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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong property
Latest news and analysis about Hong Kong’s property industry, including sales, market outlook, policies, products and the performance of developers.
The Hung Shui Kiu pilot area in the Northern Metropolis on August 25. A consortium comprising mainland Chinese state-owned and private companies alongside a major Hong Kong developer has won the first “large-scale land disposal” project in the Northern Metropolis for HK$1.03 billion. Photo: Dickson Lee
Northern Metropolis

Editorial | Consortium that won Northern Metropolis plot shows way forward

The joint venture comprising mainland heavyweights and a Hong Kong developer indicates that a diversified model could be the way to go for the mega-project.

Hong Kong housing

As more expats flock to Hong Kong, luxury home rents poised for further upswing

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Hong Kong

Super-rich losing millions as some Hong Kong trophy homes sell at deep discounts

Hong Kong

Hong Kong housing rally faces test as property flippers retreat

Secondary home prices are the highest in three years, but July short-term trading of those held for less than a year was half the level seen in March.

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China Resources Land sold all 180 units offered in its first price-list batch at The Sterling in southwest Kowloon on Saturday, generating nearly HK$1.6 billion. Photo: Facebook/Louis Chan
Kerry Properties

Kerry Properties targets Hong Kong residential land expansion, trims leverage

Developer steps up Hong Kong land bids while shifting Mid-Levels rental project to a potential sale to fund new investments.

Hong Kong economy

Heavyweights give Northern Metropolis vote of confidence with HK$1.03b land win

Six-company consortium awarded tender for 10.5-hectare project in Hung Shui Kiu, with total investment of HK$16.8 billion expected.

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Property financing

Education group secures 36,400 sq ft Hung Hom tower for purpose-built campus

The tenant operates top-tier non-tertiary schools in mainland China and is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

A view of Tower B at the China Life Centre in Hung Hom, Kowloon. Photo: Handout
Property investment

Hong Kong homebuyers snap up units at weekend as value-focused demand deepens

The Sterling residential development drew 46,000-plus subscriptions, highlighting appeal of urban locations with strong transport links as housing recovery matures.

Hong Kong expats

How much of an impact will retiring expats have on Hong Kong’s luxury property?

Wealthy expats increasingly choose Hong Kong as retirement base, lured by its low-tax regime and international connectivity, analysts say.

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Hong Kong

Mass exodus from brownfields relieves pressure on industrial property market

The Northern Metropolis project is forcing a wave of brownfield tenants to relocate, lifting demand for floor space in industrial buildings.

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Part of the new development area of Northern Metropolis. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong must abandon superiority complex over mainland China

The city’s future lies in discarding the prejudice that has clouded its judgment to embrace mainland success and align with the national trajectory.

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Many Hongkongers now prefer to spend leisure time in Shenzhen, which offers attractive places to relax like Jingtian Coffee Street, April 7. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong

Hong Kong buyers hunt for bargains in city’s battered noncore office market

The noncore office market remains under pressure, but end users are taking advantage of low prices to buy up cheap office space.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s rare plot incentive will help resurrect decaying districts: analysts

Bonus plot ratio pilot scheme, which is intended to expedite private redevelopment in seven old districts, to be launched next month.

Henderson Land

Henderson Land posts 66% profit surge after run of strong sales

The Hong Kong developer plans to launch eight new residential projects in the second half of the year.

A view of Henderson Land’s The Henley project. Photo: Dickson Lee
China Evergrande Group

Saga of China Evergrande founder Hui Ka-yan ends with life sentence

Sentence for ‘multiple combined crimes’ in Shenzhen court signals end of property sector’s ‘old‑era growth model’, analyst says.

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A court in Shenzhen has sentenced China Evergrande Group founder Hui Ka-yan to life imprisonment for “multiple combined crimes”, confiscating all Hui’s personal property. Photo: CCTV
Hong Kong

Prudential Hong Kong expands headquarters across Swire Properties’ towers

Company boosts office footprint despite insurance sector’s concerns over China’s tax clampdown.

Hong Kong economy

Macau firm opts out of Hong Kong renewal project, seeks US$153m

Sale of North Point site that owner spent years assembling highlights challenges of making urban redevelopment pay, even in improving market.

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Property financing

Is Hong Kong’s property market recovery running out of gas? UBS flags 4 risks

Amid AI’s impact, slower population growth, regional integration and newly built homes, investment bank says property prices likely to remain flat.

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UBS predicts Hong Kong’s property market’s recovery will moderate both in property prices and rents during coming months due to four disrupting factors. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | How has John Lee’s ‘new chapter’ for Hong Kong promise held up?

As the chief executive works on both his policy address and a five-year plan for the city, more boldness, reforms and innovation are needed.

Property financing

Northern Metropolis: Hong Kong homebuyers flock to flats launch

More than half of the 82 units available at Park Silicon in Kwu Tung were sold, signalling a positive shift in the city’s property market.

Hong Kong

To rent or not to rent? That is the question for Hong Kong homebuyers

Rising residential rents and the looming shadow of interest rate increases have the city’s homebuyers trying to balance out the risks.

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City One Shatin in Sha Tin recorded only 12 sales transactions in July as owners lowered their asking prices. However, 118 rental transactions were made during the same month. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong economy

URA posts HK$338 million operating surplus after three years of losses

Chairman Chow Chung-kong reveals at URA’s 25th anniversary banquet that body has returned to profit in the 2025-26 financial year.

Urban Renewal Authority chairman Chow Chung-kong addresses a banquet to mark the body’s 25th anniversary. Photo: Facebook/URAmity
Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong public rental housing wait edges up to 4.8 years, urban allocations rise

Despite increase in ‘composite’ figure, Housing Bureau says average wait for standard public rental home fell by 0.1 years to 5.5 years.

Hong Kong stock market

SF Reit reports 7.3% drop in distributable income for first half of 2026

Company’s logistics assets were 96.8 per cent occupied as of the end of June, with macroeconomic headwinds and lease expirations looming.

Mainland China

CK Hutchison Holdings reports 31-fold surge in first-half profit

Global environment in the first half of 2026 was ‘exceptionally turbulent and uncertain’, says chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi.

A screenshot of CK Hutchison Holdings’ chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi from the 2025 CK Hutchison general meeting. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong developer Hysan’s first-half earnings rise 7.4% as project milestones near

Causeway Bay’s top landlord posts HK$1.11 billion in earnings as Lee Garden Eight project remains on schedule for completion this quarter.

Hysan is the largest commercial landlord in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping district. Photo: Dickson Lee
Chinese tourists

BTS bump? Hong Kong’s hotels set for bonanza from pop superstars’ world tour

With BTS’ juggernaut world tour set to land in Hong Kong next year, the city’s hotels are tipped to see a Seoul-style surge in bookings.

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Hong Kong economy

In Focus | Why does Hong Kong need a 5-year plan – and will it curb its free-market economy?

As Hong Kong embraces long-term planning for the first time, economists and officials debate whether strategic state guidance can coexist with its open, market-led economy.

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