{"id":97602,"date":"2018-09-11T07:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/free-rail-tickets-and-occupation-before-full-payment-among-goodies-being-offered-by-developers-to-speed-up-sales-after-vacancy-tax-hits-home\/"},"modified":"2018-09-11T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T01:04:02","slug":"free-rail-tickets-and-occupation-before-full-payment-among-goodies-being-offered-by-developers-to-speed-up-sales-after-vacancy-tax-hits-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/free-rail-tickets-and-occupation-before-full-payment-among-goodies-being-offered-by-developers-to-speed-up-sales-after-vacancy-tax-hits-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Free rail tickets and occupation before full payment among goodies being offered by developers to speed up sales after vacancy tax hits home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDevelopers are coming up with more buyers\u2019 sweeteners in an effort to offload completed Hong Kong residential projects since a tough new \u201cvacancy tax\u201d and other housing policies were unveiled at the end of June in an effort to raise supply.
\nThe latest round of incentives include longer completion dates and payment periods, and the offer of expensive free holidays, to entice buyers to sign on the dotted line.
\nChief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she hoped the new…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Free rail tickets and occupation before full payment among goodies being offered by developers to speed up sales after vacancy tax hits home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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