{"id":54539,"date":"2017-05-12T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-homebuilders-to-face-tougher-limits-on-bank-borrowing\/"},"modified":"2017-05-12T19:20:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:20:50","slug":"hong-kong-homebuilders-to-face-tougher-limits-on-bank-borrowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-homebuilders-to-face-tougher-limits-on-bank-borrowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong homebuilders to face tougher limits on bank borrowing"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s property developers will face tougher restrictions on the amount of money they can borrow from banks under new measures to be introduced next month in a bid to protect lenders from risk.
\nFrom June 1, all banks will be required to lower their caps on the amount they lend to developers for construction financing, according to a circular issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city\u2019s de facto central bank, on Friday.
\nThe HKMA says it is concerned about the…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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