1. The central bank: The interest rate for new corporate loans in December 2024 will be about 3.43%, and the interest rate for personal housing loans will be about 3.11%.
2. Mayor of Shanghai: Shanghai optimizes real estate market regulation policies to better support rigid and improved housing demand.
3. DTZ: The first-hand sales of residential properties in the Greater Bay Area are expected to rebound by 20% this year, supporting the stable and positive trend of housing prices.
4. Practitioners should make full preparations, and the "golden March and silver April" in the real estate market are worth looking forward to.
5. HSBC: Hong Kong office rents have not bottomed out and are expected to fall another 7% to 10% this year.
6. The Hong Kong Housing Authority discussed amending the Housing Ordinance to punish "serious abuse of public housing".
7. Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po: The positive expectation of market recovery will continue this year.
8. Ministry of Emergency Management: The national reconstruction rate of housing damaged by disasters will reach 64.3% in 2024.
9. It is reported that Country Garden expects to reach an agreement with overseas creditors on a debt restructuring plan in the first half of 2025.
10. JPMorgan Chase: The Hong Kong Stock Exchange may approve Country Garden's resumption of trading in the short term.
11. CBRE: Tokyo, Sydney and Singapore are the main cities for cross-border real estate investment in Asia Pacific this year.
12. The online signing area of new commercial housing in Shandong in 2024 will reach 96.592 million square meters.
