{"id":59350,"date":"2017-06-30T11:02:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T04:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-prices-scale-new-peak-20-years-after-1997-record\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T04:09:39","slug":"hong-kong-home-prices-scale-new-peak-20-years-after-1997-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-home-prices-scale-new-peak-20-years-after-1997-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong home prices scale new peak, 20 years after 1997 record"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong carries the dubious honour as the world\u2019s least affordable city to own a home, but many property industry veterans still firmly believe they can do no wrong in buying a residence here.
\nHome prices have surpassed their 1997 peak by 40 per cent, and this has prompted the government to roll out no fewer than three cooling measures in seven months, from a 15 per cent stamp duty to credit tightening. Thus far, they have done little to arrest the price surge.
\n\u201cThe government…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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