{"id":10940,"date":"2016-04-19T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T09:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-real-estate-agents-face-tough-times-as-home-sales-drop-39-per-cent-in-first-quarter\/"},"modified":"2016-04-19T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T09:31:38","slug":"hong-kong-real-estate-agents-face-tough-times-as-home-sales-drop-39-per-cent-in-first-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-real-estate-agents-face-tough-times-as-home-sales-drop-39-per-cent-in-first-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong real estate agents face tough times as home sales drop 39 per cent in first quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>  Hong Kong\u2019s first real estate agency offering 0 per cent commission for clients is finding it tough to survive in the city with its weakening housing market.<br \/>\nOnline real estate agent Candid Properties, saw staff numbers drop to four from 15 in six months.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/1937115\/hong-kong-real-estate-agents-face-tough-times-home-sales-drop-39-cent-first\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong real estate agents face tough times as home sales drop 39 per cent in first quarter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s first real estate agency offering 0 per cent commission for clients is finding&#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-10940","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\/p75ss1-2Qs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108817,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/outlook-for-hong-kong-retail-rents-bleak-as-trade-war-and-protests-dampen-sales\/","url_meta":{"origin":10940,"position":0},"title":"Outlook for Hong Kong retail rents bleak as trade war and protests dampen sales","date":"July 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s retail leasing market is expected to slow further in the second half as sales continue to slump because of the US-China trade war and uncertainty over protests against the extradition bill, industry observers say.Overall rent for shops along prime shopping streets fell 1.2 per cent quarter on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41728,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-complaints-as-overseas-sales-sting-hong-kong-investors\/","url_meta":{"origin":10940,"position":1},"title":"Record complaints as overseas sales sting Hong Kong investors","date":"January 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A leap in complaints about properties bought overseas resulted in the regulatory body for estate agents dealing with a record number of cases last year. 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