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Guide to Real Estate Investing in Hong Kong

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Hong Kong is among the world’ most busiest and fast-paced cities. Hence, real estate in Hong Kong is regarded as one of the costliest as well as the lucrative in the world. This in turn has led to great demand for high grade industrial and residential real estate in the city.

Nowadays, great choices as well as potential are made available for those who are interested in real estate investment in Hong Kong. Additionally, real estate in Hong Kong provides great benefits to investors. The main advantage is that investing in a property in the city allows you to have access to world’s one of the established markets.

Another worth mentioning benefit of investing in a real estate here is that not any kind of restrictions have been imposed on international investors to buy a property or asset. Further, buying a real estate in Hong Kong is considered one of the best options for long term investment, as it can undoubtedly fetch you huge profits.

Hong Kong’s property buying processes are administered by the Conveyancing and Ordinance, which is modeled in the form of English Law. In other words, the real estate law of this Special Administrative Region is quite similar to the one found in the UK, which in turn has attracted many American and British real estate investors.

One of the unique things regarding the Hong Kong Property Law is that all of the land found here belongs to government, ie, each of the real estate in Hong Kong is held under leasehold title. Hence, those who are interested in property investment buy an agreement or a lease for a period ranging from 50 to 999 years.

A real estate or property in Hong Kong can be either solely owned by one person or through jointly by several investors. However, joint investment may be usually in the form of tenant or a joint tenancy. Further, a property can also be owned through a company structure. But, in case, if a company would like to conduct its business through the purchase of a property on lease, then it should be registered with the Hong Kong Companies Registry. In addition, every type of lease should be listed at the Hong Kong’ Land Registry.

Nowadays, a large number of real estate firms and realtors are now there in order to help you find and buy your dream property in Hong Kong, no matter it is single detached home, villa, apartment, office, or industrial space. Many of them render the services of professional lawyers to help you in effectively carrying out buying procedures, such as agreement process, listing on the Hong Kong Land Registry or Hong Kong Companies Registry, tax matters, and negotiation of purchase.

It is important to undertake a serious investigation into reputation and the quality of real estate providers because there are some real estate firms may charge huge fee. Sources such as yellow pages, magazines, and newspapers, the internet also serves as an excellent source to find the most competent service provider in Hong Kong.

Residential Real Estate in Hong Kong

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Hong Kong residential real estate is regarded as the most lucrative as well as the priciest in the world. The most prominent of Hong Kong’s landmarks, the Peak – officially known as Victoria Peak – boasts of the most expensive residential real estate in the world. With its stunning views, Lilliputian pines, eye catching bamboo and fern plantations, and vines of exceptional beauty, this posh area’s many of the houses, flats, and villas are occupied by top executives of banks as well as corporate giants. A residential property in the Peak costs almost $5,500 per square foot. Further, residential properties in many of the regions in Hong Kong have record prices. As per certain records, a small house in one of the dull areas of the city is more than two million Hong Kong dollars.

Depending upon the requirements of people, a variety of residential real estate properties are available, such as, single detached homes, penthouses, villas, apartments, and flats. There are also special types of residential properties, especially designed for senior citizens, such as Housing for Senior Citizens and self-contained flats developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority – the main developer of public housing in Hong Kong.

Today, people invest in residential real estate due to a myriad of reasons. Mostly, residential properties are chosen for renting out. It is estimated that a residential property in Hong Kong can get you a minimum of HK$ 100,000 annually.

Since many westerners prefer this destination for long stay or to spend a relaxed retirement life, the demand for residential real property has tremendously increased than ever before. However, a residential property can fetch you profits only if your property is located in the city’s posh areas with easy accessibility to almost all facilities and attractions in the area. If a residential property is acquired to sell it after some times, then go for a property located in such areas that have strong potential for growth.

A great benefit of investing in residential real estate it serves as an excellent long term investments, yielding handsome profits. Since Hong Kong’s property value is constantly increasing, you can sell it at a price 20-50% higher than the amount for which you purchased. Likewise, investing in residential property is a great way to earn safe income by renting out. Above all, foreigners can easily invest in residential real estate, as law and regulations in connection to them are quite liberal.

The procedures in connection with the purchase of real estate in Hong Kong are administered by the Conveyancing and Ordinance, which is structured on the basis of English law. One of the features of Hong Kong Property Law is that each of the real estate property found here belongs to government, ie, all property here is acquired under leasehold title. Hence, those who are interested in property investment buy an agreement or a lease for a period ranging from 50 to 999 years.

With a myriad of real estate firms and property builders in the firm, you could easily find your dream residential property in Hong Kong. Majority of them even render the services professional attorneys to perform procedures related to buying of residential real estate. In addition, some of them even arrange mortgages for the purchase of real estate property.