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Viewpoint | Adaptive Spaces
Hong Kong Viewpoint - Recovery Time: How Financial Sector Demand is Reviving Hong Kong’s Grade A Office Market
April 22, 2026
Strong capital market performance, increasing wealth inflows, and supportive government policies are reinforcing Hong Kong’s status as a leading global financial hub, underpinning a rebound in office leasing demand, predominately in the Central CBD.
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Viewpoint | Adaptive Spaces
Hong Kong Viewpoint - Moving Hong Kong’s Logistics Real Estate up the Value Chain
March 18, 2026
Hong Kong is transforming into an international smart logistics hub. To meet the growing demand for modern logistics services, logistics occupiers must utilise automation technology and upgrade their real estate to improve operational efficiency.
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Report | Intelligent Investment
Hong Kong Major Report - Hong Kong Market Outlook 2026
January 13, 2026
The enhanced wealth effect is set to stimulate growth in consumption, investment, and business. Leasing and investment momentum are anticipated to accelerate.
Business Insights
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Business Insights | Residential Resale Market Gains Momentum
Recent resale transaction data indicates that Hong Kong’s residential property market is gradually regaining momentum, particularly within established mass-market and blue-chip housing estates.
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Article | Adaptive Spaces
Business Insights | Hong Kong Residential Insights May 2026
In this report, we look into Hong Kong residential property market for May 2026.
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Business Insights | Reset, Repricing, Recovery
Hong Kong’s residential market has spent the past few years moving away from the extraordinary highs of the 2021 cycle.
2026 Hong Kong Real Estate Market Outlook
The potential for further interest rate cuts, along with the stabilisation of residential property prices and a strong pipeline of upcoming IPOs, is expected to enhance the wealth effect, stimulating growth in private consumption, property investment, and the expansion of corporate real estate portfolios in 2026. Deal flow in both the commercial real estate leasing and investment markets is anticipated to increase.
Latest Market Reports
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Leasing volume in core retail districts declined on a q-o-q basis due to seasonal factors but increased y-o-y. Low vacancy pushed up rents by 0.9% q-o-q.
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Industrial leasing momentum remained slow in Q1 2026, with leasing volume totalling 682,800 sq. ft., a 35% q-o-q decline despite a 17% y-o-y low-base growth.
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Commercial real estate investment volume increased 105% y-o-y to HK$12.3 billion in Q1 2026, despite a 43% q-o-q decline from the previous quarter’s high base.
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