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Grade A office net absorption slumps to 167,100 sqft in Q1
17 Apr 19
Banks and co-working facilities hit the brakes on their expansion plans.
Commercial real estate investment jumped 40% to $204.09b in 2018
3 Apr 19
Strong office investments offset sluggish retail and industrial investment volumes.
Hong Kong clinched $21.19b across 35 IPOs in Q1 2019
26 Mar 19
The industrials sector received the highest number of IPOs with seven deals with a total of US$263m.
Hong Kong's economy slumped 1.3% in Q4 2018: report
20 Mar 19
This was the slowest pace of GDP growth since 2016.
Hong Kong art scene faces competition
13 Mar 19
Whilst Hong Kong is rightly placed for the market-driven influx, the art scene may be reaching a saturation point.
Hong Kong flops to 47th spot in luxury home price gains in 2018
6 Mar 19
The stock market rout slashed the growth of posh property prices to just 1.8%.
Fintech investments crashed 65.6% to US$188m in 2018
27 Feb 19
However, the number of deals picked up 27% as deals diversified.
Hong Kong VC and tech deals go bigger as quality focus intensifies
27 Feb 19
SenseTime and Tinklabs closed billion-dollar funding rounds.
Family offices spar with VCs for Hong Kong's promising startups
13 Feb 19
One family office has devoted 15% of US$70m capital into tech investments.
Retail sales growth falls to 18-month low at $44.9b in December
6 Feb 19
Buying sentiment remained cautious.
Investors pool cash into data centres and co-living as alternative assets shine
30 Jan 19
The protracted trade dispute has dimmed outlook for traditional real estate.
Can data centres prop up Hong Kong's slowing industrial sector?
23 Jan 19
Undaunted by trade jitters, operators are actively expanding in Tseung Kwan O.
Commercial investment market spirals downward as office and prime street shops take heavy hit
16 Jan 19
Office rents will slow to 2-4% growth in 2019 from 8-10% expansion in the previous year.
Up to 4% salary hike awaits tech workers in 2019
9 Jan 19
The demand will be driven in large part by fintech, as banks apply for their virtual banking licenses.
Hong Kong's IPO haul may hit up to $230b in 2019
19 Dec 18
The city's crammed IPO pipeline features a little over 200 applicants.
Hong Kong looks set to reclaim IPO crown with nearly US$300b haul in January-November
12 Dec 18
Proceeds from New York IPOs only hit US$205b as it settles for a tentative second place.
Property sales plunge 48% in November
5 Dec 18
The total deal consideration was $43.3b.
Here's why Wanchai offers a reprieve from Hong Kong's crowded CBD
28 Nov 18
The sub-district offers larger office spaces, affordable rent and good business amenities.
Hong Kong beats Tokyo and Singapore to rank as Asia's top finance location
21 Nov 18
Its dominance, however, may be challenged by deepening trade tensions.
Bull-run finally ends: Hong Kong home prices to fall 15% in 2019
14 Nov 18
The worst case scenario envisions residential property prices to crash by as much as 25%.
Hong Kong's 28-month home price uptrend collapses in August
7 Nov 18
The two-year streak was broken after residential property prices fell 0.1%.
Singapore beats Hong Kong in Asia's open banking readiness rankings
31 Oct 18
The SAR still needs to work on extending APIs for banking needs.
Hong Kong home price war heats up as developers rush to unload stock
24 Oct 18
Apartments will be priced more conservatively in response to weakening sentiment.
Hong Kong shakes up Western dominance as it ranks second best city for cross-border property capital
17 Oct 18
Investment volume ballooned 259.4% in Q2 thanks to aggressive Mainland investors.
Will the lack of mega-IPOs push Hong Kong out of the global IPO rankings?
4 Oct 18
With total funds raised at $54.8b, Hong Kong holds the fifth spot in the global IPO league.
Hong Kong nine-month IPO proceeds balloon 174% as pipeline looks fit to burst
3 Oct 18
The proceeds from share sales hit $240b as of Q3.
Hong Kong set to vault to the top of global IPO league with $300b haul
26 Sep 18
A strong Q3 performance has boosted expectations of the SAR taking the top spot.
Hong Kong may only have ten years before office supply runs out
19 Sep 18
There are only around 20.1 million sq ft of potential office space from GLS.
Expats shun costly Hong Kong as they embrace Taiwan and Singapore
12 Sep 18
Once a thriving expat hub, the SAR has plunged to 56th place in the global expat life rankings.
Hong Kong shakes up lending in long-overdue virtual banking push
5 Sep 18
Fintechs and telco firms are lining up to get a cut of the city's banking market.
Over 3,000 nano flats to be completed until 2020 as residents squeeze into smaller homes
29 Aug 18
The nano flat supply is 35% higher than 2015-2017, indicating strong market takeup.
Can the luxury property market pick up in the second half of the year?
22 Aug 18
Primary sales volume have crashed after the 2016 peak due to the absence of large-scale launches.
Hong Kong's startup growth hit by weak Greater Bay Area links
15 Aug 18
Homegrown firms have trouble accessing new markets which could open the doors for talent and suppliers.
Mainland firms are not letting up on Hong Kong's office market in Q2
8 Aug 18
They committed to 300,000 sqft in the first half of the year alone.
Will rents take charge of Hong Kong's property market as home prices slow?
1 Aug 18
Developers are switching unsold luxury flats from the sales to leasing market to escape the claws of vacancy tax.
Hong Kong's property market shows signs of cooling down
25 Jul 18
From a peak of 21.6% in June 2017, home price growth have slowed to 14.7% in May.
Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point
18 Jul 18
Despite accounting for 90% of the city’s patients, public hospitals only employ 40% of the SAR’s doctors.
Hong Kong overtakes London to rank as world's second best shipping centre
16 Jul 18
However, the city still fall shorts of Singapore’s dominance.
Half-year commercial property investment activity hits $89b as office market remains heated
11 Jul 18
Massive en-bloc office sales of W Square, Octa Tower and Cityplaza Three & Four buoyed half-year figures.
Hong Kong's average IPO size shrunk 10% in the first half of the year
4 Jul 18
There were, however, double the number of listings as small to medium sized companies rushed to list.

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