Mainland buyers heat up Hong Kong property market

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boosted by investors from China's mainland, Hong Kong's property prices reach a new high.

Mainland buyers heat up Hong Kong property market	上半年內地買家在港購樓創新高
As cities in China's mainland put limits on home purchasing, Hong Kong has become a hot destination for mainland real estate investors flush with money.	限購政策的出臺，正在迫使內地樓市資金外流，在“就近”的香港樓市，內地買家占據的市場份額已超過15%，為歷年來的最高。
Buyers from China's mainland accounted for 15 percent of purchases of new luxury homes in Hong Kong in the first half of this year, a record high, according to a report by Centaline Property Agency. They also represented more than 25 percent of the second-hand luxury housing market.	中原地產發布的最新數據顯示，今年上半年在一手豪宅（價值超過1200萬港幣）市場中，內地買家的購買宗數占到上半年總成交量的38.4%，均創有記錄以來的新高。二手豪宅市場上，內地個人買家的成交金額也占到1/4強。
"The mainland restrictions on property investment are the main reason for the inflow of capital into the Hong Kong housing market,"?Centaline Property said in the report. "Once the mainland loosens its grip, a repatriation of capital is inevitable."	中原地產分析認為，內地愈加嚴格的限購政策是促使樓市資金流向香港的主要因素。一旦放松樓市調控政策，很可能引發內地房市快速反彈。