{"id":170383,"date":"2026-01-28T12:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-prices-snap-3-year-downturn-as-rents-surge-to-a-new-high\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:31:53","slug":"hong-kong-home-prices-snap-3-year-downturn-as-rents-surge-to-a-new-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-prices-snap-3-year-downturn-as-rents-surge-to-a-new-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong home prices snap 3-year downturn as rents surge to a new high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s lived-in home prices ended a three-year downturn with a 3.25 per cent increase in 2025, as the property market gallops into the new year buoyed by expectations of more transactions and further price gains, according to analysts.<br \/>\nRents climbed to a record high in December, boosting annual gains to 4.26 per cent in 2025 and marking a third consecutive year of increase, according to the Rating and Valuation Department on Wednesday.<br \/>\n\u201cHong Kong\u2019s residential market strengthened notably&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3341501\/hong-kong-home-prices-snap-3-year-downturn-rents-surge-new-high?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong home prices snap 3-year downturn as rents surge to a new high<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s lived-in home prices ended a three-year downturn with a 3.25 per cent increase&#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-170383","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-Ik7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":163378,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-prices-post-years-biggest-gain-as-rents-climb-to-near-peak\/","url_meta":{"origin":170383,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong home prices post year\u2019s biggest gain as rents climb to near peak","date":"October 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s lived-in home prices rose 1.3 per cent in September, logging their biggest gains so far this year and reaching their highest in more than a year, amid optimism that the residential market has bottomed out. 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