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Cheryl Arcibal

Hong Kong developer New World Development (NWD) is making 28 units of its Pavilia Rosa project in Kowloon Tong available to buyers on Friday, a test of sentiment and demand in the city’s residential property market amid a slumping Hang Seng Index.
NWD said the flats would be sold via a regular price list on a “first come, first served” basis as the developer announced that the project had so far sold 42 residences worth about HK$2.4 billion (US$306 million) via a tender.
The launch on Friday would be the first regular sale in more than two weeks in the city, as Hong Kong’s bellwether stock index has been taking a beating amid the US-Israel war on Iran and fears of an interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.
“Primary market transactions have been surging for consecutive months, absorbing a substantial amount of purchasing power,” said Derek Chan Hoi-chiu, head of research at Ricacorp Properties. “Therefore, a slight adjustment in the recent period is perfectly normal.”
“The recent volatility in the stock market may affect developers’ sales strategies, but whether it will have any actual impact still requires time to observe and assess,” Chan said.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority moves in lockstep with the Fed to keep the local currency pegged to the US dollar.
The risk of an interest rate hike in the US has increased following the release on Friday of a positive jobs market report in the world’s largest economy.
Given the uncertainties, global markets have become volatile this year with the Hang Seng Index down 6.4 per cent.
Gains in the local bourse have been credited as generating a wealth effect that allowed investors to redeploy capital into the property market.
Likewise, the spectacle of higher interest rates comes at a time when Hong Kong’s residential property market has been enjoying an upwards trajectory that began last year, shaking off three years of falling prices, according to an official index measuring lived-in home prices.
Likewise, property sales, covering both the primary and secondary markets, as well as commercial real estate, surged to a four-year high in 2025 with 88,088 units changing hands, official data showed.
In particular, sales of new homes drove transactions with a post-pandemic high of 20,540 units.
In May, 7,138 residential units changed hands, according to the latest official data, which was the second-highest monthly total home sales so far in 2026.
In the first five months of the year, new home sales hit 10,232, higher than in the same period of 2025 by about half, according to Ricacorp. It was also the strongest first half of the year since 2020, it said.
For the launch on Friday, units will comprise one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts, with a saleable area of 298 sq ft to 586 sq ft.
NWD priced the units at about HK$9.5 million to HK$19.06 million, or HK$29,665 and HK$36,123 per square foot after discount. The average listed price per square foot was HK$35,920.


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Hong Kong developer’s Kowloon Tong project, to be sold on a ‘first come, first served’ basis on Friday, is a test of market sentiment


Hong Kong developer’s Kowloon Tong project, to be sold on a ‘first come, first served’ basis on Friday, is a test of market sentiment.


NWD tests market with 28 Pavilia Rosa flats for sale amid Hang Seng slump

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Hong Kong developer’s Kowloon Tong project, to be sold on a ‘first come, first served’ basis on Friday, is a test of market sentiment