have been calls for the government to reduce or even remov...
The first day of sales of Chinachem and the MTR's In One Above in Ho Man Tin was a hit yesterday, with 48 units sold in two hours. Over 53 per cent of...
(Leung Yuet-kam) Co-developed by Chinachem Group and the MTR, buyers have been snapping up flats at In One Above next to Ho Man Tin Station over the p...
In line with the government's promotion of the Northern Metropolis area, Asia Standard International executive director Phileas Kwan said that the Gro...