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Hong Kong’s New Vacancy Tax – Overview and Interpretation

6 July 2018 - OKAY.com CEO Joshua Miller discusses what the new vacancy tax could mean for developers and consumers. The Vacancy Tax - Structure On June 30th, the government announced its new policy imposing a vacancy tax on developers regarding unsold first-hand private residential flats, constituting a tax amounting to 2 years’ of rental value
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What a Vacancy Tax Could Mean for the Hong Kong Property Market

8 June 2018 - The government will soon conclude its study on the feasibility of imposing a vacancy tax on developers who hoard unsold first-hand private residential flats, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po told legislators in early June 2018. As at December 2017, developers have withheld 9,370 of such flats. Officials believe that a tax on vacan
By: Joshua Han Miller

Real Estate Redefined

7 August 2017 - In an exclusive feature with HKTDC, Joshua Han Miller discusses the future of the real estate industry and the company model that has disrupted the existing industry.He explains, "We’d always known the agency industry was a challenging one – fraught with fragmented information, poor standards, and frustrated clients,” he continued
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Property Crash Seems Unlikely - SCMP Talks to Joshua Han Miller

30 June 2017 - In a discussion with SCMP, Joshua Han Miller, CEO of OKAY.com, talks about Hong Kong’s overheated market and draws a comparison between current state versus that of 1997.Miller explains that Hong Kong today in under very different conditions, to the exogenous factors, sparked by the Thai currency collapse."Hong Kong has not had any
By: Joshua Han Miller

Is Hong Kong Real Estate Facing Another 1997 Crash?

With the historic 1997 handover upon us, I have been asked by members of the media and our clients if we’re facing a real estate bubble similar to the burst 20 years ago.  Let’s examine the facts. There are certainly some similarities to the environment seen in 1997:The Hong Kong property market has seen steep price appreciation in the last sever
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Is Access to Easy Money Creating a Hong Kong Property Market Bubble?

Joshua Han Miller is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Director at OKAY.com with close to 20 years’ experience in finance, leadership and Hong Kong property. Before moving into the real estate industry, Joshua was a Vice President with Morgan Stanley, working in the Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking divisions in Hong Kong and New Y
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Sharing of the OKAY.com entrepreneurial journey

11 September 2014 - I was honored to be invited to Paperclip's Startup Campus and share some of the stories / challenges we've faced as a growing organization.  It was great to be in a room full of aspiring entrepreneurs, and also to be alongside John McLennan, Managing Director and Owner of Indigo, who brought the experience of running a 30-year
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Bloomberg Interview on Micro-Apartments in Hong Kong

13 August 2014 - I was honored to be invited by esteemed Bloomberg journalist Angie Lau to discuss the recent “trend” of micro-apartments in Hong Kong that have received significant press attention. Cheung Kong has recently launched the sales of Mont Vert, a new development of micro-sized apartments, which includes studios ranging from 177-196 sqf
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OKAY.com mentioned in Forbes

4 August 2014 - I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Joshua Steimle, a digital media expert and regular contributor for Forbes.  Mr. Steimle is the founder and CEO of MWI.com - a leading SEO and digital media firm based in the U.S. - who knows how to identify businesses that are using technology to change their industries.   His article "Wh
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