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Hong Kong housing
Latest news, features and analysis on Hong Kong housing, including policy and efforts to find a solution to the problem of a shortage of homes in the world’s most expensive property market.
A general view of Hoi Chu Road in Tuen Mun. Photo: Google Maps
Sino Land Co

Sino Land wins Tuen Mun land tender with HK$1 billion bid as market improves

The transaction marks the Hong Kong government’s first residential plot sale this financial year.

Interiors

Why this Hong Kong home was designed with Australia in mind

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong luxury homes: mainland Chinese buyers drive US$3 billion buying spree

Hong Kong property

Prime-area Hong Kong Island home sale draws crowds, strong sales

Most of the 30 available units in the Wan Chai project sold on Sunday, with mainland buyers accounting for half the transactions.

Potential buyers and estate agents talk at the sales venue for the 33 Kennedy Road project in Quarry Bay on August 10, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong weather

Temperatures in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats soar as high as 40 degrees: survey

Concern groups urge the government to provide subdivided housing tenants with an electricity allowance to help with the financial burden.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong urged to use technology to identify, support at-risk elderly residents

Gaps in city’s social safety net highlighted following discovery of elderly woman’s skeletal remains, the second case in three months.

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Hong Kong property

Exclusive | NWD, CR Land to pay reduced premium for Northern Metropolis project

Eager to speed up the development of the Northern Metropolis, government takes into consideration market conditions, according to a source.

A view of the Hung Shui Kiu area in Yuen Long in Hong Kong’s New Territories on October 5, 2021. Shenzhen’s skyline is in the distant background. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong courts

Court blocks Hong Kong violin teacher’s bid to fight eviction from public flat

Tang Wai-yin denied permission to lodge a judicial review over Housing Authority’s decision to repossess flat.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s residential property transactions fall in July from June

Analysts say they expect a rebound in the market in the second half of this year.

Interiors

Dream flat in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay a fortuitous find

A lawyer discovers his perfect home by pure chance and realises he’d been looking in the wrong place all along.

The study of a lawyer’s dream flat in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, with interior design by Win Key Workshop. Photo: Eugene Chan; Styling: Flavia Markovits
Hong Kong society

Should Hong Kong’s baby bonus scheme include talent to boost birth rate?

Lawmaker says some professionals have complained about being left out of bonus scheme.

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The one-off cash allowance of HK$20,000 has been distributed to 48,984 applicants as of the end of June. Photo: Nora Tam
Shenzhen

Working in Hong Kong, living in Shenzhen: why people are moving to mainland city

Cheaper housing and easier access to services are encouraging people to base themselves north of the border despite lengthier commutes.

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Hong Kong property

New World ramps up luxury home sales in Hong Kong and mainland China

Developer generates HK$4.2 billion from the sale of flats in The Pavilia Forest and nearly HK$8.8 billion from Deep Water Pavilia.

Hong Kong economy

Letters | Preserve what sets Hong Kong apart – starting with how you shop

Readers discuss whether the city’s way of life is in peril, housing standards, and why classic Cantopop is irreplaceable.

Crowds gather outside a bakery in Sham Shui Po to buy mooncakes and other baked goods on September 11. Photo: Connor Mycroft
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong June lived-in home prices rise to 5-month high as buyers return

Second-hand home prices record a 0.03 per cent gain in June, the third straight month of improvement.

Outside a real estate agency in Jordan. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong’s John Lee vows to ‘remove regulatory shackles’ ahead of policy address

City leader hears residents’ views on topics ranging from housing to supporting ethnic minority communities at town hall meeting.

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Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong’s Aggressive Construction loses 3 public housing contracts to new firm

Housing authorities select China Overseas Building Construction to take over from contractor linked to five workplace deaths.

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Hong Kong

7 in 10 Hong Kong subdivided flat tenants can only bear rent rise of under 5%

Survey of 151 respondents reflects rent worries and other concerns after proposed new regulations to improve standards start next year.

Choy, 66, a semi-retired construction worker, has lived in a 40 sq ft subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po for over 6 years and pays HK$2,400 in rent per month. Photo: Eugene Lee
Interiors

Breaking the mould of urban flat design in Hong Kong’s Tin Hau

A lawyer’s 700 sq ft hideaway, minutes from his family home, boasts an atypical floor plan that allows him to relax and work.

Hong Kong economy

CY Leung warns against DAB scheme to sell Hong Kong property to mainlanders

Ex-Hong Kong leader says proposal by city’s largest party to allow direct remittance for home purchases not in residents’ best interests.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong pulls tenders for 2 sites to speed up Northern Metropolis development

Tenders for sites in Yuen Long and Hung Shui Kiu were scheduled to close on Friday and had repeatedly been extended.

The government had earlier designated a site in Hung Shui Kiu for logistics use. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hong Kong balances public housing targets with cost-saving measures amid review

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho says possible project postponements will not hinder target of supplying 308,000 homes in the next decade.

Hong Kong authorities are seeking ways to reduce the construction costs of public housing. Photo: May Tse
SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | Hong Kong to build more subsidised homes in I&T hub to meet middle-class demand

Housing minister Winnie Ho says Northern Metropolis flats can be better integrated into greenery to improve liveability as border area has ‘gift of nature’.

Hong Kong politics

Exclusive | ‘Avoid harsh labels for Hong Kong homes certified under subdivided flat regime’

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho also says planned shake-up of standards for subdivided flats will not drive up rents.

Hong Kong property

Morgan Stanley banker buys 2 Hong Kong flats for US$18.8 million

David Wraight joins a growing list of wealthy investors and financial executives betting on a recovery in the city’s housing market.

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Deep Water Pavilia in Wong Chuk Hang is jointly developed by a consortium led by New World Development. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s URA may review cuts to residents’ compensation over redevelopment

New managing director Donald Choi says URA should have flexibility to adjust package, including offering cross-district resettlement.

The Urban Renewal Authority plans to rezone land in Hung Hom for residential use. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong property

Letters | Home sweet home? More like investment sweet investment in Hong Kong

Readers discuss the city’s world-topping property prices, care for low vision, and what Napoleon’s wallpaper had to do with his death.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to consider giving baby bonuses to talent scheme parents

Welfare minister Chris Sun says more than HK$900 million in such rewards have been given out to encourage childbearing since 2023.

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