{"id":102650,"date":"2019-01-03T09:12:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T02:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/2018-hong-kongs-second-best-year-for-property-sales-at-us93-billion-ended-with-a-whimper-in-december\/"},"modified":"2019-01-03T10:04:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T03:04:50","slug":"2018-hong-kongs-second-best-year-for-property-sales-at-us93-billion-ended-with-a-whimper-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/2018-hong-kongs-second-best-year-for-property-sales-at-us93-billion-ended-with-a-whimper-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"2018, Hong Kong\u2019s second-best year for property sales at US$93 billion, ended with a whimper in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong recorded its second-best year for property sales in 2018 on the back of a red hot first half, in which transactions worth HK$403.7 billion (US$51.5 billion) were reported. However, the market has cooled since August, when a 28-month bull run came to an end, with December recording a 58 per cent year-on-year drop in all property sales.<br \/>\nA total of 79,185 deals worth HK$729.56 billion were completed in the city in 2018. The record for the special administrative region\u2019s property&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/2180434\/2018-hong-kongs-second-best-year-property-sales-us93-billion-ended-whimper\" target=\"_blank\">2018, Hong Kong\u2019s second-best year for property sales at US billion, ended with a whimper in December<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong recorded its second-best year for property sales in 2018 on the back of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-102650","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-qHE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104513,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-sino-land-reports-half-year-profit-of-hk2-37-billion-expects-improved-sales-in-second-half\/","url_meta":{"origin":102650,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s Sino Land reports half-year profit of HK$2.37 billion, expects improved sales in second half","date":"February 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong property developer Sino Land reported a 73 per cent drop in underlying net profit attributable to shareholders for the July to December period, with the decline attributed to distortions created by one-off asset disposals in the year earlier period.Underlying profit, excluding the revaluation gains on investment property,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":111792,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-luxury-home-sales-sink-to-five-year-low-in-september-as-caution-prevails-amid-protests\/","url_meta":{"origin":102650,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s luxury home sales sink to five-year low in September as caution prevails amid protests","date":"October 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sales of luxury homes fell to a five-year low last month as Hong Kong\u2019s property market continued to reel from the ongoing civil unrest, extending a decline that started in June.Only 93 new and used homes worth more than HK$20 million (US$2.55 million) each were sold, totalling HK$4.68 billion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":75195,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-politics-deter-options-to-alter-land-sales-policy-cut-property-prices\/","url_meta":{"origin":102650,"position":2},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s politics deter options to alter land sales policy, cut property prices","date":"December 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s government is on track to post a record haul from selling land to housing and commercial developers in its fiscal year ending March 2018, bolstered by ever-rising prices in the world\u2019s most expensive urban centre. 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