{"id":64403,"date":"2017-08-23T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/need-a-scapegoat-for-hong-kongs-property-woes-look-west-to-us-fed-policies-not-china\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T10:09:29","slug":"need-a-scapegoat-for-hong-kongs-property-woes-look-west-to-us-fed-policies-not-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/need-a-scapegoat-for-hong-kongs-property-woes-look-west-to-us-fed-policies-not-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a scapegoat for Hong Kong\u2019s property woes? Look west to US Fed policies, not China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBeijing\u2019s new rules on outbound investment could bring benefits for Hong Kong, possibly driving down land prices. &#8211;SCMP, August 23<br \/>\nThis is all very well, but it does not mean much for homebuyers if home prices continue to go up. All it would mean then is that developers make bigger profits.<br \/>\nSellers charge buyers what they think the market will bear. If there is a disconnect between the influences driving land prices and the influences driving home prices, then a drop in land prices will&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/hong-kong-china\/article\/2107984\/need-scapegoat-hong-kongs-property-woes-look-west-us-fed\" target=\"_blank\">Need a scapegoat for Hong Kong\u2019s property woes? Look west to US Fed policies, not China<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Beijing\u2019s new rules on outbound investment could bring benefits for Hong Kong, possibly driving down&#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-64403","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-gKL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115792,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bids-for-hong-kongs-land-tenders-may-come-in-with-20-per-cent-discounts-foretelling-more-woes-for-citys-real-estate-industry\/","url_meta":{"origin":64403,"position":0},"title":"Bids for Hong Kong\u2019s land tenders may come in with 20 per cent discounts, foretelling more woes for city\u2019s real estate industry","date":"April 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Three plots of land the Hong Kong government is going to sell through tender could attract bids that are up to 20 per cent below mid-2019 levels, which in turn could determine transaction volume and prices in the world\u2019s most expensive property market, industry consultants said.A residential plot in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29471,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-hotel-executive-has-an-instant-solution-to-help-tackle-hong-kongs-outrageous-home-prices\/","url_meta":{"origin":64403,"position":1},"title":"This hotel executive has an instant solution to help tackle Hong Kong\u2019s \u2018outrageous\u2019 home prices","date":"October 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s tourism downturn may provide an answer to the city\u2019s housing problem if government amends its land policy to allow hotel rooms to be put up for sale or for rental, helping to ease the housing supply shortage, according to a real estate investment executive. 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