〈The Standard, Nov 1, 2025〉The number of residential mortgages in negative equity – where a loan is bigger than the home's value - declined further to 31,449 at the end of the third quarter, official data shows.
Amid a recovery in home prices and a decline in high loan-to-value mortgages. The number of such loans fell 16.8 percent from 37,806 at the previous quarter's end, accounting for 6.4 percent of total mortgage borrowers, data from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority showed.
The aggregate value of these loans decreased by 17.6 percent to HK$156.8 billion. Additionally, the unsecured portion of debts dropped to HK$10.9 billion at the end of September, down by 23.8 percent from June.
〈Hong Kong Business, Oct 28, 2025〉A prime en-bloc logistics asset in Hong Kong’s New Territories—Goodman Yuen Long Logistics Centre—has been launched for sale via an expression of interest exercise, according to sole agents CBRE and Knight Frank.
The submission deadline is on Friday, 12 December 2025, at 12:00 noon.
The property, located at 19 Tak Yip Street, Yuen Long, offers approximately 322,000 sq ft of gross floor area and is currently 100% occupied by a blue-chip tenant.
The lease was recently renewed on a long-term basis, generating an annual rental income of $62m.
〈The Standard, Oct 30, 2025〉The potential supply of first-hand private residential units in Hong Kong for the next three to four years stood at approximately 102,000 as of the end of last month, up 1,000 units from the previous quarter, marking the end of a five-quarter losing streak.
According to data released by the Housing Bureau for the third quarter, the number of completed but unsold units fell by 1,000 to 26,000. Meanwhile, unsold uncompleted units decreased by 2,000 to 62,000. Conversely, units on approved land that can commence construction at any time saw a significant increase of 4,000, reaching 14,000.
The data also revealed a sharp decline in construction activity. Only 800 units started construction last quarter, representing a year-on-year plunge of over 79 percent and a quarter-on-quarter drop of 68 percent.
〈Asian Post, Oct 29, 2025〉Hong Kong’s Grade A office market recorded its sixth straight month of positive net take-up in September, the longest growth run since 2022, according to JLL’s latest Hong Kong Monthly Market Dynamics.
Alex Barnes, Managing Director of JLL for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, said leasing demand rose as banks and multinational firms consolidated and upgraded space, adding that firmer market sentiment prompted tenants to proceed with planned expansions.
JLL said demand from financial and professional services firms continues to support the office sector. The firm expects occupiers to remain focused on space optimisation and prime locations as the market stabilises.
〈RTHK News Oct 31, 2025〉Hong Kong's economy rose more than expected in the third quarter of this year, with gross domestic product up by 3.8 percent compared with the same period a year ago.
That's stronger than a 3.1 percent increase in the second quarter and a 2.1 percent growth in the January-March period.
Official figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Friday also showed total exports of goods rose 12.2 percent year on year in the third quarter, compared with an 11.5 percent rise in the previous three months.
