[Global Times Comprehensive Report] How has the epidemic affected the lives of Hong Kong people?

According to Hong Kong media reports on the 19th, the latest questionnaire survey released by CB Richard Ellis showed that although e-commerce has flourished in the past few years, Hong Kong consumers are more inclined to shop in physical stores, with 66% of consumers more than half shopping in physical stores. shop.

63% of Hong Kong consumers prefer to go to the store to select products before ordering online, and about half of the respondents said they prefer to pick up their products in physical stores instead of home delivery.

In addition, about half of the respondents said they planned to shop less online and spend more in brick-and-mortar stores as containment measures eased.

　　CB Richard Ellis is an American commercial real estate services company.

The company's survey mainly wants to understand how Hong Kong people's living, working and shopping preferences will affect the development of commercial real estate.

According to the survey, Hong Kong people tend to buy houses more than rent houses. 35% of the respondents intend to move in the next two years, of which 72% of Hong Kong people aged 34-41 are willing to buy a house, followed by 64% of Hong Kong people aged 42-57 .

Even with rising mortgage rates in Hong Kong, some potential buyers, including young families and professionals with more financial stability, still have the ability to buy a home.

Chen Jinping, head of research at CB Richard Ellis in Hong Kong, said that in the past two years, due to remote working policies and concerns about the risk of spreading the new crown pneumonia, Hong Kong people spent more time at home.

As mixed working models become mainstream, Hong Kong people are more likely to consider whether there are courier and food delivery services and whether there is a home dedicated to work when choosing a place to live, compared with respondents from the global and Asia-Pacific regions. And set the space.

　　According to the survey, 45% of Hong Kong respondents now work exclusively in the office, higher than the global average of 38% and the Asia-Pacific region of 39%.

(Ye Lan)

　　(Global Times)