{"id":17266,"date":"2023-07-17T15:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T07:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/?p=17266"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T08:15:39","slug":"hong-kong-monthly-digest-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/2023\/07\/17\/hong-kong-monthly-digest-may-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Monthly Digest &#8211; May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap \" data-max-width=\"100%\"><div class=\"inner\"><img data-shadow=\"small_depth\" data-shadow-direction=\"middle\" class=\"img-with-animation \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"636\" width=\"487\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/may2023.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/may2023.jpg 487w, https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/may2023-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]Dampened by the rise in local mortgage rates, total registered residential transactions dived 13% m-o-m to 4,003 cases in May, marking the second consecutive month of decline and a 4-month low. Potential buyers with lower affordability had turned more cautious due to the home prices saw a strong comeback with about 5.6% rally in the first four months of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Developers slowed down for the new launches during the month, dragging down the number of first-hand residential property transactions by a whopping 35% to 1,000, while the secondary home deals slid by&#8230;[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 25px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;pdf_dl_text&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690272197319{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Please click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/HK_Monthly_Digest_-May_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> <\/strong>to download the report.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 25px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]Dampened by the rise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17276,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17266\/revisions\/17276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}