The quality of the buildings, the surrounding environment and traffic and property management are the other factors that play a role in people's decision to buy a house.

Any indication that management is moving ahead with plans to raise the dividend should also make Hutchison an attractive cash cow for investors willing to buy in while the stock is cheap.

In return for managing buy-out funds and sharing in the risk, private equity managers traditionally got a management fee and a share in the fund's performance.