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Homeownership of new immigrants in Hong Kong: before and after the handover

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  • Hon-Kwong Lui

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As a densely populated city, Hong Kong’s housing market is the least affordable in the world. This paper aims to uncover the underlying socio-economic factors behind the changing homeownership patterns of new immigrants before and after the handover. While Mainland immigrants enjoyed the highest likelihood of homeownership among new immigrants before the handover, their advantage disappeared after the handover. The findings support the Assimilation theory’s prediction that homeownership is lower among those less assimilated in general, but not among Mainland migrants. Those who were married, well-educated, employers; and had longer residences were more likely to be homeowners. Various admission schemes are implemented to attract talents, professionals and entrepreneurs to reside in Hong Kong but there is no accompanying housing policy to enable immigrants to become homeowners. The results show the homeownership rate of new immigrants dropped by more than half after the handover. Immigrants may feel less secure calling Hong Kong their home if they don’t own a “home”.

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  • Hon-Kwong Lui, 2024. "Homeownership of new immigrants in Hong Kong: before and after the handover," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(11), pages 2874-2900, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:39:y:2024:i:11:p:2874-2900
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2236964
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