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Macroscope | Inflated asset prices show markets don’t always know best

Stock prices are nervously high, bond and real estate prices are under downward pressure, cryptocurrency assets have sustained falls and…

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Hong Kong’s homebuyers brave storm signal at city’s first post-rate cut property sales

Hong Kong’s homebuyers defied a No 3 typhoon signal to snap up apartments during two property sales on Friday, entering…

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The View | Asia’s top property markets must tackle the root of unaffordability

In Asia’s real estate sector, South Korea is a star performer. In the first half of this year, the region’s…

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Profitability pressure grows for China’s state banks amid low rates, poor loan demand

China’s top banks face continued pressure, as a slowing economy, lower interest rates and weak loan demand weighed on first-half…

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Sino Land wins Tuen Mun land tender with HK$1 billion bid amid an improved housing market

The transaction, which marked the Hong Kong government’s first residential plot sale this financial year, involved a site at Hoi…

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China’s long, nagging property market downturn nears stabilisation: analysts

A prolonged downturn in China’s property market is approaching a point of stabilisation, analysts said, as low rates and affordable…

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Opinion | As markets recover from Trump tariff shock, how long will new normal last?

To investors worried about the direction of volatile markets over the next few weeks, fear not. I have some good…

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21,000 Hongkongers vie for 329 new homes at 12-year-low prices at SHKP’s Sierra Sea

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest property developer, received more than 21,000 cheques for 329 units at its…

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Opinion | More of China’s spending power needs to be unleashed. Here’s how

There are signs that the Chinese economy has been improving, owing to the government’s September 2024 stimulus package. Year-on-year gross…

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Hong Kong’s new home prices sink as SHKP launches at 11-year low in Sai Kung

Hong Kong’s biggest property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) is shocking the city’s housing market by launching new flats…

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