{"id":166251,"date":"2025-11-30T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-viewing-dips-after-deadly-fire-as-city-pauses-to-mourn\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:31:39","slug":"hong-kong-property-viewing-dips-after-deadly-fire-as-city-pauses-to-mourn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-viewing-dips-after-deadly-fire-as-city-pauses-to-mourn\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong property viewing dips after deadly fire as city pauses to mourn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s worst residential fire in history has cast a shadow over property sentiment, but the overall impact on the home market is likely to prove temporary because broader economic fundamentals will continue to drive longer-term trends, according to analysts.<br \/>\nThe devastating fire last week at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po left at least 146 people dead and 79 injured, including firefighters, with the status of around 150 residents still unclear.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone is more cautious right now, and because of&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3334672\/hong-kong-property-viewing-dips-following-deadly-fire-city-pauses-mourn?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong property viewing dips after deadly fire as city pauses to mourn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s worst residential fire in history has cast a shadow over property sentiment, but&#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-166251","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-Hft","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61958,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hang-lung-properties-profit-dips-4pc-in-first-half-on-lower-rental-income\/","url_meta":{"origin":166251,"position":0},"title":"Hang Lung Properties\u2019 profit dips 4pc in first half on lower rental income","date":"July 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Interim profits for Hong Kong developer Hang Lung Properties beat projections by Goldman Sachs but still came in 4 per cent lower compared to the same period last year on lower rental income. 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