Due Diligence of the Private Residential Market in Hong Kong.

Intro -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Objectives and Structure -- 2. Fundamentals of a Due Diligence Analysis -- 3. Commercial Due Diligence -- 3.1 Theoretical Background of Property Cycles -- 3.2 Location Profile -- 3.3 Public Housing Sector -- 3.4 Private Housing Sector -- 3.4.1 Market Structure -- 3.4.2 Private and Public Housing Distribution -- 3.4.3 Supply of Private Residential Units -- 3.4.4 Supply of Building Land -- 3.4.5 Review of the Price Development -- 3.4.6 Review of the Rent Development -- 3.4.7 Rational and Irrational Factors in Price Movements -- 3.4.8 Governmental Regulations -- 3.5 Economic Profile -- 3.6 Banking Sector -- 3.7 Mortgage Market -- 3.8 Socio-demographic Profile -- 3.9 Household Income -- 3.10 Currency -- 4. Legal Due Diligence -- 4.1 Estates and Licences -- 4.1.1 Freehold Estate -- 4.1.2 Leasehold Estate -- 4.1.3 Licences -- 4.2 Leasehold Ownership -- 4.3 Ownership in Multi-storey Buildings -- 4.4 Servitudes -- 4.5 Mortgages -- 4.6 Sale and Purchase Agreement -- 4.7 Titles Registration -- 4.8 Business Entities -- 5. Tax Due Diligence -- 5.1 Fundamental Principles -- 5.2 Personal Assessment -- 5.3 Profits Tax -- 5.4 Salaries Tax -- 5.5 Property Tax -- 5.6 Stamp Duty -- 6. Technical Due Diligence -- 6.1 Planning Control -- 6.2 Lease Control -- 6.3 Building Control -- 7. Conclusions and Perspective -- 8. Bibliography -- 8.1 Literature -- 8.2 Digital.