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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong housing
Latest news, features and analysis on Hong Kong housing, including policy and efforts to find a solution to the problem of a shortage of homes in the world’s most expensive property market.
A view of Kowloon Tong, Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong property

NWD’s Pavilia Rosa project tests property market amid Hang Seng slump

Hong Kong developer’s Kowloon Tong project, to be sold on a ‘first come, first served’ basis on Friday, is a test of market sentiment.

Hong Kong economy

Lantau reclamation plans should be revived, property tycoon Gordon Wu says

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Hong Kong society

Operation Santa Claus: charities help Tai Po fire survivors rebuild their lives

Hong Kong property

CLP’s Betty Yuen sells Mid-Levels flat as Hong Kong luxury market improves

US$6.5 million sale in Po Garden delivers a 238 per cent gain, as mainland buyers sustain demand for high-end homes in the city.

The sale marks Po Garden’s highest transaction price and unit rate in more than three years. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Adminstrator to ‘review’ tribunal decision on Wang Fuk Court owners’ meeting

Hop On Management Company says it will arrange extraordinary general meeting as displaced owners have requested, but does not indicate time frame.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong tribunal rejects request to postpone Wang Fuk Court owners’ meeting

Lands Tribunal says it lacks power to extend statutory deadlines, urges government-appointed administrator to convene meeting immediately.

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Calls for faster rehousing of evicted Hong Kong subdivided flat tenants

Housing Bureau plans 180 emergency flats for short-notice evictions, but lawmakers demand faster, more flexible processing for urgent cases.

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A tenant surnamed Chan inside his subdivided flat at Yee Wa Building in Cheung Sha Wan. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong tribunal judge questions power to postpone Wang Fuk Court owners’ meeting

Judge acknowledges challenges faced by government-appointed administrator, but stresses limits of court’s powers to extend 45-day deadline.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong property recovery tested as bigger student housing deals gain traction

Hotel conversions draw institutional capital back to distressed assets as banks push disposals and financing conditions improve.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s urban renewal plan must include best of the past

The city’s tong lau arcades, high-density blocks and webs of skywalks have long been telling us what a humane, climate-aware city can look like.

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People walk past “Blue House”, a four-storey tenement block on Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai, on August 29, 2024. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong

Elderly landlords of subdivided flats say they can’t afford upgrade costs

Flat owners say renovations to ensure compliance with new law are as high as HK$400,000 and they may be forced to take cheaper units off market.

A subdivided flat in Yee Wa Building in Cheung Sha Wan. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong property

Opinion | Hong Kong’s golden window to renew ageing housing estates is now

After years of playing catch-up, Hong Kong can begin to look beyond the short term and make bolder plans for its public housing estates.

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong home prices reach 30-month high, while rents set another record

Analysts expect home prices in both primary, secondary markets to continue increasing this year as the city’s real estate recovers.

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Northern Metropolis

Editorial | Hong Kong must keep up the pace of providing permanent public housing

While the fall in waiting times for public housing is welcome and flats in the Northern Metropolis will help in the future, demand in urban areas needs to be addressed.

Newly built light public housing in Hong Kong’s Kai Tai district, seen on February 25. Photo: Alexander Mak
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong housing: small shoebox flat wins not enough to fix big issues

While the current administration has made strides on the housing front, the wait for a proper place to live is harming Hongkongers’ mental health.

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A woman tends to her daughter in their subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po on September 16, 2025. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong fires and safety

Editorial | Hong Kong must not slip into complacency on fire safety

The city is right to extend its safety inspection regimes for old buildings, even as it moves to enforce stricter standards for cramped subdivided flats.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Wang Fuk Court family’s marathon efforts to retrieve belongings one last time

Residents Joe and Annie race against time to pack anything valuable they can find during second and final visit.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong villager steps up ‘adopt a tree’ bid amid Northern Metropolis evictions

Ken Mak says he wants to save decades-old trees planted by his grandfather from ‘being crushed to death by excavators’.

Ken Mak (left) and father Johnny Mak at Yick Yuen Village. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong

Fatal subdivided flat fire highlights need to tackle substandard homes: minister

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho says victims had average living space of five square metres, presenting numerous fire safety hazards.

Accidents and personal safety

1 dead, 4 injured as Hong Kong subdivided flat fire forces 300 to be evacuated

Man, aged 69, killed and four taken to hospital after fire broke out at flat inside Man Yuen Building in Jordan late on Thursday.

Hong Kong society

Operation targeting fire safety in old Hong Kong buildings extended for 2 years

Initial two-month scheme resulted in 75 prosecutions, with fire service aiming to check another 5,000 buildings following Tai Po blaze.

Checks are being carried out on buildings planned at least 39 years ago. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Anxiety, depression plague up to 66% of Hong Kong subdivided flat tenants: NGO

NGO survey reveals 40 per cent of earnings go to rent as families struggle to raise children with special needs in cramped flats.

As many as two-thirds of 158 subdivided housing tenants supported by an NGO in Hong Kong have shown signs of anxiety or depression. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong

35 families in Hong Kong shoebox flats face eviction since start of new rule

Occupants of another 40 subdivided flats who faced eviction last year are still living in Sham Shui Po’s Yee Wa Building, housing chief reveals.

Hong Kong society

Only 4 of Hong Kong’s 110,000 subdivided homes put up for seal of approval

Three of the applications submitted by single landlord, Hayson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Housing Units Operators Association.

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Hong Kong property

‘Aggressive pricing’: Able Engineering tops titans’ bids in Hong Kong land sale

Able Engineering outperforms analyst forecasts to secure a residential parcel that can fit nearly 1,000 units, and the win is seen reflecting rising confidence in the sector.

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The Tung Chung New Town Development is seen in 2024. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Spared Wang Fuk Court block owners given mid-October to finalise buyback offer

But some Wang Chi House residents say they are being pressured because over 75 per cent of owners must indicate their preference by end June.

Wang Chi House (centre) of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong property

Mainland Chinese demand for Hong Kong homes grows on yuan gains and rising rents

Purchases climb to a two-year high in April as mainland Chinese buyers pile into new launches, drawn by rental yields and yuan’s strength.

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Hong Kong property

Buyers flock to SHKP project in New Territories as home market outlook brightens

SHKP generated more than HK$1 billion after the sale of the 154 flats at Lime Spark last week.

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