Will Beijing’s tighter capital-control rules dampen Hong Kong’s housing rebound?

New homes that Hong Kong developers will launch in the coming days and weeks will serve as a crucial test of the impact of Beijing’s latest capital-control measures, amid signs of recovery in the city’s residential property market. “Seemingly, a number of developers have turned more cautious in launching primary projects of late,” said Jack Tong, director of research and consultancy at Savills Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese buyers had accounted for about a third of all home purchases in Hong Kong..