Hong Kong
Chow Tai Fook end-December SSSG -15%
It was a lackluster performance.
NWD takes on privatising NWCL once more
What's different this time around?
Residential prices could climb at least 5% in 2016
Showing sector outperformance backdrop.
Consolidated budget surplus may hit HK$49.9b
It's much higher than previously forecast.
Hong Kong market 2016's weakest performer in luxury residential market: forecast
Overtaking Singapore as the most sluggish.
Transaction volume of commercial property in 2015 reaches HK$93.3 billion
This is the highest since 2012.
Warehouse rents in industrial market declined 0.3 q-o-q
While overall leasing momentum slowed.
Rental decline of retail shops slows in 4Q15 to 2% q-o-q
While lease surrenders eased temporarily.
Overall vacancy in office market edges down to 3.1% in 4Q15
It's the second-lowest ever recorded.
Hong Kong leads globally in raising record amount of IPO funds in 2015
2011 was the last time it topped.
Home prices end in 2015 with 7.51% drop from peak
Prices down for seven weeks straight.
Hang Seng HKD prime lending rate still at 5.00%
HKD savings deposit rates also unchanged.
Cathay Pacific cargo volume declines 3%
Although passenger numbers increased.
Multiple rental transactions in CBD suggest strong performance
Despite general silence near year-end.
Investors conscious of headwinds facing Hong Kong housing market
Scope for a relief rally seen.
APAC institutional investors to inject US$240 billion into world property markets by 2020
This constitutes a majority of their investments.
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