{"id":124189,"date":"2022-01-11T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/prime-london-properties-set-for-further-recovery-as-hongkongers-local-investors-flock-back-to-city-centre-as-omicron-wave-peaks\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T01:09:48","slug":"prime-london-properties-set-for-further-recovery-as-hongkongers-local-investors-flock-back-to-city-centre-as-omicron-wave-peaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/prime-london-properties-set-for-further-recovery-as-hongkongers-local-investors-flock-back-to-city-centre-as-omicron-wave-peaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime London properties set for further recovery as Hongkongers, local investors flock back to city centre as Omicron wave peaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nGlobal investors, including those emigrating from Hong Kong, are flocking back to London\u2019s prime areas to snap up properties as the world gradually moves on to living with Covid-19.Several districts in London are recording higher property sales in recent months, according to real estate agents as workers return to their offices amid easier travel rules and a top health official said the city may have seen the peak of the Omicron wave.Transactions have increased by 4.1 per cent per month on\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3162815\/prime-london-properties-set-further-recovery-hongkongers-local-investors?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime London properties set for further recovery as Hongkongers, local investors flock back to city centre as Omicron wave peaks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Global investors, including those emigrating from Hong Kong, are flocking back to London\u2019s prime areas&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wj3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":120632,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hongkongers-buy-three-to-five-properties-a-week-in-uk-regional-cities-as-agents-enjoy-brisk-sales-from-emigration-wave\/","url_meta":{"origin":124189,"position":0},"title":"Hongkongers buy \u2018three to five properties a week\u2019 in UK regional cities as agents enjoy brisk sales from emigration wave","date":"July 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hongkongers seeking a new lease of life in the UK under the long-term stay and citizenship scheme are increasingly looking to regional cities for home purchases, as prices across the country climbed at the fastest pace in about 14 years.While the capital remains the preferred choice for traditional and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":121492,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/paying-cash-for-your-uk-home-beware-of-some-unintended-consequences\/","url_meta":{"origin":124189,"position":1},"title":"Paying cash for your UK home? 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