{"id":59348,"date":"2017-06-30T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T03:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-price-gain-ease-as-rising-stamp-duty-and-mortgage-lending-tightening\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T03:59:21","slug":"hong-kong-home-price-gain-ease-as-rising-stamp-duty-and-mortgage-lending-tightening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-price-gain-ease-as-rising-stamp-duty-and-mortgage-lending-tightening\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong home price gain ease as rising stamp duty and mortgage lending tightening"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s residential prices rose at the slowest monthly pace in four months in May, as the government\u2019s market-cooling stamp duty and the prospect of higher interest rates finally began to show their effects.
\nMay\u2019s home prices rose 1.15 per cent, slowing from April\u2019s increase of 2.55 per cent, according to data by the Rating…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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