Regulating Information Asymmetry in the Residential Real Estate Market

The Hong Kong Experience
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-23139-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 164 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in International Real Estate

This book conducts a detailed examination of the current form of the Hong Kong residential property regulatory system: the 2013 Residential Properties (Firsthand Sales) Ordinance (Cap 621). The author sheds light on how the new legislation promotes a number of values including information symmetry, consumer protection, the free market and business efficacy. It provides a detailed account of how the regulatory mechanism has evolved over the past three decades to catch unconsscionable sales tactics (such as selective information and/or misrepresentation of location, size, completion date and past transactions) and monitor sales practices in order to protect the interests of stakeholders in this ever-changing first-hand residential property market.

This book breaks down this complicated subject matter by focusing a number of chapters each on a specific attribute of the residential property on sale. It then examines the various channels through which the information is communicated to the prospective buyer and discusses misrepresentation of the key information in sales of residential properties as criminal liability.The tension between consumer’s rights on one hand and the pursuit of free market principles on the other is but one example of the conflicting values thoroughly discussed in the book, others include superstition vs. modernization and clarity vs. flexibility.

Aimed at those with an interest in consumer protection and transparency-orientated legislation in commercialized real estate transactions, this book seeks to provide an in-depth discussion of the latest trends and directions of travel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lin, Devin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Anlagen & Wertpapiere
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Way to Legislation

Chapter 3 Saleable Area

Chapter 4 Gross Floor Area

Chapter 5 Internal Structures, Fittings and Finishes

Chapter 6 Location

Chapter 7 Floor Number

Chapter 8 Date of Completion and Lease Term

Chapter 9 Deed of Mutual Covenant and Land Grant Conditions

Chapter 10 Price List

Chapter 11 Sales Arrangement

Chapter 12 Transaction

Chapter 13 Information Channels

Chapter 14 False or Misleading Information and Misrepresentation

Chapter 15 Regulation by Legislation

Über Autor(innen)

Devin S. Lin, PhD reseraches on Construction Law and Property Law and is now teaching in the Southwest University of Political Scienceand Law, China.