戴德梁行：今日全球楼市速览(2010.02.03)

Hong Kong
 
1.     Major developers are likely to speed up the release of new housing projects as low interest rates and rising salaries underpin buoyant buying sentiment in both primary and secondary markets, property agents say. Nearly 5,000 completed or near-finished new units await release, agents say. Strong sales achieved by an uncompleted project, Belcher's Hill in Western district, over the weekend are likely to persuade rival developers to release their new projects for sale. (SCMP)

2.     Hong Kong property transactions in January more than doubled from December to 12,380, according to the Land Registry. The surge came after the global financial crisis dragged home sales to just 5,759 in January of last year. The latest figure also represented an 11.4 percent increase from 11,112 in December. Residential homes made up 86 percent of all transactions registered last month. Total transactions registered last month amounted to HK$44.7 billion, up 139.3 percent from a year earlier and 4.3 percent from December. The home market picked up last month as prospective homebuyers re-entered after taking a breather in the final quarter last year on concerns of policy adjustments, Dow Jones Newswires reported.  (The Standard)