{"id":156714,"date":"2025-07-01T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/smaller-hong-kong-developers-face-defaults-amid-mounting-debts-analysts\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:45:17","slug":"smaller-hong-kong-developers-face-defaults-amid-mounting-debts-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/smaller-hong-kong-developers-face-defaults-amid-mounting-debts-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller Hong Kong developers face defaults amid mounting debts: analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong 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.
\n\u201cHigh debt ratios have become a mainstream condition among Hong Kong developers, particularly mid-sized developers\u201d amid dropping valuations, low demand, high vacancy rates, falling rental income and high interest rates, said Glen Ho, national turnaround…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong developer Emperor International Holdings\u2019 inability to repay HK$16.6 billion (US$2.1 billion) in loans...<\/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-156714","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-ELE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97360,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rise-in-big-mortgages-offered-by-hong-kong-developers-to-speed-up-sales-raises-default-fears\/","url_meta":{"origin":156714,"position":0},"title":"Rise in big mortgages offered by Hong Kong developers to speed up sales raises default fears","date":"September 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The number of Hong Kong developers providing mortgages for homebuyers hit a record in the second quarter of this year, raising concerns over a possible rise in defaults should an increase in interest rates and falling prices hurt sentiment in the world\u2019s most expensive property market. 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