Tavia Yeung (楊怡) and Him Law (羅仲謙) have moved into a new home at The Beverly Hills in Tai Po, making them new neighbors to Moses Chan (陳豪) and Aimee Chan (陳茵微), as well as Kay Tse (謝安琪) and Louis Cheung (張繼聰). The past year has been a whirlwind of change for the couple. Not only did Him find success in the mainland market after starring in the Hong Kong-Chinese blockbuster The Monkey King 2 <西遊記之孫悟空三打白骨精> as Sha Wujing, Tavia also surprised fans by announcing that she chose not to renew her TVB contract. The couple’s secret wedding ceremony in England in March was nothing less than shocking either. According to various reports, Him and Tavia have recently moved to a newer and larger home in The Beverly Hills, an upscale residential community in Tai Po. Fellow actors Moses Chan, Aimee Chan, Kay Tse, and Louis Cheung also reside there. The news broke when Him returned to Hong Kong after working in Beijing, and went to a supermarket near The Beverly Hills to buy groceries for dinner. The paparazzi then spotted him driving back to his new home. Him’s family also lives nearby. Reports say that the couple’s Beverly Hills residence is a 2,000 sq. ft. luxury house, with a rent of $40,000 HKD a month. The independent house has five rooms and three lounges. Creds: Eastweek
Hong Kong real estate is extremely expensive, since a lot of mainlanders caused the market value for homes in Hong Kong to skyrocket a regular household can barely afford to buy nowadays and now rents. For two well known couples who makes a lot like Him Law and Tavia, they're probably still cannot afford purchasing a 2000 sqft luxury apt. I think I read somewhere, an average person in HK makes about $20,000 HKD a month. For them to pay $40k HKD just for rent, you can only imagine what other factors plays in for their cost of living.
Wow that's crazy...stupid mainlanders they're causing a lot of flux in the economy with IMO their black made up money In the states as well...That really sucks though. Are the mainlanders buying to own and live or just to laundry their $....
probably mostly as an investment, there are other cases besides Hong Kong and probably one of the worst cases. Vancouver real estate are also obnoxiously high, and some articles also put the blame on Chinese immigrants. I may be wrong (someone who lives in Canada please correct me if I am wrong), but I think for a while Canada tried to lure Chinese businesses over so they provide tax incentives, which is also why places like Vancouver and Toronto has such a high population of Chinese people. Even in Massachusetts, where I live, places with generally high population of Chinese people tend to also see an increase in property value over time, like Quincy or Malden. Rewind a decade ago, all these houses are now probably at least 100k more than what they were worth 10 years ago. When I was house shopping, there were a few places I was looking at and I didn't get because my competitor (Chinese) just paid the whole house in cash. It is kinda ridiculous thinking that they have that huge chunk of cash just laying around
Yup, and I wonder how many of those with that much cash laying around got it legitimately....It is truly insane how much they have, I talked to a Mercedes seller in the Aberdeen mall in Richmond, and they say they basically buy the most expensive car they have and wire the $ instantly....I think they earned it dirty and or really inflated their $$$. They'll pay cash and pay a lot more too for the house, more then the asking value...
