A new Cushman & Wakefield survey shows Chinese investors are finding it difficult to secure foreign property deals in 2018, reports BuzzBuzzHome (13 March 2018). This is due to new Chinese rules that have restricted capital outflows from China. However, such restrictions should mainly affect large transactions and not smaller property purchase, according to Juwai.com whose own survey revealed Canada to be the third-most popular investment location for Chinese in 2018. “Over the past few years, we have seen changes in the primary motivations of new Chinese property buyers,” writes Juwai.com CEO Carrie Law, in a statement. “‘Own use’ surpassed ‘investment’ in 2016 and hasn’t looked back. Now, buying for one’s own use motivates more than 65 percent of Chinese buyers.”