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4 September 2014 - Wheelock Properties (0020) yesterday announced that asking prices for its first batch of 30 units of “Kensington Hill” at 98 High Street in Sai Ying Pun will be put on the market at an average price of HKD23,572 /sq. ft. (saleable).The units available for sale include 10 two bedroom and 20 three bedroom apartments sized between
4 September 2014 - [Translated from HKET] As property prices are on the rise, the market is concerned about whether the government will impose additional cooling measures. Joshua Miller, CEO of OKAY.com, thinks that the government does not need to impose additional measures, since existing transaction volumes are low, and property prices would not
3 September 2014 - To simplify the excessive number of vocational qualifications, the State Council of China decided to cancel types of professional qualifications for 11 industries. The professional qualification for real estate agents has been placed at the top of the to-be-cancelled list.Market insiders said that the new regulation will reduce
2 September 2014 - Following the failure of the first tender in July, the Urban Renewal Authority yesterday announced that Sino Land (0083) and Chinese Estates (0127) have won the mega Kwun Tong Redevelopment Project. Sources say that the land price of the project is less than the targeted HKD7 billion. The 5.25-hectare town center site, as larg
30 August 2014 - With a limited supply of commercial sites in core business districts, the site at 15 Middle Road (Tsim Sha Tsui) attracted the bidding interest of numerour developers. The Lands Department confirmed that the authority received 18 bids for the commercial site as of its tender closing day yesterday.Located in the heart of Tsim Sha T
29 August 2014 - OKAY.com has been recognized by the prestigious Red Herring media company as one of the leading private ventures in Asia using technology to advance its industry. Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors have been among the fir
28 August 2014 - Swire Properties (1972) announced that the fully furnished show flat apartment on the 10th floor of 'Opus Hong Kong' at Stubbs Road sold for HKD451.3 million yesterday with an existing tenancy agreement and 2 car parking spaces.The apartment is one of several units in the project put up for tender earlier this year. Its transacted
27 August 2014 - The Estate Agents Authority (EAA) has recently conducted an internal analysis of the different types of malpractices substantiated against large and the medium-to-small sized estate agencies and their distribution. The study covered close to 2,000 substantiated breaches over a period of four years from 2010 to 2013.The Authority c
27 August 2014 - The price list of the first batch of 50 units in single block development “The Hudson” was released last night. The Kennedy Town property is privately owned by Lee Shau Kee, chairman of Henderson Land (0012). Units are comprised of one bedroom to three bedroom apartments with saleable areas between 324 sq.ft. to 659 sq.ft.Accordin
29 August 2014 - Hang Lung Properties (0101) announced that it would be selling its remaining 225 luxury apartments at “The Harbourside” in Kowloon Station. The first batch of 48 units will be put on the market tomorrow and have already received 4,200 cheque deposits by potential buyers for registration. This has resulted in HK$2.1 billion in cash