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What services does Land Registry (LR) provide? Deeds Registration If a member of the public purchases a property or becomes a party to a property transaction, he/she will need to execute a deed or other document. That deed or document will normally be registered with the Land Registry because registered documents would have a priority over unregistered documents and other documents […]

When someone talks about ‘Rating and Valuation Department’ (RVD), what is the first thing that pops up to your mind? Rates, government rent or valuation of properties? In addition to calculating and collecting the rates and government rent of your property, RVD actually delivers a lot more services to the public. Here are 5 useful services that you might have never […]

Our Founder and CEO, Asif Ghafoor, spoke to Bloomberg this morning about what the latest Spacious data is showing on how the coronavirus is impacting Hong Kong property. Watch the video now on Bloomberg TV: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-03-05/assessing-the-health-of-hong-kong-s-property-market-video Watch the video to find out what kind of rental and sale discounts can be achieved with the market outlook for the year ahead […]

On 28th February, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po announced the 2018-2019 budget. Mr. Chan stated that he was cautiously optimistic about Hong Kong’s economic prospects. Although he admitted that property prices had soared beyond the affordability of ordinary citizens over the past years, he believed that the key factors underpinning soaring property prices over the past few years were gradually undergoing […]

URA received 9 tenders for Peel Street commercial site The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) received 9 tenders for a 29,000-square-foot commercial development site on Peel Street and Graham Street in Central. The project to be built on the site will provide a gross floor area of not more than 434,000 sq ft for office, hotel and retail purposes, as well […]

Wings At Sea launched the 7th price list of 208 units, subscriptions opened Sun Hung Kai Property (SHKP)’s Wings At Sea has been receiving overwhelming subscriptions in all three rounds of sale and the developer launched the 7th price list of 208 units with a 2% to 3% price up yesterday. The developer has launched 3 round of sales consisting […]

Spacious’ View: With New World becoming the first mover, we expect more developers would join to roll out cheaper units for first-time home buyers in town. New World likely to launch first-time buyers flats In addition to launching a first-time buyers’ scheme, the government encourages local developers to roll out cheaper homes for first-time buyers while New World Development (NWD) […]

Spacious’ View: Wings at Sea priced 10% below Tseung Kwan O primary flats launched in March   Wings at Sea priced 10% below primary flats in Tseung Kwan O Sun Hung Kai Properties launched the first price list for 208 flats from its new project at Lohas Park – Wings at Sea, yesterday. The average discounted price per saleable square foot […]

Spacious’ View: Chinese home price increases slowing – investors should keep an eye on other growing overseas property markets.   Smart home development wanted in Mong Kok The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) has told developers to submit expressions of interest before next Wednesday for the development of a 14,951-square-foot project site at Reclamation Street/Shantung Street in Mong Kok. The project […]

Spacious’ View: Home buyers getting developer loans might start ‘sweetly’, but end up ‘bitterly’ with a much higher interest payment. Warning over high-interest developer loans To push home sales, developers offer mortgage plans with high loan-to-value ratios to attract buyers who may not be able to get bank loans. But these, the Consumer Council warns, could cost buyers a few […]