{"id":118375,"date":"2020-08-26T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-commercial-property-investors-expect-relaxed-mortgage-rules-to-kick-start-buying-activity\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T08:05:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T01:05:28","slug":"hong-kongs-commercial-property-investors-expect-relaxed-mortgage-rules-to-kick-start-buying-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-commercial-property-investors-expect-relaxed-mortgage-rules-to-kick-start-buying-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s commercial property investors expect relaxed mortgage rules to kick start buying activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nActivity in Hong Kong\u2019s commercial market is likely to gain momentum as investors expect the government to further loosen industry curbs, after the city\u2019s de facto central bank eased mortgage lending rules for non-residential real estate for the first time in more than a decade, according to market observers.Bridgeway Prime Shop Fund Management, a Hong Kong-based retail property investment fund, said it plans it to speed up its HK$100 million (US$12.9 million) acquisition spree in Hong Kong\u2019s\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3098760\/hong-kongs-commercial-property-investors-expect-relaxed-mortgage-rules\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong\u2019s commercial property investors expect relaxed mortgage rules to kick start buying activity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Activity in Hong Kong\u2019s commercial market is likely to gain momentum as investors expect 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-118375","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-uNh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121239,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-prices-of-mid-sized-hong-kong-flats-driven-by-first-time-buyers-taking-advantage-of-relaxed-mortgage-rules-say-analysts\/","url_meta":{"origin":118375,"position":0},"title":"Record prices of mid-sized Hong Kong flats driven by first-time buyers taking advantage of relaxed mortgage rules, say analysts","date":"August 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r More first-time buyers have been piling in to Hong Kong\u2019s property market, driving up the prices of mid-sized flats in out-of-town locations, according to analysts.Homes measuring between 431 sq ft and 752 sq ft soared to record-breaking prices in June as couples and young families snapped up second-hand units\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":119876,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-commercial-industrial-property-market-could-rebound-to-pre-pandemic-levels-on-china-capital-influx-economic-recovery\/","url_meta":{"origin":118375,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s commercial, industrial property market could rebound to pre-pandemic levels on China capital influx, economic recovery","date":"January 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Activity in Hong Kong\u2019s commercial and industrial property market is likely to return to pre-pandemic levels this year amid hopes of an economic recovery aided by Covid-19 vaccinations and mainland investors looking to deploy capital, say market observers.Investment volume could rebound by as much as 60 per cent to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":111782,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/first-home-borrowers-must-read-the-fine-print-as-the-devil-is-in-the-details-of-hong-kongs-relaxed-mortgage-entitlements\/","url_meta":{"origin":118375,"position":2},"title":"First-home borrowers must read the fine print as the devil is in the details of Hong Kong\u2019s relaxed mortgage entitlements","date":"October 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Hong Kong government announced last Wednesday to relax the cap on the property value eligible for a mortgage loan with a maximum cover of 80 per cent loan-to-value (LTV) ratio from HK$6 million to HK$10 million (US$1.27 million). 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