Asia Pacific Equity Research 08 January 2020 Hong Kong Property Beyond the Darkness We expect the various property sub-segments to trend down in 2020, but downside Hong Kong, Singapore in residential prices and office rents is likely more temporary than for retail. Thanks Head of HK Research, to significant corrections in developers’ and office landlords’ share prices, we are Conglomerates and Property positioning our OW on these two sectors ahead of an expected recovery in sentiment Cusson Leung, CFA AC starting from 2Q-3Q2020. However, we believe the downturn in Hong Kong retail (852) 2800-8526 is more structural and we maintain our UW on the two key shopping mall landlords.
[email protected] Bloomberg JPMA LEUNG <GO> Moderate correction in residential prices of 10%. Hong Kong SAR home Jevon Jim AC prices are likely to be affected by negative sentiment from a potential rise in the (852) 2800-8538 unemployment rate; however, income growth and employment have not been
[email protected] key drivers for residential prices over the past ten years. The key driver was Bloomberg JPMA JJIM <GO> liquidity, which has seen about a HK$40bn net increase in the last 12 months. Ryan Li, CFA We believe a short-term correction of 10% is likely given concerns on the local (852) 2800-8529 economy, yet we expect sentiment to improve after 1Q2020 with more
[email protected] substantial primary launches in the market. Developers are trading at -1.5 to -2 Karl Chan S.D. below mean and the moderate downside in prices is more than priced in.