1st Edition

Regulating Information Asymmetry in the Residential Real Estate Market The Hong Kong Experience

By Devin Lin Copyright 2017
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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 

Biography

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