Hong Kong's shock home curbs seen cutting sales by up to 70%
Developers already moving to suspend sales; prices expected to fall by up to 8 per cent
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HONG Kong leaders' surprise move to cool the world's least affordable home market is set to spur an immediate plunge in prices and transactions as buyers and sellers hit the pause button.
Louis Chan, chief executive of the residential unit of Centaline Property Agency Ltd, sees transaction volumes plunging by 60 per cent to 70 per cent in the next three months, and now expects a 5 per cent to 8 per cent drop in prices, after previously projecting an increase in that range.
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