{"id":171768,"date":"2026-05-14T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-central-office-rents-set-to-reverse-multi-year-slump-with-gains-in-second-half\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:32:36","slug":"hong-kongs-central-office-rents-set-to-reverse-multi-year-slump-with-gains-in-second-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-central-office-rents-set-to-reverse-multi-year-slump-with-gains-in-second-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s Central office rents set to reverse multi-year slump with gains in second half"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOffice rents in Hong Kong\u2019s Central district are expected to rise faster in the second quarter of the year, according to analysts, a reversal of a multi-year slump that began in the second half of 2019.
\nThe latest forecast was made by US bank Citi, which said premium offices in the city\u2019s main business zone had seen rents rise 1.7 per cent from a trough in October, with room for further increments between the second half this year and 2027.
\n\u201cLease negotiation dynamics had started to favour…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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