U.S. rate cuts fuel Hong Kong property boom
Story date: 2008-02-03 08:04:00
Added on: 2008-02-03 20:34:50
Reuters UK - Monthly transactions for mass market housing in the final three months of last year were on average 63 percent higher than in the rest of 2007, hitting their highest level for a decade. Real Hong Kong mortgage rates are now negative, below inflation ...
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