{"id":172378,"date":"2026-08-16T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buy-or-rent-hong-kong-homebuyers-face-an-age-old-housing-dilemma\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T12:47:37","slug":"buy-or-rent-hong-kong-homebuyers-face-an-age-old-housing-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buy-or-rent-hong-kong-homebuyers-face-an-age-old-housing-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy or rent? Hong Kong homebuyers face an age-old housing dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTrapped between rising residential rents and the looming shadow of interest rate increases, Hong Kong homebuyers are revisiting that age-old dilemma when making decisions about housing: buy or rent?
\nThe Centa-City Rental Index (CRI), which reflects the rent of second-hand private residential properties in Hong Kong, has been rising throughout the year to 136.34 in July from 129.57 at the beginning of 2026, a cumulative increase of 5.2 per cent.
\n\u201cThe rent is too high,\u201d said Jimmy Lau, who works…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Buy or rent? Hong Kong homebuyers face an age-old housing dilemma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trapped between rising residential rents and the looming shadow of interest rate increases, Hong Kong...<\/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-172378","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-IQi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112595,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/residential-sales-remain-sluggish-as-hong-kong-homebuyers-stay-on-the-sidelines-to-wait-out-anti-government-protest-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":172378,"position":0},"title":"Residential sales remain sluggish as Hong Kong homebuyers \u2018stay on the sidelines\u2019 to wait out anti-government protest crisis","date":"November 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong homebuyers remain wary of the housing market as underperforming residential sales show the damage inflicted by months of citywide protests.CK Asset Holdings, the city's second-largest developer, on Saturday sold only six out of 180 available flats at its Seaside Sonata project in Cheung Sha Wan.The poor sales\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":118072,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/four-tips-for-homebuyers-catching-a-surprise-revival-in-hong-kong-housing-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":172378,"position":1},"title":"Four tips for homebuyers catching a surprise revival in Hong Kong housing market","date":"August 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s property market is showing some resilience of late as buyers throng showrooms on weekends in spite of the threat of rising Covid-19 infections, with prices and buying sentiment on the ascent.The upturn has come on the back brisk transactions in June and July amid expectations the Covid-19\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21580,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/with-banking-expats-leaving-who-will-rent-hong-kong-luxury-apartments\/","url_meta":{"origin":172378,"position":2},"title":"With banking expats leaving, who will rent Hong Kong luxury apartments?","date":"August 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Wealthy professionals and entrepreneurs are seeping from mainland China into Hong Kong\u2019s high-end residences Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. 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