Commercial Property

Minmetals Land acquires 3 real estate developments from China Minmetals

Projects totaling GFA 1.25mln sq. m. HK$2.36 per consideration share has increased the company’s land bank to over GFA 4mln sq. m.

Minmetals Land acquires 3 real estate developments from China Minmetals

Projects totaling GFA 1.25mln sq. m. HK$2.36 per consideration share has increased the company’s land bank to over GFA 4mln sq. m.

HK Buildings Department received 3,741 complaints

In the past five years, the department issued 14 orders to prohibit changes in the use of buildings which constituted obvious or imminent danger to...

Swire Properties and HKR International ink RMB8 Billion loan facility

The raised capital will be used for Dazhongli project in Shanghai’s Jing’an district with a planned gross floor area of approximately 323,000 sqm.

Hong Kong flat sales up 31.5%

The total consideration of sale and purchase agreements in November was up 30.2% to $74bln on October.

October mortgage applications up 16%

Yet new loans approved dropped 2.2% to $30.8bln while an increase of $1.8bln was registered in approvals for primary market transactions.

Mingfa proposes issuance of HK$1.94bln convertible bonds and warrants to Warburg Pincus

Mingfa believes that collaboration with Warburg Pincus is a huge endorsement of its business vision to increase its for land acquisition and...

95% of Hong Kong’s private buildings now insured

New building management regulation requires all owners' corporations to procure and keep in force third-party insurance.

Swire Properties completes 50% stake sale in PCCW Tower

The company was able to increase its holding in PCCW Tower from 20% to 50% that ensured a stable future for the building.

Luxury property transactions up 86% over $20mln

Financial Services & the Treasury Department issued tax assessments for the remaining 1,650 taxable cases, including $410mln in profits tax.

Fortune REIT nine month profit up 24.5% to HK$444.5mln

The company’s occupancy rate at reached 98%, with an annualised dividend yield of 6.2%.

October building sales registration down 11.7%

Yet the number of searches of land registers made during the month was 518,029 up 6.1%.

Mild housing measures help clear policy overhang

Fundamental price drivers like too much market liquidity and low interest rates will remain unchanged even with the new housing measures put in place...

Government housing policy measures not enough – CBRE

The real-estate services firm said the measures pledged in Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Policy Statement are unlikely to provide an instant remedy to...

Kowloon Tong lot sale earns $1.6bln

The private residential lot has a site area of 2,808 square metres was sold to Panayork Limited.

Swire Properties to launch EAST Hotel in Beijing

EAST Hotels' 369 rooms and suites offer urban and park views overseeing INDIGO’s 17-hectare outdoor park.

September home sales down 41% following government curbs

Home transactions value last month down 26.7% than in September 2009, while volume was 15% lower.

Minmetals Land buys land in Huizhou for HK$870mln

977,000 sq.m. accessible land located in hot spring reserve and resort area suitable for high-end development.