{"id":92074,"date":"2018-06-22T18:03:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/forget-hong-kongs-micro-flats-itsy-bitsy-72-sq-ft-beijing-space-sells-for-a-whopping-us384500\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T19:03:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T12:03:12","slug":"forget-hong-kongs-micro-flats-itsy-bitsy-72-sq-ft-beijing-space-sells-for-a-whopping-us384500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/forget-hong-kongs-micro-flats-itsy-bitsy-72-sq-ft-beijing-space-sells-for-a-whopping-us384500\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Hong Kong\u2019s micro flats, itsy-bitsy 72 sq ft Beijing space sells for a whopping US$384,500"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIf the eye-watering prices of Hong Kong\u2019s micro apartments make heads spin, how about a dilapidated stand-alone house in a narrow alley squished on both sides and no bigger than an oversized wardrobe in Beijing. Warning: the house does not have a toilet.
\nA 10-minute walk from Tiananmen Square and only 400 metres from the grandiose egg-shaped National Centre for Performing Arts, a 6.7 square metre (72 square feet) property in Xicheng district was sold this month for a whopping 2.5 million…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Forget Hong Kong\u2019s micro flats, itsy-bitsy 72 sq ft Beijing space sells for a whopping US4,500<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the eye-watering prices of Hong Kong\u2019s micro apartments make heads spin, how about a...<\/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-92074","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-nX4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122656,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-property-mania-inflates-prices-of-even-the-tiniest-flats-putting-affordability-beyond-reach-for-most-first-time-buyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":92074,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s property mania inflates prices of even the tiniest flats, putting affordability beyond reach for most first-time buyers","date":"October 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A real estate bull market in Hong Kong, the world\u2019s most expensive major city for 10 consecutive years until 2019, has trickled over to inflate the prices of even the smallest habitable homes.The average cost of new micro-apartments, or flats smaller than 200 square feet (18.6 square metres), rose\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":64824,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-tiny-flats-9pc-pricier-than-larger-homes-per-sq-ft\/","url_meta":{"origin":92074,"position":1},"title":"Hong Kong\u2019s tiny flats 9pc pricier than larger homes per sq ft","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s second-hand tiny flats are 9 per cent more expensive than larger ones on a per square foot basis, as record-high home prices and government cooling measures have created a mismatch between supply and demand. 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