Super Rich Eye Homes Abroad
Jan 29, 2010
A Hong Kong billionaire recently came under the spotlight when he snapped up one of London's most expensive homes. Joseph Lau, who has an estimated $4 billion fortune, paid $54 million for the six-floor mansion in the city's exclusive Belgravia. And with the dramatic growth in China's economy super-rich from the Chinese mainland are now following in Lau's footsteps.
Realty agents in the UK capital say that for the first time they are seeing substantial numbers of mainland Chinese looking to invest in the residential property market there. According to a world wealth report published last year, the number of dollar millionaires in China is now exceeded only by the US, Germany and Japan. And many foreign realtors are starting to target this lucrative new market.
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