{"id":113497,"date":"2020-01-09T08:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/average-price-of-a-new-home-in-hong-kong-dropped-by-25-per-cent-or-us478000-last-year-to-lowest-level-since-2015-as-protests-killed-demand\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:07:32","slug":"average-price-of-a-new-home-in-hong-kong-dropped-by-25-per-cent-or-us478000-last-year-to-lowest-level-since-2015-as-protests-killed-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/average-price-of-a-new-home-in-hong-kong-dropped-by-25-per-cent-or-us478000-last-year-to-lowest-level-since-2015-as-protests-killed-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Average price of a new home in Hong Kong dropped by 25 per cent, or US$478,000, last year to lowest level since 2015 as protests killed demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe average price of a new flat in Hong Kong fell by a quarter last year to the lowest level since 2015, as months of civil unrest battered market sentiment.The anti-government protests, which started in June and became increasingly volatile, deterred buyers and caused the price of a new home to drop by HK$3.72 million (US$478,226), or 25 per cent, according to real estate agency Ricacorp Properties.The average price was HK$10.87 million last year, after peaking at HK$14.59 million in 2018. In\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3045245\/average-price-new-home-hong-kong-dropped-25-cent-or-us478000-last-year\" target=\"_blank\">Average price of a new home in Hong Kong dropped by 25 per cent, or US8,000, last year to lowest level since 2015 as protests killed demand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The average price of a new flat in Hong Kong fell by a quarter 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