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Hong Kong’s livi bank unveil livi Flexi Loan

Customers can access up to HK$1m in loans in as fast a 2 minutes.

Total property investment volume down 46% in Q1 2022: Colliers

Industrial and retail sectors saw the highest investment volume.

Hong Kong IA resumes normal operations

However, the public is still encouraged to make use of off-site services.

Over half of Hong Kong SMEs expects to overcome 5th COVID-19 wave

Whilst 57% see their revenue will remain the same or grow in the next three months.

Hong Kong tops priciest office fit-out markets in Greater China for third consecutive year

The average cost of an office fit-out in Hong Kong was at $1,081.61.

Grade A office rents slips by almost 1% in Q1 2022

Cushman & Wakefield linked this to the fifth wave of the pandemic.

Which commercial real estate segment was the hardest hit by the fifth wave?

The fifth wave has significantly slowed down the property market in Q122.

7 in 10 Hongkongers find upskilling choices difficult

Only 12% feel that they don't need to upskill to keep their jobs. 

Property sales decline 4.3% in March

The Land Registry recorded 3,828 property sales and purchase agreements in March.

Retail sales drop 14.6% YoY in February 2022

The tightened measures against COVID-19 weakened consumption sentiment.

Benefits of mortgage relaxation to be felt H2 2022: JLL

The government announced it will raise property values eligible for 90% and 80% LTV-ratio loans.

Patek Philippe presents Rare Handcrafts 2022 collection

The exhibition is open to the public from April 6 to 23, 2022.

Businesses OK lifting of flight ban on 9 countries, says gov’t

Businesses also welcomed the government’s shortened hotel quarantine period.

Is the retail property market on its way to redemption?

In January, retail sales value jumped 4.1%YoY to $33.9b.

Hong Kong reduces flight ban sanction to 7 days

The flight ban was shortened from 14 to seven days.

HKPC develops service robots to address manpower shortage

The council developed intelligent robots for different settings and tasks.