Since the middle of this year, Citibank (acting through Debenham Tie Leung, a property management firm based in Hong Kong) has held a series of auctions in Taipei and Kao-hsiung to sell properties from defaulted mortgages at steep discounts. Prices at these auctions have been about 60 % of the open market price, sending shock waves through the real estate and financial industries.
今年中開始，美商花旗銀行委託香港商戴德梁行不動產投顧公司，以逾放屋跳樓價的創新手法，接連幾次在北高等地舉辦拍賣會，拍賣底價一舉低至市價六成左右，在房地產及金融業都引起極大震撼。