{"id":105233,"date":"2019-03-21T16:38:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-chief-executive-chimes-in-with-concerns-over-housing-affordability-as-dovish-interest-rates-rekindle-prices\/"},"modified":"2019-03-21T20:04:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T13:04:41","slug":"hong-kongs-chief-executive-chimes-in-with-concerns-over-housing-affordability-as-dovish-interest-rates-rekindle-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-chief-executive-chimes-in-with-concerns-over-housing-affordability-as-dovish-interest-rates-rekindle-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s chief executive chimes in with concerns over housing affordability as dovish interest rates rekindle prices"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s head of government has chimed in with a growing chorus of concerns about the city\u2019s housing affordability, as dovish monetary policy has rekindled a cooling property market.\u201cIt does worry [me] because housing prices have already become very unaffordable, and they will become even more unaffordable if the reverse that we have seen since January this year is going to continue in the foreseeable future,\u201d said the city\u2019s Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on the sidelines of the\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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