〈The Standard, May 2, 2026〉Phase 6A of Deep Water South in Wong Chuk Hang, co-developed by Wheelock Properties and MTR Corporation (0066), has released the third price list, offering 51 units as it puts a total of 121 up for sale next week.
The third batch comprises one and two bedroom units with sizes ranging from 340 to 563 square feet. It is priced from HK$9 million to HK$18.6 million after discounts, or from
HK$26,494 to HK$33,007 per sq ft. Wheelock said 113 flats on price lists will be put on the market on Monday, in addition to eight units to be tendered on the same day.
〈The Standard, May 1, 2026〉While the Labour Day Golden Week holiday brought a surge of tourists and shoppers to Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district on Friday, the landmark Times Square shopping mall remained conspicuously quiet, failing to benefit from the holiday foot traffic and standing in stark contrast to the bustling scenes just streets away.
Times Square, a prominent Causeway Bay destination, has recently been criticized online for its dwindling crowds, with some netizens describing it as being "quieter than a library." Today, on the first day of the Golden Week holiday, those observations proved accurate.
Around noon, a visit by reporters found the ground and first floors, home to mid-to-high-end luxury brands, nearly deserted. Many stores had only two or three customers inside. Source URL : Times Square a 'ghost town' amidst bustling Golden Week crowds in Causeway Bay.
〈Hong Kong Business, Apr 30, 2026〉The real estate investment volume rose 60% YoY in the first quarter of 2026, outperforming the Asia Pacific average growth of 18%, according to CBRE’s Q1 2026 Asia Pacific Cap Rate Survey.
The market also recorded the strongest buying intentions in the region. CBRE said 71% of respondents reported stronger buying intentions in Hong Kong SAR compared with six months ago, whilst 29% said buying intentions were unchanged. No respondents reported stronger selling intentions.
Hong Kong also appeared relatively resilient to Middle East-related geopolitical tensions. The report showed 43% of respondents cited a positive impact on investment sentiment, whilst 29% saw a limited negative impact, 25% reported a moderate negative impact, and 4% cited a substantial negative impact.
〈Asian Post, Apr 29, 2026〉Hang Lung Properties has opened Westlake 66, a 390,200 square metres (sq m) mixed-use development in Hangzhou and its 11th project in mainland China.
The development in the Wulin Central Business District comprises a shopping mall, five Grade-A office towers, and Zhejiang Province’s first Mandarin Oriental hotel. The complex is within walking distance of stations serving three metro lines.
Its retail component spans 105,900 sq m and has achieved a leasing rate of over 90% across about 250 stores. About one-third of the retail concepts are first-to-market, with more stores scheduled to open in phases throughout 2026.
〈RTHK News, Apr 28, 2026〉Big banks kept their prime rates unchanged after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority kept its base interest rate unchanged at four percent on Thursday.
HSBC and Bank of China (Hong Kong) kept their prime rates unchanged at 5 percent while Standard Chartered left its rate unchanged at 5.25 percent.
The decision by the city's de facto central bank came after the US Federal Reserve maintained its target rate for interest rates in the range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent overnight following the third meeting of its policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) this year.
