Hong Kong Buyers Rush for UK Properties after Security Law

Hong Kong Buyers Rush for UK Properties after Security Law
A person on a bicycle rides past houses on a street in Islington, London, on June 22, 2020. Simon Newman/Reuters
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HONG KONG/LONDON — Hong Konger Winnie Tong aims to move to Britain with her family in two years, but is stalling on plans to buy a house there after prices jumped almost 15 percent since April.

The 40-year-old who used to be in two minds about leaving Hong Kong now wants to settle in Birmingham as she is concerned about an increasingly politicized environment for her young children.