10-12-2013, 10:19 AM
Singapore agents are doing well, comparing with their counterparts in HK...
Hong Kong’s cooling measures force real estate agents out of jobs
HONG KONG — Ms Chu Kin Lan has already closed six out of 11 offices of her Hong Kong real estate agency, whose Chinese name translates as Precious Prosperity, and let go of half of her 70 employees amid the city’s toughest curbs on home buying in its history. But the worst pain may be still to come.
As many as 10,000 real estate agents are forecast to lose their jobs, according to Centaline Property Agency, as the government presses ahead with measures to rein in housing prices that have more than doubled since 2009 and hit a record high in March.
Because of the cooling measures, home transactions fell to 27,714 in the first half of the year, the lowest since data were first available in 1996, according to the city’s Land Registry.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/hong...s-out-jobs
Hong Kong’s cooling measures force real estate agents out of jobs
HONG KONG — Ms Chu Kin Lan has already closed six out of 11 offices of her Hong Kong real estate agency, whose Chinese name translates as Precious Prosperity, and let go of half of her 70 employees amid the city’s toughest curbs on home buying in its history. But the worst pain may be still to come.
As many as 10,000 real estate agents are forecast to lose their jobs, according to Centaline Property Agency, as the government presses ahead with measures to rein in housing prices that have more than doubled since 2009 and hit a record high in March.
Because of the cooling measures, home transactions fell to 27,714 in the first half of the year, the lowest since data were first available in 1996, according to the city’s Land Registry.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/hong...s-out-jobs
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