{"id":93143,"date":"2018-07-04T21:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T14:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/eager-buyers-lift-hong-kong-property-transactions-to-us51-4b-in-the-first-half-but-falls-short-of-record\/"},"modified":"2018-07-04T22:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T15:03:15","slug":"eager-buyers-lift-hong-kong-property-transactions-to-us51-4b-in-the-first-half-but-falls-short-of-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/eager-buyers-lift-hong-kong-property-transactions-to-us51-4b-in-the-first-half-but-falls-short-of-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Eager buyers lift Hong Kong property transactions to US$51.4b in the first half, but falls short of record"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nProperty sales in Hong Kong touched HK$403.7 billion (US$51.4 billion) in the first half of 2018 \u2013 falling short of the record HK$483.58 billion clocked in the same period in 1997 \u2013 as rising prices forced buyers waiting on the sidelines to jump in, according to Midland Realty.
\nThe total number of transactions, including flats, offices and car parks, recorded until the end of June was 46,875, 14.5 per cent higher than the second half of 2017. June alone saw 9,252 deals worth HK$80.8…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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