Interest among Chinese buyers in buying UK property has surged since Britain voted to leave the European Union last month, as the pound’s slide has created opportunities to buy at a discount, a property website said on Monday.
The number of Chinese enquiries about the British residential and commercial property market has been 30 to 40 per cent higher than average in each week from June 20 to July 11, said the website, which targets Chinese property investors looking abroad.
The data shows a sign of resurgence in demand from a top group of investors in a sector hit by a slowdown due to concerns over the impact of Brexit.
"With politics stabilising and a competent new government in place, the UK looks like the same old safe haven as ever – but cheaper," said Bernie Morris, the president of the UK, Europe and Middle East for the website.
The four weeks were among the five strongest weeks of enquiries for the British market this year, according to the site, which gave no data on completed sales.
Half of Chinese investors hit pause on their British property investment plans before the June 23 vote, with a crisis at home and uncertainty in Britain hurting appetites, a survey by the website last month showed.
The chief motivator for the change of heart: the fall in the value of sterling against the dollar and the yuan has effectively brought down prices across the market.
Sterling has lost 8 per cent against the dollar and 6 per cent against the yuan over the four-week period.
Over the past few years, Chinese investors have been among the biggest foreign buyers of British property, snapping up everything from opulent homes to well-known commercial property.
Many of their investments have been focused around London and Manchester in the north-west.
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