{"id":107251,"date":"2019-05-18T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T23:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-a-government-scheme-to-boost-hong-kongs-public-housing-accidentally-pushing-up-home-prices\/"},"modified":"2019-05-18T08:03:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T01:03:45","slug":"is-a-government-scheme-to-boost-hong-kongs-public-housing-accidentally-pushing-up-home-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-a-government-scheme-to-boost-hong-kongs-public-housing-accidentally-pushing-up-home-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a government scheme to boost Hong Kong\u2019s public housing accidentally pushing up home prices?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt may have been well meant, but the Hong Kong government\u2019s latest move to take the heat out of the property market may have had an unintended consequence.In an attempt to raise the supply of affordable housing, the government recently shifted the targeted split between public and private housing to a 70:30 ratio from the previous 60:40. The change was announced on December 21 last year, which was followed by a rebound in Hong Kong property prices in January this year.With desperate home\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Is a government scheme to boost Hong Kong\u2019s public housing accidentally pushing up home prices?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It may have been well meant, but the Hong Kong government\u2019s latest move to take...<\/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-107251","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-rTR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102192,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/imf-endorses-hong-kongs-wait-and-see-housing-policies-as-property-prices-have-room-to-fall\/","url_meta":{"origin":107251,"position":0},"title":"IMF endorses Hong Kong\u2019s wait-and-see housing policies as property prices have room to fall","date":"December 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The 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. 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