Economics

Hong Kong's Love of Property Not Dimmed by Massive Protests

  • Two new condo developments were oversubscribed, developers say
  • Property prices in the city unlikely to tumble, Savills says
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Even some of the biggest protests in Hong Kong’s history can’t damp the city’s love of property.

While an estimated 2 million people -- more than a quarter of the population -- took to the streets Sunday to protest a controversial extradition bill, many others spent the weekend house-hunting.