〈The Standard, July 17, 2026〉Henderson Land Development (0012) has acquired a group of aging buildings in Hung Hom through a compulsory sale at a reserve price of HK$580 million on Thursday, marking the first such transaction after the compulsory sale application thresholds were lowered in 2024.
The properties, located at 18-20A and 22-24 Whampoa Street, as well as 88-90A Baker Street, comprise two 69-year-old, eight-story buildings that cover 8,075 square feet. The upcoming project on the site is projected to be completed as early as 2031.
〈Hong Kong Business, July 16, 2026〉Hong Kong's Central office market of its recovery in the second quarter (Q2) as vacancy fell to 10.2%, helping drive 864,000 square feet (sq ft) of Grade A office net absorption across the city, according to Colliers.
The property consultancy firm said Central and Admiralty recorded 182,000 sq ft of net absorption in Q2, marking a fourth straight quarter of positive leasing activity. Vacancy in the district fell by 4.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
Across Hong Kong, Grade A office vacancy declined by one percentage point quarter on quarter (QoQ) to 16.1%.
〈The Standard, July 15, 2026〉K&K Property said on Wednesday that it plans to sell two homes of its luxury project One Stanley via tender on July 31. One of the mansions features a four-bedroom layout spanning 4,689 square feet, with a 1,624-square-foot garden area.
Meanwhile, another four-bedroom house to be tendered measures 3,097 sq ft, with a 624-square-foot garden area.
〈Asian Post, July 14, 2026〉Hong Kong's private housing land supply is expected to support about 12,430 units in the first half of the 2026–2027 financial year, bringing it close to the annual target of 12,600 units.
The government said total private housing land supply in the second quarter (Q2) is expected to support about 10,190 units from government land sales, railway property development, urban renewal projects, and private development.
During the July-to-September quarter, Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said the government will tender one residential site at Fat Kwong Street in Ho Man Tin.
〈RTHK News, July 13, 2026〉Non-mainland visitor numbers came in around six million, a 5 percent rise, with those from long-haul markets such as France, Canada and Australia up 20 percent or more.
Visitors from short-haul markets dropped 2 percent as higher fuel costs prompted certain airlines to reduce flight frequencies and as currencies in these markets depreciated against the Hong Kong dollar.
Regarding tourism involving meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions, the board said more than 100 large-scale events had taken place in the city during the first six months, and overnight arrivals by such visitors climbed 12 percent between January and May.
