{"id":2862,"date":"2016-09-09T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T06:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2023-11-02T17:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T09:08:52","slug":"weekly-news-roundup-sun-hung-kais-profit-up-22-citigroup-china-housing-continues-to-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/weekly-news-roundup-sun-hung-kais-profit-up-22-citigroup-china-housing-continues-to-thrive","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup \u2013 HK Developers Launch More &#8220;Tiny Flats&#8221;; Citi: China Housing Continues To Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Hong Kong developers launch more \u201ctiny flats\u201d this week <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The Spacious.hk market analysis team was quoted in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/2017714\/hong-kong-developer-henderson-land-launches-more-tiny-flats-time-kowloon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCMP article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discussing the trend of smaller and smaller apartments being build in HK. Henderson Land announced 161 sq ft studios at its Seven Victory Avenue project in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/hong-kong\/ho-man-tin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ho Man Tin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even smaller than the 163 sq ft flats at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneprestige.com.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Prestige<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/hong-kong\/north-point\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Point<\/span><\/a><b>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>This Hong Kong Tech StartUp is Hustling Haunted Apartments To Millennial Expats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_au\/read\/hong-kongs-property-ghost-hunters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reported on that<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/hong-kong\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spacious.HK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> entrepreneur Asif Ghafoor has turned the tables on the traditional Chinese practice of avoiding real estate and housing they believed to be haunted Offering them to the younger generation of Hong Kongers and Millennials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hong Kong Land Prices Baffle Tycoon With 50 Years Of Experience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Despite half a century as a Hong Kong developer, Lui Che-Woo, the 87-year-old told the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/real-estate\/hong-kong-land-prices-baffle-tycoon-with-50-years-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI can\u2019t see clearly what\u2019s happening in Hong Kong\u2019s property market.\u201d The article mentioned that the uncertain property market has made developers cautious while bidding for land. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>China\u2019s Housing Market To Remain Robust in 2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 According to a report by Citigroup, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qianjus.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">China\u2019s housing market<\/a> will continue to thrive next year. A <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/2017685\/chinas-housing-market-remain-robust-2017-says-citigroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCMP.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> article reports that nationwide property sales have grown 40%. A chairman of China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong believes Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzen will continue to attract investors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sun Hung Kai\u2019s Profit Rose 22% Boosted By Home Sales, Rents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-09-08\/sun-hung-kai-s-earnings-rise-22-as-developer-s-sales-increase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reports that Hong Kong\u2019s largest property developer, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. had an a increase in annual profit of 22%. The developer has successfully wooed new buyers by offering discounts on mortgages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sotheby\u2019s International Realty Terminates Franchise Agreement With Sino Gateway <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/article\/2015994\/sothebys-international-realty-terminates-franchise-agreement-sino-gateway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCMP.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reports that Sotheby\u2019s International Realty has terminated its franchiese agreement with Sino Gateway, which previously operated as Hong Kong Sotheby\u2019s International Realty. Sotheby\u2019s ended the relationship after learning of legal matters involving Hong Kong Homes agency. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong developers launch more \u201ctiny flats\u201d this week &#8211; The Spacious.hk market analysis team was quoted in the SCMP article discussing the trend of smaller and smaller apartments being build in HK. Henderson Land announced 161 sq ft studios at its Seven Victory Avenue project in Ho Man Tin, even smaller than the 163 sq ft flats at One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[68,67],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hong-kong-property","tag-hot-news","tag-spacious-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacious.hk\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}