{"id":102192,"date":"2018-12-12T14:05:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T07:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/imf-endorses-hong-kongs-wait-and-see-housing-policies-as-property-prices-have-room-to-fall\/"},"modified":"2018-12-12T15:02:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T08:02:54","slug":"imf-endorses-hong-kongs-wait-and-see-housing-policies-as-property-prices-have-room-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/imf-endorses-hong-kongs-wait-and-see-housing-policies-as-property-prices-have-room-to-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF endorses Hong Kong\u2019s wait-and-see housing policies as property prices have room to fall"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed the Hong Kong government\u2019s wait-and-see stance before taking any further actions to offset the risk of a fall in housing prices.
\nIn particular, the IMF said that the government policies to moderate housing prices, including the stamp duty on new home purchases, should remain in place for now, and only be phased out when the risk of a further rise in housing prices has dissipated.
\nHong Kong first implemented a stamp duty in 2010 to slow…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed the Hong Kong government\u2019s wait-and-see stance before taking...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qAg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117168,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-scrapping-special-stamp-duty-would-help-alleviate-hong-kongs-housing-shortage-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":102192,"position":0},"title":"Why scrapping special stamp duty would help alleviate Hong Kong\u2019s housing shortage problem","date":"June 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In November 2010, the Hong Kong government imposed a special stamp duty (SSD) on individuals and companies that acquire a residential property in Hong Kong and resell it within 36 months. 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