Commercial Property
Rental decline of retail shops slows in 4Q15 to 2% q-o-q
While lease surrenders eased temporarily.
Overall vacancy in office market edges down to 3.1% in 4Q15
It's the second-lowest ever recorded.
Multiple rental transactions in CBD suggest strong performance
Despite general silence near year-end.
APAC institutional investors to inject US$240 billion into world property markets by 2020
This constitutes a majority of their investments.
Grade-A office sector to drive 2016 Hong Kong property
Extremely low vacancy rates to help.
5% increase in 2016 Grade-A office rents in core areas predicted
Thanks partly to strong demand.
Hong Kong is Asia's most expensive city for construction
Trailing behind New York and London.
Investors wait and see as property hovers in a range
Developers can hold up well, though.
2016 Asia real estate activity full of capital flowing to core space
Flight to safe haven markets also cited.
New World Development buys 36% stake in Beames from CTFE
The consideration to be paid in cash.
CBD office rents ticks up by 3.1% per quarter
And a further 18% decline is lurking.
Government will need to relieve supply stress
After announcing it'll discontinue the revitalization scheme.
Net supply of factory space expected to remain negative until 2017
Amid news of the revitalisation scheme's end.
Rents in industrial market to slow by 4%
Due to increase in warehouse supply.
High street rental prices projected to go down 10% in 2016
Retailers to hold out for turn around.
Demand for office space across Hong Kong Island to continue in 2016
Even if there’s ongoing economic uncertainty.
Two marketsubstantial transactions insufficient to turn tide in investment
Transaction volume, values fell in 2015.
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