Eric Lui
  • The Centa-City Leading Index, a gauge of secondary housing prices in Hong Kong, eased last week. That marked the first decline after a 19-week rally but does that mean a meaningful correction is aroun...
    2017/06/30
  • Hong Kong’s housing market has continued to rise since July 2003, a bull cycle that has many similarities with the previous one that occurred between September 1984 and October 1997. One common featur...
    2017/06/12
  • We’ve discussed several factors that may trigger a U-turn in Hong Kong’s housing market and concluded that home prices may hit a peak and fall off in third or fourth quarter of this year. But even if ...
    2017/03/31
  • Hong Kong’s housing market has been picking up since the 2008 financial crisis. Private housing prices surged 195 percent between late 2008 and the end of January this year, translating into an annual...
    2017/03/16
  • Market participants are factoring in a 90 percent chance for a March rate hike by the US Federal Reserve, as indicated by latest Fed funds futures. It is generally expected that the central bank will ...
    2017/03/09