Inside the world of middle-class Hong Kong transnational property investors: ‘5980 miles to my second home’

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Table 1. Summary of participants

Interview	Participants	Setting	Background of participant(s)	Geographical location	Language
1	1	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	From Hong Kong, based in London and Hong Kong, individual investor, real estate director and shareholder of a property investment company.	London	Cantonese
2	2	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	From Hong Kong, individual investor, shareholder of a property investment company.	London	Cantonese
3	3, 4, 5	1 male researcher, 1 female and 2 male participants.	One from Hong Kong, based in the UK, independent investor, ex-mortgage broker, dealt with commercial real estate, shareholder and director of a property investment company. The other two also dealt with UK properties.	London	Cantonese
4	6, 7, 8	2 male researchers, 1 female and 2 male participants.	Principal planning officer and two colleagues working for a London council.	London	English
5	9	2 male researchers, 1 male participant.	Policy lead on housing for a major business membership organisation.	London	English
6	10, 11	1 researcher, 1 male and 1 female participant.	From Hong Kong, London based, individual property investors.	London	Cantonese
7	12	2 male researchers, 1 male participant.	Senior housing policy officer working for a local government in London.	London	English
8	13	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	Senior lecturer in real estate at a London university, chartered surveyor.	London	English
9	14, 15	1 male researcher, 2 male participants.	Head of policy and an economist working for a major housing charity.	London	English
10	16, 17	1 male researcher, 1 male and 1 female participant.	Shareholder of a private property investment company and an independent investor, both from Hong Kong.	London	Cantonese
11	18	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	Independent investor from Hong Kong, author of a book on advising how Hongkongers should invest in properties in the UK.	Aberdeen	Cantonese
12	19	2 male researchers, 1 male participant.	Hong Kong based real estate director.	Hong Kong	English
13	20	1 male researcher, 1 female participant.	Hong Kong based independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
14	21	1 male researcher, 1 female participant.	Property consultant based in the UK and Hong Kong.	Liverpool	English
15	22	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	Independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
16	23	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	Independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
17	24	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	Independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
18	25	1 male researcher, 1 female participant.	Independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
19	26	1 male researcher, 1 female participant.	Independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
20	27	1 male researcher, 1 male participant.	Independent investor.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
21	28, 29	1 male researcher, a married couple.	Independent investors.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
22	30, 31	1 male researcher, father and son.	Independent investors.	Hong Kong	Cantonese
23	32, 33, 34	1 male researcher, two parents and a son.	Independent investors.	Hong Kong	Cantonese

Source: Fieldwork

Figure 1. Price list of the apartments with rental yield. Source: Marketing materials collected at a property fair in Hong Kong during fieldwork.

Figure 2. A central London development being first released in Hong Kong. Source: Ming Pao (明報), a local Hong Kong newspaper, print edition, 11 July 2014, section A15.

Figure 3. The same central London development being released in the UK market 2 weeks later. Source: The Economist, print edition, issue 19–25 July 2014, p. 69.