{"id":171304,"date":"2026-04-06T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/return-of-overseas-hires-meets-tighter-housing-supply-driving-up-hong-kong-luxury-rents\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:54:32","slug":"return-of-overseas-hires-meets-tighter-housing-supply-driving-up-hong-kong-luxury-rents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/return-of-overseas-hires-meets-tighter-housing-supply-driving-up-hong-kong-luxury-rents\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of overseas hires meets tighter housing supply, driving up Hong Kong luxury rents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nRents in Hong Kong\u2019s luxury housing market are rising as supply tightens, with returning overseas professionals heating up the competition to secure prime homes.<br \/>\nThe rebound is most evident in traditional upscale districts such as The Peak and Southside, where leasing activity has picked up sharply this year. Transactions reached 108 in the first quarter, with more than 40 per cent involving monthly rents above HK$100,000 (US$12,760), according to Midland Realty.<br \/>\nAt the centre of the surge is&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/3349068\/return-overseas-hires-meets-tighter-housing-supply-driving-hong-kong-luxury-rents?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Return of overseas hires meets tighter housing supply, driving up Hong Kong luxury rents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Rents in Hong Kong\u2019s luxury housing market are rising as supply tightens, with returning overseas&#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-171304","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-IyY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17218,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/luxury-retail-out-food-and-beverages-in-as-cheaper-rents-spark-change-in-character-to-hong-kongs-malls-and-streets\/","url_meta":{"origin":171304,"position":0},"title":"Luxury retail out, food and beverages in as cheaper rents spark change in character to Hong Kong\u2019s malls and streets","date":"June 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The character of Hong Kong streets and shopping malls is changing as more overseas food and beverage operators and retailers catering to local consumers move to the city to take advantage of sharp falls in rent, says Tom Gaffney, CBRE\u2019s managing director for Hong Kong, Ma\r \r Source :\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":115348,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/expat-rents-in-singapore-increase-for-the-first-time-in-five-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":171304,"position":1},"title":"Expat rents in Singapore increase for the first time in five years","date":"April 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The average monthly rental for expatriates in Singapore rose 1.4% from last year to $6,069 (US$4,233) \u2013 its first increase in five years, showed a study by ECA International. 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