{"id":172664,"date":"2026-09-30T09:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T02:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/looming-interest-rate-rises-will-not-hit-hong-kong-as-hard-as-2022-analysts\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T04:22:37","slug":"looming-interest-rate-rises-will-not-hit-hong-kong-as-hard-as-2022-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/looming-interest-rate-rises-will-not-hit-hong-kong-as-hard-as-2022-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Looming interest rate rises will not hit Hong Kong as hard as 2022: analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong looks set to be hit by a wave of interest rate rises in the coming months, but the city\u2019s property market is unlikely to suffer the same level of damage as during the last rate cycle in 2022-2023, according to analysts.<br \/>\nThough major Hong Kong banks have so far held rates steady despite the US Federal Reserve raising its benchmark rate earlier this month, they are widely expected to increase them if the Fed follows through with further tightening later this year.<br \/>\nThe combination 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\/3369265\/looming-interest-rate-rises-will-not-hit-hong-kong-hard-2022-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Looming interest rate rises will not hit Hong Kong as hard as 2022: analysts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong looks set to be hit by a wave of interest rate rises in&#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-172664","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-IUU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72983,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/record-property-prices-and-higher-interest-rate-rises-make-investors-anxious-about-hong-kong-property-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":172664,"position":0},"title":"Record property prices and higher interest rate rises make investors anxious about Hong Kong property market","date":"November 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Nearly half of experts polled by global property consultants Colliers International suggest the economic outlook and likely rising interest rates are the two most important factors for Hong Kong investors faced with making investment decisions for 2018. 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