Landed Hong Kong

Landed Hong Kong gives you the key facts and insights you need to successfully buy property in Hong Kong. Landed Hong Kong gives you the key local knowledge you need to buy a Hong Kong home. In Landed Hong Kong, you'll find: Step-by-step explanations of how to buy Hong Kong homes-from a high-rise apartment in West Kowloon to a village house on Lantau Island Extensive checklists for buying Hong Kong property, including pre-owned homes and off the plan developments Background on the New Territories: the Heung Yee Kuk, the Small House Policy, indigenous villages, "ding" rights, and laws and customs Detailed case studies about buying and renovating a Hong Kong apartment, a small office and a flatted factory Financial Information, including mortgage lenders, Hong Kong Monetary Authority regulations, Hong Kong stamp duty and buyer's stamp duty Explanations of Hong Kong property law, including zoning, government land leases, and the roles of the owners' corporation and management committee A section on renovating Hong Kong property, including building permit requirements, local quirks, buying materials and hiring professional help Demographic data that show how an aging population in Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese immigration shape the property market Background on asbestos, expropriation, statutory orders, subsidence, unauthorized building works and other risks that affect Hong Kong real estate Essential information about Hong Kong's history, political and legal systems, government departments and long-term development plans Descriptions of Hong Kong neighborhoods-from laid-back Lamma Island and green Pokfulam to exclusive Kowloon Tong-with typical home prices Information about how cemeteries, feng shui, lucky numbers, murders and suicides affect the value of Hong Kong real estate Much more