KEY FINDINGS:

Purchasing property in Hong Kong has become an increasingly challenging “dream”

With the increasing perception of property values as being “too high” (92%), purchase appetite in Hong Kong for the next 12 months in 2019 H1 has dropped to 20% from 2018 H2 (25%).

Due to rising property values, fewer people expect they will purchase or own residential property in Hong Kong, with a considerable drop from 55% in 2018 H2 to 45% in 2019 H1. More respondents (44% in 2019 H1) consider purchasing property as a “dream” compared to 37% in 2018 H2, yet respondents expect that they will only be able to purchase property at the age of 44.1 on average, up from 37.7 in 2018 H2.