Foreigners are again making an impression on Sydney's trophy home market but it isn't the purchase of high-end mansions and penthouses keeping agents busy. It's all about selling the Sydney home. Experts on China point to the economic and political environment in that country for prompting many investors to pull out of the residential market here, but local agents say the state government's recently introduced land tax and fears of a steeper property market downturn are fueling the sell-off. "High-end mainland Chinese have always been discreet about their overseas property investments,"said Juwai.com Chief Executive Carrie Law. "They have become more discreet in the current political environment," reports Domain (7 December 2018).