Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong Home Sales Surge On Weekend After Curbs Lifted
The financial hub’s 10 biggest estates recorded the most sales in 61 weeks with 27 transactions, 3.5 times higher than the previous weekend.
- Monday March 4, 2024
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong Home Sales Surge On Weekend After Curbs Lifted
The financial hub’s 10 biggest estates recorded the most sales in 61 weeks with 27 transactions, 3.5 times higher than the previous weekend.
- Monday March 4, 2024
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong’s Worst Office Slump Squeezes Real Estate Funds
Funds are increasingly trying to sell once-prized office towers at significant discounts as they rush to exit to avoid mounting interest payments on loans.
- Thursday January 25, 2024
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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World’s Best Performing Office Market Has Occupancy of Over 98%
Seoul’s office market is every landlord’s dream: More than 98% of grade-A offices are occupied, with rents surging 15% from last year.
- Wednesday November 15, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan, Shinhye Kang
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World’s Best Performing Office Market Has Occupancy of Over 98%
Seoul’s office market is every landlord’s dream: More than 98% of grade-A offices are occupied, with rents surging 15% from last year.
- Wednesday November 15, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan, Shinhye Kang
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Hong Kong Home Prices May Drop 10%, Driving Negative-Equity Mortgages To 19-Year High
Negative-equity mortgages may surge beyond 5% of home loans in 2024, analysts Francis Chan and Patrick Wong wrote in a note.
- Wednesday October 11, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong Home Prices May Drop 10%, Driving Negative-Equity Mortgages To 19-Year High
Negative-equity mortgages may surge beyond 5% of home loans in 2024, analysts Francis Chan and Patrick Wong wrote in a note.
- Wednesday October 11, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong Relaxes Mortgage Rules as Property Market Falters
The adjustment will help boost sentiment in the first-hand property market, where developers have been under pressure to cut prices to accelerate sales.
- Saturday September 23, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong Relaxes Mortgage Rules as Property Market Falters
The adjustment will help boost sentiment in the first-hand property market, where developers have been under pressure to cut prices to accelerate sales.
- Saturday September 23, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong Investor Starts Property Fire Sale After Wife Arrested
A Hong Kong businessman whose wife was arrested in Vietnam has emerged as the latest desperate seller in the city’s increasingly turbulent property market.
- Tuesday August 22, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan, Venus Feng
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Hong Kong’s Reopening Brings Scant Gains For Financial Hub
The city suffered its biggest workforce decline on record last year, causing major labor shortages.
- Wednesday July 5, 2023
- Author: Kiuyan Wong, Shawna Kwan
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Hong Kong’s Reopening Brings Scant Gains For Financial Hub
The city suffered its biggest workforce decline on record last year, causing major labor shortages.
- Wednesday July 5, 2023
- Author: Kiuyan Wong, Shawna Kwan
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The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become A Debt Time Bomb
From San Francisco to Hong Kong, higher interest rates and falling property values are bringing the commercial real estate market to a perilous precipice.
- Monday June 26, 2023
- Author: Natalie Wong, John Gittelsohn, Jack Sidders, Shawna Kwan
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The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become A Debt Time Bomb
From San Francisco to Hong Kong, higher interest rates and falling property values are bringing the commercial real estate market to a perilous precipice.
- Monday June 26, 2023
- Author: Natalie Wong, John Gittelsohn, Jack Sidders, Shawna Kwan
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Singapore’s 60% Property Tax Makes London, New York Look Cheap
The 60% Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty that foreigners now pay for a home in Singapore means the city’s levies exceed those of other international hubs.
- Friday April 28, 2023
- Author: Shawna Kwan