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Agreed on verifying the rent, although I wouldn’t treat financing as secondary. I’d run three cases using the same confirmed rent: cash purchase, expected loan terms, and a higher-cost loan scenario. Then add one full tenant change plus a major repair to the stressed year. If that produces a...

The rent is HK$283,080 a year, so the gross-yield calculation is broadly right. The problem is that 3.3% leaves little room for ownership costs or expensive debt. I would focus less on choosing one target net yield and more on whether net cash flow stays positive after a vacancy period, turnover...

The neighbourhood split matters as much as the overall figure. I would also separate actual townhouses from listings that use the term loosely. Otherwise 59 days may combine properties with very different buyer pools, and an overall average will conceal that.

I’m less willing to dismiss financing as ordinary variation. If otherwise comparable homes are stalling after buyers test affordability, that can be an early shift before it appears in broader figures. But you would need price-cut timing and new-listing volume to support that reading. A few...