{"product_id":"regulating-information-asymmetry-in-the-devin-lin-9781138231399","title":"Regulating Information Asymmetry in the Residential Real Estate Market: The Hong Kong Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book conducts a detailed examination of the current form of the Hong Kong residential property regulatory system: the 2013\u003ci\u003e Residential Properties (Firsthand Sales) Ordinance\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimed 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devin Lin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138231398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138231399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Devin Lin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659240747263,"sku":"9781138231399","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/regulating-information-asymmetry-in-the-devin-lin-9781138231399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}