Real estate—the most expensive consumer good. Or does it have to be? Look around at the newspaper headlines. The median home value in Los Angeles is $696,900. The average house price in London is £644,215 (about US$828,191). That’s the Western World. What about the East? Singapore: S$1,183,375 (US$874,372). For only HK$4.34 million (US$553,398) you can [...]