{"id":140938,"date":"2024-01-07T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-residents-face-difficult-decision-whether-to-rent-or-buy-this-year\/"},"modified":"2024-01-07T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T02:09:11","slug":"hong-kong-property-residents-face-difficult-decision-whether-to-rent-or-buy-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-residents-face-difficult-decision-whether-to-rent-or-buy-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong property: residents face difficult decision whether to rent or buy this year"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSome analysts believe it is the right time to buy as the market is close to bottom, and the 20 per cent decline in property prices from an all-time high offsets the higher mortgage rates. Others see leasing as a viable option.
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hong Kong property: residents face difficult decision whether to rent or buy this year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some analysts believe it is the right time to buy as the market is close...<\/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-140938","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-AFc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52696,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/to-buy-or-rent-in-hong-kong-tipping-point-guide-to-93-neighbourhoods-shows-the-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":140938,"position":0},"title":"To buy or rent in Hong Kong? 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