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Potential homebuyers form a long queue at the Sierra Sea sales office of Sun Hung Kai Properties inside the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong property giant SHKP sells out second batch of Sierra Sea flats

As of 6pm, Hong Kong’s largest property developer sold all 288 of new Sierra Sea units it offered on Saturday.

China property

China’s property market faces choppy waters amid Trump’s tariff war

Hong Kong property

Meitu founder buys Hong Kong’s Ginza-style building for US$84 million

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong office tenants pay world’s second-highest costs: Savills

City’s office-space costs, which trail only London’s West End, declined 1.1 per cent in the first quarter, property consultancy says.

A tram travels among office buildings in Central on January 17, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong property

Negative equity cases in Hong Kong’s real-estate market hit a new high

Negative equity cases soar to highest level since at least 2003 amid rising interest rates; experts advise caution for potential buyers.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices approach 9-year low amid US-China tariff war

Home prices in the secondary market have lost 1.7 per cent this year, dragging an official index to the lowest level since July 2016.

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Hong Kong property

Investors pile into Hong Kong’s largest housing project since 1999

Sun Hung Kai Properties sold all 318 flats in the first batch of its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories.

Property sale the Sierra Sea project at the sales room of Sun Hung Kai Properties at ICC in West Kowloon on 26 April 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Banking & finance

Macroscope | A world economy on the brink could use some win-win cooperation

With a global financial crisis looming, governments are left with few options beyond bracing for what’s to come and working together.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital to raise new US$2 billion property fund

A potential investor was told the fund’s investments would be diversified and remain flexible amid market volatility.

Hong Kong stock market

HKEX to buy space in Exchange Square for US$812 million from Hongkong Land

Purchase follows the Securities and Futures Commission’s acquisition of its own permanent office in Quarry Bay in late 2023.

The Exchange Square in Central, home to the city’s stock market operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Photo: Nathan Tsui
China property

HSBC, Citigroup tout Chinese property stocks’ upside

HSBC raised its target price for five mainland developers by an average of 9 per cent, implying an 18 per cent upside.

Residential buildings under construction in Huaian, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, on April 1, 2025. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

21,000 Hongkongers vie for 329 new homes at SHKP’s Sierra Sea

The pricing is about 20 per cent below second-hand properties in the district in the New Territories, Midland Realty says.

Greater Bay Area

Macau’s most opulent lodging, The 13 Hotel and Casino, up for sale again

The 22-storey luxury property in Macau’s Coloane district was estimated last year to be worth US$309 million.

China property

China’s Sunac reaches deal with key creditors on offshore debt revamp plan

Two groups of creditors, holding about 26 per cent of Sunac’s existing debt, could choose to receive two types of mandatory convertible bonds.

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Sunac faces a liquidation hearing in Hong Kong on April 28 for non-payment of a US$30 million loan to China Cinda HK Asset Management. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong property

Exclusive | Hong Kong pharmacy to become latest tenant on Russell Street amid rent slump

Annual rent in Causeway Bay shopping district has declined 46 per cent on average between 2018 and 2024, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

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A pharmacy will take over the space in this four-storey building on Russell Street, agents say. Photo: Nora Tam
China property

Swire Properties bullish on mainland China despite tariff war’s pall

Hong Kong developer says it is on the hunt for retail investments in Shenzhen amid the ‘onshoring’ of consumption, CEO says.

China property

Luxury malls in China adjust to market reality amid dip in consumer spending

Mall vacancy rates in Beijing stood at 10.6 per cent last year and 9.5 per cent in Shanghai, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

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China property

Country Garden: restructurings covering at least 8 bonds get creditor approval

Country Garden gets approval for restructuring eight bonds, making progress in its debt-management plan.

A person rides past a Country Garden construction site in Tianjin, China. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong property

Residential landlords get support from workers at hedge funds, crypto: Savills

Savills says Hong Kong residential landlords receive support from hedge funders and crypto workers as traditional sources remain sluggish.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s office segment to see faster turnaround than retail: Morgan Stanley

‘We think the Hong Kong office market is not structurally impaired,’ Morgan Stanley’s Praveen Choudhary says.

China deflation

Gold, dollars? China’s middle class unsure where to invest amid market chaos

Chinese investors have no easy options as domestic real estate prices tumble and turbulence roils the financial markets.

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A woman walks by an electronic board displaying Shanghai share prices near a brokerage house in Beijing. Turbulence has rocked China’s stock markets in recent months amid uncertainty over the country’s economic prospects and a potential trade war with the United States. Photo: AP
Hong Kong property

Exclusive | Hong Kong online broker rents shop in one of the world’s costliest retail strips

Futu could be paying HK$1.2 million (US$154,000) per month in rent, a steal compared to the HK$8.6 million in monthly rent that Burberry paid in 2018.

Renovation work at the venue of the former Transformers Ark restaurant on Russell Street, Causeway Bay on March 26, 2025. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s March property sales rise to the highest in 4 months

Sales of new and lived-in homes, shops, office units, car parking space and industrial properties jumped by 55 per cent to 6,657 lots last month.

Hong Kong property

New World Development plans sweetening of terms on two loans that it is seeking

Victoria Dockside complex will be offered as a second-ranking security to banks.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong mortgage loans surge to 9-month high as new homebuyers seek financing

Financial institutions approved mortgage loan applications worth US$3.3 billion in February.

A man passes a property agency in Mong Kok. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong property

Rich buyers keep scoring Hong Kong luxury homes at stunning discounts

Plum properties sell for songs, but bargains may not last as demand for upscale homes is up 50 per cent from last year, agents say.

A view of residential buildings in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong on October 24, 2023. Photo: May Tse
China property

Exclusive | BlackRock sells last Shanghai asset at discount amid China retreat

The US firm is selling its last major asset in the city, Trinity Place, for 900 million yuan (US$124 million), according to sources.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s home prices fall towards decade low on interest rate, tariff pain

Secondary home prices have declined by a cumulative 27 per cent since January 2022, according to government data.

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