{"id":55585,"date":"2017-05-22T12:55:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T05:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mixed-reaction-to-latest-measures-to-cool-hong-kong-property-market\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T06:01:52","slug":"mixed-reaction-to-latest-measures-to-cool-hong-kong-property-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mixed-reaction-to-latest-measures-to-cool-hong-kong-property-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed reaction to latest measures to cool Hong Kong property market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong property stocks slipped as a whole in value on Monday after the government tightened mortgage measures to cool the city\u2019s overheating market.<br \/>\nAfter the markets closed on Friday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ordered commercial banks to allocate a larger risk weighting towards their assessment of credit worthiness, while cutting the amount of allowable loans on residential and commercial properties.<br \/>\nThe move was the second set of mortgage-tightening measures in a week.<br \/>\n\u201c&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/2095190\/mixed-reaction-latest-measures-cool-hong-kong-property-market\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed reaction to latest measures to cool Hong Kong property market<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong property stocks slipped as a whole in value on Monday after the government&#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-55585","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-esx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55385,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-tightens-mortgage-rules-second-time-in-a-week-as-property-market-overheats\/","url_meta":{"origin":55585,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong tightens mortgage rules second time in a week as property market overheats","date":"May 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s monetary authority has announced the second set of mortgage-tightening measures in a week to cool a property market that has shot past previous records, in an attempt to reduce the risks faced by banks due to mortgage loans, taking aim at borrowers with multiple loans and whose\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":86412,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cooling-measures-in-hong-kong-and-singapore-what-works-what-doesnt\/","url_meta":{"origin":55585,"position":1},"title":"Cooling measures in Hong Kong and Singapore: what works, what doesn&#039;t","date":"April 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \u00a0 Governments in the two rival cities have poured icy water on their overheating housing markets, with contrasting results. 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It will be raised from the previous range of between 4.25 per cent and 8.5 per cent. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93465,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-developers-rush-to-sell-flats-on-concerns-new-government-measures-could-cool-demand\/","url_meta":{"origin":55585,"position":3},"title":"Hong Kong developers rush to sell flats on concerns new government measures could cool demand","date":"July 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong developers are rushing to unload their unsold stocks of properties as fears grow of tougher market conditions after the government announced new measures to ease the city\u2019s long running housing problems. 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