{"id":120802,"date":"2021-06-22T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/handy-mortgage-tips-and-pitfalls-to-avoid-for-first-time-buyers-of-new-houses-in-hong-kong\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T17:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T10:05:04","slug":"handy-mortgage-tips-and-pitfalls-to-avoid-for-first-time-buyers-of-new-houses-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/handy-mortgage-tips-and-pitfalls-to-avoid-for-first-time-buyers-of-new-houses-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Handy mortgage tips and pitfalls to avoid for first-time buyers of new houses in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs the vaccine programme continues to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, home prices have rebounded substantially in recent months. A flood of cheap money unleashed by global central banks has found its way into fixed assets including residential properties.With increasing consumer confidence in the property market, buyers have responded with enthusiasm to new homes launched over the past few quarters, exceeding expectations. In particular, mega-developments from The Pavilia Farm\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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As the vaccine programme continues to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, home...<\/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-120802","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-vqq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24364,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bank-of-chinas-hong-kong-unit-cuts-mortgage-rate-to-lure-buyers-offset-concern-of-us-rate-hike\/","url_meta":{"origin":120802,"position":0},"title":"Bank of China\u2019s Hong Kong unit cuts mortgage rate to lure buyers, offset concern of US rate hike","date":"August 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Bank of China\u2019s Hong Kong unit said it has cut its mortgage rate by 10 basis points, offering the cheapest loan in the city to attract buyers and offset rising concern of a possible rate increase in the US.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Bank of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":125739,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-buyers-give-nano-flats-a-wide-berth-as-buyers-armed-with-larger-mortgage-amounts-eye-bigger-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":120802,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong buyers give nano flats a wide berth as buyers armed with larger mortgage amounts eye bigger homes","date":"April 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The popularity of tiny homes took a beating last month after the government relaxed mortgage rules, bringing larger homes within reach of first-time buyers.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Hong Kong buyers give nano flats a wide berth as buyers armed with larger mortgage amounts eye\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55957,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-homebuyers-unfazed-by-tighter-mortgage-rules-as-14000-register-for-chueng-kong-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":120802,"position":2},"title":"Hong Kong homebuyers unfazed by tighter mortgage rules as 14,000 register for Chueng Kong project","date":"May 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Cheung Kong Property Holdings\u2019 Ocean Pride development in Tsuen Wan has become the most sought after project since August last year after it registered 14,000 prospective buyers who were unfazed by the Hong Kong banking regulator\u2019s moves to tighten mortgage lending for investors. 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