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Most wealthy Chinese in mainland China are not new to the concept of propety. They have been investing in HK for quite a while and have been through lots of ups and downs (dot.com, SARs, GFC). And big city property prices are extremely volatile in China. They know that and realise it's not a...

I would take CG over yields, but use yields as a proxy. If yields are exceedingly low it would become cheaper to rent than to buy. You then need to take a view that yield growth will continue to underpin capital growth. So you start looking at disposable income among other things.

Problem is every boom is 'unlike' the previous boom and people will keep coining terms to justify why it'll keep going up and just up this time, as I said in the previous post. Not long ago Chip Goodyear coined the "stronger for longer" term. I think I bailed out of the sharemarket that year.

There's talk about investors entering the market ahead of home owners and they are buying on the back of low yields, around 3%. So I think one of two things will happen in the medium-term. Perhaps a combination of both. 1. Either prices stagnate and yield catches up. A small place with a...

Well it's not 'trendy' if that's what they mean. I like that sort of lifestyle though... very 'suburbian'