A single arrest at an airport in Western Canada earlier this month might be enough to further weaken Vancouver's deflating housing market. In the third quarter of this year, Chinese interest in Vancouver real estate surged, according to Juwai.com, a property portal that connects overseas investors in China with international properties. Inquiries into Vancouver properties made by Chinese users via Juwai.com surged 130.8% from the previous quarter, the Vancouver Courier reports. Juwai CEO Carrie Law said that not enough time has passed for the final impact on Vancouver real estate to be known. "We can say that the buyers we work with are not mentioning this case to us. It doesn't seem to be relevant to them so far," reports Livabl_ (12 December 2018).