〈The Standard, Sept 26, 2026 〉 China Resources Land's (1109) Southwest Kowloon project The Sterling II received 30,678 checks as of registration closed, an oversubscription of nearly 200 times of its 153 units to be offered via a price list on Sunday.
The first round of sales of 188 units begins on Sunday. 35 of the 188 units for sale on Sunday will be offered via tender, including 28 three-bedroom units and 7 special units with terraces.
The remaining 153 307-to-730-sq ft units will be offered via a price list, with discounted prices ranging from HK$5.43 million to HK$15.01 million, or HK$16,930 to HK$21,747 per square foot.
〈Hong Kong Business, Sept 25, 2026 〉Overall Grade A office vacancy fell 0.3 percentage points month-on-month (MoM) to 12.5% as the market recorded positive net absorption of 332,700 square feet in August, broadly in line with the previous month, according to JLL’s report.
The financial sector remained the main source of leasing demand, whilst the education sector continued to expand its office footprint amidst government efforts to develop the city as an international education hub.
Tsimshatsui (6.4%) and Kowloon East (19.5%) recorded the greatest improvements in vacancy, with rates in both submarkets falling 0.3 percentage points.
〈The Standard, Sept 24, 2026 〉Sky Ace Enterprises' State Residence in North Point received around 9,000 checks by the close of registration on Thursday, marking 63 times oversubscription for the 140 units that will go on sale on Saturday. This project is expected to become Hong Kong Island's most highly subscribed new launch this year.
The upcoming sale includes 67 one-bedroom, 66 two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom units, ranging from 301 to 602 square feet.
〈Asian Post, Sept 23, 2026 〉Hong Kong's retail sales value grew 4.5% year-on-year (YoY) to $31b in July, following a revised 4.6% rise in June according to provisional figures from the Census and Statistics Department.
For the first seven months (7M), retail sales value increased 8.9% compared with the same period a year earlier.
However, total sales value fell 1.7% in the three months ending July on a seasonally adjusted basis. Volume declined 0.1% over the same period.
Online retail sales reached an estimated $2.8b during the month, accounting for 9.1% of total sales.
〈RTHK News, Sept 22, 2026 〉HSBC's Asia-Pacific chairman Peter Wong says Hong Kong should be prepared for the next financial crisis, warning that markets are showing signs that a correction may be on the way.
Speaking on RTHK's "On Broadcast Drive," he said market cycles were inevitable, noting that he had been in banking for 45 years and lived through a dozen financial crises.
Wong said the world was currently in a messy state, both politically and financially, citing the Iran war's impact on oil prices and interest rates, as well as record-high US debt.
