Work-from-home won’t hurt Hong Kong office market, says JPMorgan

Increase in demand: A general view shows commercial buildings in Hong Kong in November last year. — AFP

THE shift to working from home may not harm office demand much in the world’s most expensive property market, as companies and workers brush against the limitations of the arrangement.

In contrast to much of the rest of the developed world, the work-from-home trend may have been overplayed in Hong Kong, according to Cusson Leung, head of Asia property research at JPMorgan Chase & Co.