Property News · August 13, 2025

HKMA, HSBC allay fears about Hong Kong’s loan risks amid property glut


Hong Kong’s de facto central bank and the city’s largest lender have issued separate statements to assuage concerns about a glut in the commercial property market, saying that the local banking system remained robust and well-capitalised.
Risks associated with commercial real estate (CRE) loans were “manageable”, as the classified loan ratio – a measure of borrowings deemed substandard, doubtful, or at loss – shrank slightly to 1.97 per cent in the second quarter, from 1.98 per cent at the end…

Source : South China Morning Post
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