{"id":52005,"date":"2017-04-16T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-buying-fever-surges-to-record-high-in-first-quarter-as-purchasers-splash-out-hk47-5b\/"},"modified":"2017-04-16T19:23:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T12:23:37","slug":"hong-kong-home-buying-fever-surges-to-record-high-in-first-quarter-as-purchasers-splash-out-hk47-5b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-buying-fever-surges-to-record-high-in-first-quarter-as-purchasers-splash-out-hk47-5b\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong home buying fever surges to record high in first quarter, as purchasers splash out HK$47.5b"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s home buying fever continued unabated in the first quarter of this year, after purchasers splashing out a record HK$47.5 billion (US$6.11 billion) on new flats \u2013 the biggest buying spree ever, according to the latest figures from Midland Realty, the city\u2019s only listed property agent.
\nBut industry experts are now predicting the trend to slow considerably, after the Hong Kong government on Wednesday announced a new policy, whereby any local first-time buyer of…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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