{"id":9901,"date":"2020-07-30T03:24:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/?p=9901"},"modified":"2020-07-30T03:24:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:24:40","slug":"news-headlines-30-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/2020\/07\/30\/news-headlines-30-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"News Headlines 30.7.2020"},"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;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;][vc_column_text][\/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;][vc_column_text]<strong>Tai Po residential site sold at HKD 3.705 b <\/strong><br \/>\nThe tender of the residential site at Ma Wo Road in Tai Po has been awarded to Vanke Property (Hong Kong) and CNQC International at HKD 3.705 billion, and the accommodation value was HKD 4,738 per sq ft, in line with market expectation. The site has an area of 243,400 sq ft, with a total GFA of 781,900 sq ft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>222 second-hand villa registrations recorded in 1H 2020 <\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to market news, 222 secondary villa registrations were recorded in 1H 2020, up 45.1% h-o-h (2H 2019: 153 cases), reaching a half-year high since 1H 2018. The total consideration was HKD 5.224 billion, increased 20.1% h-o-h.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fed keeps rates unchanged <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, meeting the market expectation, and the target benchmark rate will remain at a range of 0% to 0.25%. The committee reiterated their pledge to use full range of tools to support the US economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shop in Wan Chai slashed 57%<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to market news, Shop A, G\/F, 313-323 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai, together with a cockloft, with a combined area of 1,295 sq ft, has been sold with 57% discount at HKD 19.5 million or HKD 15,100 per sq ft. The transaction price is 10% lower than the current market price. The original owner made a book profit of HKD 18.22 million and a 14 times appreciation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Sources: Vigers Research and market news)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 25px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>[\/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;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/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;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;][vc_column_text][\/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;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9901"}],"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=9901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9904,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9901\/revisions\/9904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vigers.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}