Housing in the elite complex of Hong Kong Mount Nicholson was bought for 82.1 million dollars 
The most expensive housing in Asia was sold in Hong Kong. For an apartment in an elite residential complex Mount Nicholson, an unknown buyer gave 82.1 million dollars (5.8 billion rubles), writes the South China Morning Post.
The quarter is located on the hilly hill of Victoria Peak – this area is often settled billionaires. Mount Nicholson has 19 houses, each with 48 apartments. The realtors did not disclose the name of the new owner of the most expensive of them, but noted that each square foot (0.09 square meters) of real estate, taking into account three parking spaces, cost him 18 thousand dollars (1.3 million rubles) – a record amount for the region. Sources say the same person bought another $ 72 million (RUB 5 billion) apartment in Mount Nicholson.
According to real estate experts, demand for high-end housing in Hong Kong rose on promises from the middle December, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, open the land border with mainland China for quarantine travel.
In May, Hong Kong set a world record for rental prices. For renting a luxury house in the financial center of China, they asked for $ 206 thousand per month and about $ 2.5 million per year. The amount broke the previous record with rents of about $ 174 thousand per month and about $ 2 million per year, which was also recorded in Hong Kong.