港人近期急往英倫掃物業，除倫敦外，已到曼徹斯特和布里斯托。 #撤資 #移民
Property agents said they sold more than double the number of apartments to Hong Kong buyers in the past two months, with the spike in purchases mainly for personal use.
Hong Kong investors buy homes anywhere from 300,000 pounds to 50 million pounds ($390,000-$65.50 million) and are increasingly looking outside London, such as in Manchester and Bristol, for cheaper options.
Hong Kong buyers have climbed a notch to become the fifth largest foreign investors in central London in the past 12 months, Knight Frank data showed, after China, the United States, India and Russia. They accounted for 4% of purchases, up from 2.5% in 2016.
Some of his clients are well-known and ultra high net worth families who are “ready to pounce if need be” to relocate the whole family, he added.
