Hong Kong has a "housing shortage," says Portwood Capital

Bernard Chan of the Executive Council of Hong Kong says the new housing measures announced by Chief Executive Carrie Lam may be a "silver lining" to the "crisis" that the city is in......»»

Earlier this week, a package of housing initiatives was introduced and Chan says those measures are the first step to returning the city to "normalcy.".....»»

Kyle Bass Says He Foresees ‘Severe’ Hong Kong Economic Decline (Bloomberg) Kyle Bass, founder of Hayman Capital Management, said Hong Kong faces a .....»»

Hong Kong Hotels Slash Prices As Protests Deter Tourists: Cheapest Room Now Just $9 Hong Kong was until very recently the world's most expensive housing market, featuring s.....»»

New York has extended its lead as the world's top financial center, with London barely holding on to second place ahead of Hong Kong as uncertainty over Brexit takes its toll on the UK capital, a Z/Yen Group survey for 2019 showed on Thursday......»»

New York has extended its lead as the world's top financial center, with London barely holding on to second place ahead of Hong Kong as uncertainty over Brexit takes its toll on the UK capital, a Z/Yen Group survey for 2019 showed on Thursday......»»

Is Hong Kong's Outrageously Expensive Housing Fueling Civil Unrest? An important backdrop to the ongoing anti-government / pro-democracy protests in.....»»

As the protests in Hong Kong enter their 11th week with a massive rally on Sunday, more Hong Kongers are beginning to worry that their money isn't.....»»

Daniel Gerard of State Street Global Exchange says the protests in Hong Kong are not a major factor affecting markets, but the city needs to worry about controlling housing conditions, rent prices and how that plays into discontent in the population......»»

Hayman Capital Management’s CIO, Kyle Bass discussed for CNBC ongoing anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong and the US-China trade war. He sa.....»»

By Jonathan Lewis, Founder, JLJ Capital There’s been tons of press over the last few weeks and months about the housing crisis in New York City and the shortage of affordab.....»»

Now that he's closed out his yuan short to focus on his geopolitical activism, Hayman Capital's Kyle Bass has moved on to his next big trade: Betting against the Hong Kong dollar's 36-year-old peg. While Bass waits for that long-shot bet to pa.....»»

GSR Capital has closed on its investment in Overstock.com's tZERO, security token platform, after months of delays......»»

Hong Kong's banking regulator has issued four more online-only banking licenses to units of Alibaba, PingAn and smartphone maker Xiaomi, as well as to a JV involving Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital......»»

Paris has climbed to the top of the world's priciest city for expatriates, tied first with Singapore and Hong Kong according to a survey Tuesday that named the capital of strife-torn Venezuela as the cheapest......»»

Agoda Hong Kong is the most expensive city in the world for housing. The dire housing situation has spawned tons of increasingly tiny apartments. Many bathrooms in tiny apartments have a combination shower-toilet, which is as .....»»

“Hong Kong’s hilly terrain and strong rock formations make it highly suitable for developing rock caverns." Hong Kong may dig deep to reverse the city's chronic shortage of land for building, adding underground c.....»»

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Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider The world's billionaire population grew to an all-time high of 2,754 people in 2017. Three Asian countries h.....»»

Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider Hong Kong has one of the worst housing crises in the world, and has been ranked the least affordable city for housing for the last eight years. Hong Kong architect James Law has designed a low-cost solution to th.....»»