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From property to portfolios: why Chinese families are walking away from homes
While Chinese families grow cautious, South Korean retail investors use record leverage to chase tech ETFs despite mounting risks.
1 Aug 2026 - 9:00AM
Hang Lung looks beyond luxury amid changing consumer tastes
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30% of Hong Kong luxury homeowners willing to lower asking prices: agents
31 Jul 2026 - 7:00PM
Business
Foreign US home buying down 14% as Chinese lead high-end market
The drop in foreign homebuyer activity mirrors the decline in international visitors and tourists to the US, says realty group.
31 Jul 2026 - 4:38PM
An aerial view along Pompano Beach in Florida, the top US state for foreign homebuyers. Photo: TNS
Markets
Hong Kong home price rally to cool after strong first half: analysts
Housing prices in the city have risen for 13 consecutive months, but analysts expect the market to lose steam amid weaker investor sentiment.
31 Jul 2026 - 7:00AM
Banking & Finance
Hongkong Land acquires Singapore’s Wheelock Place in US$900m deal
Deal to buy Orchard Road complex from entity owned by Wharf Real Estate Investment is first by developer’s Singapore investment fund.
30 Jul 2026 - 8:54PM
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Singaporean investors snap up Hong Kong’s prime office assets
Investors from the Lion City unseated mainland Chinese in the second quarter, seizing distressed asset opportunities amid price corrections.
28 Jul 2026 - 2:48PM
Singapore-listed Wee Hur Holdings acquired One Bedford Place in Tai Kok Tsui for HK$748.48 million. Photo: Handout
Business
7 Hong Kong developers bid for waterfront Kowloon renewal project
Site for 1,200 flats, worth at least US$688 million, is part of urban renewal initiative linking Kowloon neighbourhoods to Kai Tak.
28 Jul 2026 - 4:01PM
Banking & Finance
Hong Kong first-half home sales to boost developers’ earnings
Despite the brighter residential market outlook, commercial real estate continues to be weighed down by a lack of demand in non-core areas.
27 Jul 2026 - 2:00PM
Business
Demand for Dubai homes cools as Iran war drags on
Sales volumes fell markedly in May and June, according to Knight Frank, with rising costs adding to developers’ woes.
26 Jul 2026 - 6:00PM
China Business
Guangdong’s property market has transformed. How can Hong Kong developers adapt?
Hong Kong developers are rethinking their strategies for projects in the Greater Bay Area, as the mainland’s property crisis has changed everything.
26 Jul 2026 - 12:53PM
The property market in mainland cities within the Greater Bay Area, such as Guangzhou, has transformed since a debt crisis erupted in the sector earlier this decade. Photo: Shutterstock
Markets
Signs of life? Buyer flips Hong Kong office for 19% profit after just 6 months
Such moves could soon become more common, analysts say, with buyers hunting for discounted prime office space as market sentiment improves.
24 Jul 2026 - 10:39AM
Markets
Investors ‘bulk buying’ flats remains key in Hong Kong amid hot rental market
A record 654 buyers snapped up two or more new properties in the first half of the year, as investors look to cash in on Hong Kong’s rental market.
23 Jul 2026 - 7:00AM
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Markets
Hong Kong’s red-hot rental market forces students to flat-hunt as early as April
Competition for student accommodation is intensifying in Hong Kong, with mainland students starting their flat search months earlier than previously.
22 Jul 2026 - 3:42PM
Business
Tech-driven surge: new wealth fuels luxury housing boom in China’s AI stronghold
Landmark deals push Hangzhou’s luxury homes to fresh highs, powered by the country’s newly rich from start-ups and finance.
21 Jul 2026 - 7:00AM
Buyers cleared all 66 units in Wangtianji’s first phase as soon as sales opened on July 16. Photo: Handout
Business
Chinese immigrants play outsized role in Canada’s housing scene amid foreign ban
Chinese permanent residents, exempted from the ban, are estimated to have bought US$4 billion worth of homes last year in Canada.
20 Jul 2026 - 8:00PM
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Ikea’s China remodelling: parent firm to sell 8 former retail sites
Sales follow store closures as Swedish furniture retailer focuses on online channels amid sluggish property market, consumer spending.
20 Jul 2026 - 3:27PM
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Spending
Why restaurants are replacing shops, changing Hong Kong’s retail landscape
The mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to leave during the pandemic.
9 Aug 2022 - 8:07AM
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Business
Magnate warns of tough times as Hang Lung kicks off results season
The comments by Chan showed how Hong Kong has been caught since 2019 by a series of turbulent events, including months of anti-government protests, US sanctions and a Covid-19 pandemic in its third year.
28 Jul 2022 - 9:08PM
Business
Hong Kong, mainland cities worst performers in index tracking home rent growth
Upmarket home rents in Hong Kong and Shenzhen declined in the year’s first half, bucking the global trend of increases among 30 cities tracked by property consultancy Savills.
3 Aug 2022 - 11:00AM
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Hong Kong’s Peak Lookout restaurant has rent halved as Covid wipes out tourism
The owners of the iconic Hong Kong restaurant, previously a huge draw for tourists with its prime location, are now paying less than half the monthly HK$230,000 (US$29,300) they were forking out on a lease signed pre-pandemic.
26 Jul 2022 - 8:36PM
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OPINION
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability
20 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM
Michael Han
Opinion
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Why China is untangling its banks from the property wreckage
19 Jul 2026 - 5:28PM
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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Asian private wealth an emerging force in property investment
27 Apr 2026 - 4:30PM
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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Others in Asia would love to have Singapore’s housing market problems
13 Apr 2026 - 5:16PM
Michael Han
Opinion
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China’s property pivot: from growth engine to protected household asset
29 Mar 2026 - 9:30AM
Nicholas Spiro
The View
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5 reasons Australia’s physical retail is uniquely resilient
2 Mar 2026 - 3:06PM
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