{"id":68950,"date":"2017-10-13T14:56:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T07:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-an-ageing-hong-kong-stop-the-property-bull-in-its-tracks\/"},"modified":"2017-10-13T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:02:56","slug":"will-an-ageing-hong-kong-stop-the-property-bull-in-its-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-an-ageing-hong-kong-stop-the-property-bull-in-its-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Will an ageing Hong Kong stop the property bull in its tracks?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThings that make you go hmmm\u2026
\nAs a young investment bank analyst who really should have known better, I met a couple of institutional clients back in mid-1997, and earnestly explained why I felt Hong Kong\u2019s property prices could not possibly fall.
\nLand constraints, abundant liquidity, low real interest rates, and ample funding all meant, said I, that Hong Kong\u2019s property sector was essentially immune from the chaos then devastating economies across the rest of Asia.
\nOne of…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Will an ageing Hong Kong stop the property bull in its tracks?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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