51. He says he expects Hong Kong property prices to drop by half in the next few years. 52. He said rising property prices are restricted only to pockets of metro Manila, including the Ortegas neighborhood and the Makati commercial district. 53. Higher interest rates mean higher mortgage rates and consequently, lower property prices. 54. Henderson is raising the money now on the bet that Hong Kong property prices will start to recover next year, its bankers said. 55. Hong Kong stocks fell, led by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., amid concern that a rise in interest rates will hold back property prices. 56. HONG KONG stocks fell in the slowest trading since April, after a price cut on a luxury residential development triggered concern property prices will see further declines. 57. Hong Kong stocks fell, as developers posted their biggest drop in a year after the government moved to boost the supply of flats to slow rising property prices. 58. Housing prices in Japan appear to be bottoming out after six years of decline, although commercial property prices are still falling, new reports show. 59. HONG KONG stocks staged their biggest rally in more than a month as traders bet property prices and corporate profits will weather a rise in interest rates. 60. Housing prices have fallen by a third since last year, and commercial property prices were still heading south. |