{"id":116259,"date":"2020-05-12T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-agents-face-ethical-duty-advising-clients-on-bank-valuation-mortgage-financing-margin\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T04:29:17","slug":"hong-kong-property-agents-face-ethical-duty-advising-clients-on-bank-valuation-mortgage-financing-margin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-agents-face-ethical-duty-advising-clients-on-bank-valuation-mortgage-financing-margin\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong property agents face ethical duty advising clients on bank valuation, mortgage financing margin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nProperty transactions in Hong Kong\u2019s primary and secondary markets have been declining due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the prospect of a near-term revival is not promising.As property prices often fluctuate in an unstable market environment, so too do a bank\u2019s property valuation and in turn the amount of an eligible mortgage loan.While some buyers of first-hand residential properties would choose to pay the purchase price upon completion of the property development at a future date, they\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3083787\/hong-kong-property-agents-face-ethical-duty-advising-clients-bank\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong property agents face ethical duty advising clients on bank valuation, mortgage financing margin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Property transactions in Hong Kong\u2019s primary and secondary markets have been declining due to the&#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-116259","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-uf9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113340,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/november-rise-in-hong-kong-used-home-prices-proves-to-be-short-lived\/","url_meta":{"origin":116259,"position":0},"title":"November rise in Hong Kong used home prices proves to be short-lived","date":"December 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The prices of lived-in Hong Kong homes rose in November after five months of declines, the city\u2019s Rating and Valuation Department said on Tuesday.But the 1.78 per cent increase, driven largely by a relaxation in the city\u2019s mortgage policy, has proved to be short-lived, property agents said after December\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29349,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plot-twist-hong-kong-property-prices-may-not-fall-this-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":116259,"position":1},"title":"Plot twist: Hong Kong property prices may not fall this year","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In fact, prices in the Chinese SAR could rise in 2017 Tourist tram at the Peak, Hong Kong. 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