Mainland Chinese buyers rush into Hong Kong property amid low prices and rates, high rents

Hong Kong’s diverging housing rents and home prices are turning more renters into buyers, especially new arrivals under the city’s various talent schemes, offering a potential salve to the real estate slump.

At the same time, attractive rental returns, lower interest rates and the end of duties aimed at non-residents are drawing more buyers from mainland China into the Hong Kong market, property agents said.