{"id":172244,"date":"2026-07-23T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/investors-bulk-buying-flats-remains-key-in-hong-kong-amid-red-hot-rental-market\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:06:05","slug":"investors-bulk-buying-flats-remains-key-in-hong-kong-amid-red-hot-rental-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/investors-bulk-buying-flats-remains-key-in-hong-kong-amid-red-hot-rental-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors \u2018bulk buying\u2019 flats remains key in Hong Kong amid red-hot rental market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong\u2019s bulk homebuyers are expected to remain a major force in the city\u2019s new-home market in the second half of the year, after investor purchases hit record levels in the first six months on strong rental demand.<br \/>\nA total of 654 buyers purchased two or more units in the primary market between January and June, acquiring 1,794 flats worth HK$17.4 billion (US$2.2 billion), according to Centaline Property.<br \/>\nThe figures more than doubled from a year earlier and marked record highs in terms of&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/markets\/article\/3361485\/investors-bulk-buying-flats-remains-key-hong-kong-amid-red-hot-rental-market?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investors \u2018bulk buying\u2019 flats remains key in Hong Kong amid red-hot rental market<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong\u2019s bulk homebuyers are expected to remain a major force in the city\u2019s new-home&#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-172244","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-IO8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67552,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-hong-kong-investors-are-snapping-up-flats-in-southeast-asia\/","url_meta":{"origin":172244,"position":0},"title":"Why Hong Kong investors are snapping up flats in Southeast Asia","date":"September 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong investors looking for a stable rental income instead of parking their money in a bank are setting their sights on Southeast Asian property, according to industry experts. 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