{"id":102484,"date":"2018-12-22T07:03:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-infatuation-with-multimillion-dollar-shoebox-homes-is-over-as-quickly-as-it-began\/"},"modified":"2018-12-22T07:12:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T00:12:18","slug":"hong-kongs-infatuation-with-multimillion-dollar-shoebox-homes-is-over-as-quickly-as-it-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-infatuation-with-multimillion-dollar-shoebox-homes-is-over-as-quickly-as-it-began\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s infatuation with multimillion-dollar shoebox homes is over as quickly as it began"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s infatuation with micro-apartments, some of which hold the world record as the smallest living space constructed for humans, has ended almost as quickly as it began.
\nKnown variously as nano flats, micro-apartments and shoebox homes, these abodes are specifically designed to be small, typically less than 200 square feet (18.6 square metres) in size.
\nTwo of every three of these homes built in Hong Kong since 2016 were constructed this year. Of these 976 units that were added, 461…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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