{"id":131381,"date":"2022-11-05T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-property-developers-will-struggle-to-service-their-bulging-debts-as-interest-rates-soar-analysts-warn\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:09:09","slug":"hong-kongs-property-developers-will-struggle-to-service-their-bulging-debts-as-interest-rates-soar-analysts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-property-developers-will-struggle-to-service-their-bulging-debts-as-interest-rates-soar-analysts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s property developers will struggle to service their bulging debts as interest rates soar, analysts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs in the years from 1997 to 2003, a struggling housing market, slowing economy and surging interest rates are making the debt levels of the city\u2019s home builders a cause for concern.
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hong Kong\u2019s property developers will struggle to service their bulging debts as interest rates soar, analysts warn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As in the years from 1997 to 2003, a struggling housing market, slowing economy and...<\/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-131381","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-yb3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":156714,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/smaller-hong-kong-developers-face-defaults-amid-mounting-debts-analysts\/","url_meta":{"origin":131381,"position":0},"title":"Smaller Hong Kong developers face defaults amid mounting debts: analysts","date":"July 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong developer Emperor International Holdings\u2019 inability to repay HK$16.6 billion (US$2.1 billion) in loans highlights a growing debt crisis among small and medium-sized developers in the city, prompting analysts to warn of more defaults. \u201cHigh debt ratios have become a mainstream condition among Hong Kong developers, particularly mid-sized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":127052,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/soaring-interest-rates-hong-kongs-new-mortgage-borrowers-and-highly-leveraged-buyers-are-most-at-risk-in-the-property-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":131381,"position":1},"title":"Soaring interest rates: Hong Kong\u2019s new mortgage borrowers and highly leveraged buyers are most at risk in the property market","date":"June 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Topping off the higher rates is a bulging pipeline of new flats \u2013 estimated at 12,646 in 2022 by JLL \u2013 waiting to find buyers.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Soaring interest rates: Hong Kong\u2019s new mortgage borrowers and highly leveraged buyers are most at risk\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":146556,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rents-may-soar-amid-hong-kongs-property-gloom-as-students-talent-immigrants-spur-demand\/","url_meta":{"origin":131381,"position":2},"title":"Rents may soar amid Hong Kong\u2019s property gloom as students, talent immigrants spur demand","date":"July 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The gap between renting and buying will cause the rate of return of housing property to soar, especially when interest rates start falling with the widely expected first cut by the US Federal Reserve likely in September.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Rents may soar amid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":84119,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/theres-no-better-time-to-be-a-real-estate-agent-as-fees-soar-amid-hong-kongs-record-prices\/","url_meta":{"origin":131381,"position":3},"title":"There\u2019s no better time to be a real estate agent as fees soar amid Hong Kong\u2019s record prices","date":"March 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s two largest property agents, Centaline and Midland, enjoyed sharp increases in commission revenue generated in the city last year, as sales of new homes and prices surged to record highs. 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