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Prices of lived-in homes in Hong Kong rose for the second consecutive month in April, but at a slower rate than in March, as aggressive pricing lured buyers to new [...]

Dubai is shaping up to be a new favourite for investors from the mainland and Hong Kong, thanks to its booming property market and fast-track residency scheme, according to agents. [...]

Home purchases are slowing down after an initial spate of enthusiasm sparked by the ­government’s rollback of cooling measures nearly three months ago, with buyers taking only 17.5 per cent [...]

Hong Kong and Singapore face extensive retail leakage, with ­residents in the two top financial hubs in Asia preferring to shop and dine across the border – Shenzhen and Johor [...]

Hong Kong is missing out on an office investment boom in the Asia-Pacific region this year as a supply glut and high vacancy rates put investors off the segment, according [...]

Hoka, the running shoe brand founded in France and known for its thick soles, is opening two stores in Hong Kong this year as it ramps up its presence in [...]

People from the mainland are buying as many as eight out of 10 new homes in some recent sales in Hong Kong after the removal of property cooling measures in [...]

Hong Kong property transactions came close to a three-year high last month, with 9,880 units changing hands, according to official data, as the removal of cooling measures continued to boost [...]

Swire Pacific has completed the acquisition of DeltaHealth, a Shanghai-based healthcare ­provider specialising in cardio­vascular treatments, as the Hong Kong-based group pursues the medical sector as one of its key [...]

Mainland companies were more active than any other group in Hong Kong’s office leasing market in March, favouring space in the city’s newest prime commercial towers, analysts said. However, their [...]

Louis Vuitton is returning to Times Square, three years after the French luxury brand shut its store in the Causeway Bay shopping centre, a sign of a brighter outlook for [...]

Buoyed by the brisk sales of flats following the removal of Hong Kong’s property cooling measures, the city’s developers have this year launched 4,800 new units as of last week, [...]

Rising demand for data centres is unlikely to provide relief for Hong Kong landlords and asset owners looking to convert their empty office spaces into industrial property, according to US [...]

Prices of second-­hand homes have increased for the first time in almost a year as the recent removal of cooling measures gave a much-needed boost to the beleaguered property market. [...]

China could face a third wave of corporate bond defaults at home and abroad this year, as high financing costs, slow economic growth and tight government policies pile pressure on [...]

While an economic recovery is slowly filling up retail spaces in Hong Kong, pushing vacancy rates to a three-year low, the rebound is bypassing the northwestern part of the city [...]

Despite losing some of its marks of status as a world-leading property market, Hong Kong retains many advantages on which it should capitalise to find its niche in a rapidly [...]

Dwindling hopes for an interest rate cut this year could put a damper on surging Hong Kong home sales, according to analysts. As of Tuesday, 5,109 new homes have been [...]

Hotel101 Global, a global mid- market segment hotel operator, is targeting 1 million rooms and a presence in more than 100 countries by 2050, using the franchise route its founder [...]

Rents in Singapore’s office market rose in the first three months of the year, shaking off two consecutive quarters of declines as some tenants snapped up ­limited premium spaces while [...]

Swire Properties is shutting down the group’s first hotel, The Opposite House in Beijing, after 16 years to make way for an ­“innovative retail landmark”, according to a spokesman. Located [...]

The end of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy is unlikely to deter foreign investors from ­snapping up commercial ­property in the world’s fourth-largest ­economy, as Tokyo and other large metropolises remain [...]

Hong Kong property sales rose to a 10-month high in March, surpassing 5,000 deals a month after the government lifted all property cooling measures, official data shows. Sales of new [...]

Hong Kong has been shut out of the rankings in a survey of ­innovation and concentration of talent in which cities in Asia-Pacific took five of the top 10 spots. [...]

Recovery in Hong Kong’s retail market is unevenly distributed, with luxury brands seeing improvement and ­neighbourhood shops facing challenges in the near term as residents continue to flock to Shenzhen [...]

Hong Kong home prices in February fell for the 10th month to the lowest level since late 2016 after a sharper-than-expected month-on-month slump. A widely watched gauge ­tracking lived-in home [...]

Debt-stricken developer Country Garden Holdings has roped in a new partner to inject capital into its partially finished, 64-storey commercial tower in Guangzhou’s Baietan business district, as the company is [...]

Hong Kong’s hospitality sector is likely to face more challenges ahead as tourist arrivals struggle to return to pre-pandemic levels, delaying a recovery in occupancy and tourism spending, according to [...]

Singapore continues to outrank Hong Kong, albeit by a single point, as the top financial centre in Asia, according to the latest edition of the semi-annual Global Financial Centres Index. [...]

Henderson Land Development, one of the city’s biggest ­developers, has said it will launch some 7,100 new residential units this year, 7 per cent fewer than last year, after reporting [...]

Hong Kong must maintain its hard-fought status as an inter­national financial centre as the city faces global economic ­turmoil, said Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and CK [...]

The commercial property leasing sector across most Asia-Pacific markets is improving, except in Hong Kong and on the mainland where sentiment is particularly downbeat, according to CBRE. While respondents in [...]

Heavily indebted China Vanke, one of the country’s largest ­developers, said it has secured a long-term loan from a mainland commercial bank, providing it some relief after its credit rating [...]

Hong Kong’s current property downturn is cyclical and not structural, according to S&P, which expects home prices to decline by as much as 10 per cent this year as elevated [...]

More Japanese brands and retailers are likely to occupy shops in Hong Kong this year, drawn to the city’s more reasonable retail rents, as well as Hongkongers’ affection for anything [...]

Swire Pacific is betting on healthcare investments on the mainland and in Indonesia as an area of growth while Hong Kong’s office market is likely to remain soft for the [...]

Wharf (Holdings) said the slump in the property markets in Hong Kong and on the mainland is likely to take more time to overcome after the developer suffered another year [...]

Hong Kong’s hotels are betting on sporting, arts, consumer and entertainment events to drive tourist flows into the city after it missed out on “Swiftonomics” – the economic boost felt [...]

Wharf Reic, owner of the Harbour City and Times Square malls, will undertake promotional activities to get residents and tourists to spend more after recording a slightly lower profit last [...]

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalisation, is being tipped by analysts to emerge as the “prime beneficiary” of the city’s removal of all property [...]

Singapore’s Mapletree Investments and pan-Asian investment firm PAG have renamed the former headquarters of Goldin Financial Holdings to The Bay Hub. The firm held the business empire of Chinese tycoon [...]

Switzerland’s luxury watchwater Omega has raised almost HK$5 million through an online auction for Orbis International as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. The luxury brand, part of [...]

Swiss luxury watchmaker Omega is ramping up its presence in Hong Kong, opening two ­speciality shops in the city as it bets on long-term success despite slower-than-expected economic growth and [...]

Chinese investors who have borrowed from the bank to buy a house abroad are facing a dilemma as they contend with an economic slowdown at home and surging interest rates [...]

Home prices on the mainland fell in January, but the pace of decline slowed for both new and lived-in units amid persistent weakness in consumer sentiment, according to official data. [...]

Embattled mainland property developer Sunshine 100 is evaluating the impact of a winding-up order for its controlling shareholder, whose beneficiaries include its chairman and executive director, according to a filing [...]

Sino Land and Hysan Development, two major Hong Kong developers, expect “uncertainties” to continue to affect the city’s property market, they said in their latest financial reports yesterday. Sino Land [...]

Filipinos’ fondness for online shopping is set to further boost Manila’s logistics property rents this year after surging nearly 40 per cent in 2023, catapulting the Philippines’ capital over Sydney [...]

The debt crisis at Redsun Properties Group is going from bad to worse after the developer has missed payments on several offshore bonds since mid-2022 as China’s housing market struggles [...]

CIFI Holdings (Group) has agreed to sell a 60 per cent stake in 16 parcels of land in Sydney to an Australian company for A$66.3 million (HK$335.6 million), ­booking an [...]