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The government of the latter city is trying to limit real estate investments by mainland Chinese, in part through a new 15% tax. As a result, mainland Chinese buyers are increasingly flying past Hong Kong, on the way to invest their funds in more welcoming real estate markets.
The new demand is keeping real estate agents busy all over the world, in places as far apart as the UK, the US, Thailand, Australia and many countries in between.
Until recently, mainland Chinese – those from the 1.35-billion person People’s Republic of China – were snapping up luxury homes in Hong Kong, accounting for as much as 43% of all new sales.
In fact, their purchases were blamed for crowding out native Hong Kong residents from their own real estate market. When the city started levying a 15% tax on foreign home buyers, no one had to ask which foreigners it was targeting. (Because of Hong Kong’s history of British administration, it is part of China but operates under its own system of government.)
“Mainland Chinese have lost the ticket to buy properties in Hong Kong, now that tightening measures are in force,†David Hui, overseas sales director at real estate agency Centaline, told Bloomberg. “If they want to invest in property, they now need to go overseas.â€
That’s why Shanghai resident Christina Chen and her husband are visiting a property expo to look at apartments in London’s Olympic Park.
“We can only see pictures of the project now so that’s why we have to go to London to take a look at the environment of the building,†Chen told Bloomberg. She plans to fly to London to see the property first-hand.
“The return on investment is much higher in London than in China and Hong Kong,†she said.
On a related note, as the Chinese increasingly look towards properties abroad, their preferences for luxury shopping are also moving beyond Hong Kong towards other countries overseas – a recent December 2013 survey by Boston Consulting Group shows that Hong Kong has dropped from the list of 15 most popular destinations for the Chinese.
Approximately 1,000 middle-class Chinese citizens who took part in the survey showed a preference for more exciting shopping bounty to be found in New York, Paris, Milan or Japan. When asked, many cited Hong Kong being stagnant and boring in its shopping offerings, and that it lacked a certain panache linked to cities that are home to big fashion names.
Buyers displaced from Hong Kong to these markets tend to be luxury investors. At Juwai.com, we recommend the following steps to engage with these buyers:
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