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Savills Investment sees HK property as among riskiest

Published Fri, Oct 27, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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HONG Kong's sky-high prices and low affordability rank it as one of the riskiest property markets for Savills Investment Management, which is avoiding the city in favour of Japan and Australia.

"Hong Kong is highly, highly expensive," Kiran Patel, who helps manage US$18 billion as chief investment officer at Savills Investment, said in Singapore. "Even with the lowest cost of capital, it is hard to justify today. We don't think you can keep going up one year after another."

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