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HK developers dance around govt's attempts to curb soaring home prices
Published Tue, Apr 11, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
HONG Kong's de facto central bank is trying to manage the world's least affordable property market by taking banks to task for their easy lending practices. That will not work.
Real estate prices in the city have soared to records despite numerous government curbs.
None, including a particularly painful rise in stamp duty for foreigners and people who are not first-time home buyers, …
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