Hong Kong also recorded the second-highest number of luxury residential property deals among 12 super-prime markets worldwide in the last quarter of 2025, sustaining a recovery that began in the second quarter, a report from Knight Frank showed.
After a period outside the top 10, Hong Kong ranked fifth in CBRE’s 2026 Asia-Pacific investor intentions survey, with the improvement coming on the back of growing investor interest, particularly from mainland Chinese investors, according to the consultancy.
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Compiled between November and December, the survey included 422 responses from investors such as private equity funds, developers, insurance companies, banks, sovereign wealth and pension funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals in markets including Japan, Australia, Mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and India.
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Tokyo retained the top spot as the preferred market for cross-border investment for a seventh consecutive year, followed by Sydney, while Singapore and Seoul tied for third.