Property Portal Watch
/ Property Portal Watch

LJ Hooker increases partnership with Juwai

"Australian real estate franchise network LJ Hooker expects to sell more Australian and New Zealand property to Chinese buyers as a result of a new, three-year strategic partnership it has... Read more >


The Gold Coast Bulletin
/ The Gold Coast Bulletin

Hit to Asian buyers

"[Prestige agent Dominique Corbett] said she was getting stronger interest in prestige properties on the Gold Coast from the Chinese property website Juwai.com than she was from the local market... Read more >


Xinhuanet
/ Xinhuanet

Interest from Chinese investors still on the rise; web searches for Australia properties up significantly

[Original in Chinese] "Juwai.com notes, 'Since 2010, the number of Chinese residing in Australia has increased 16%: the number was 17,580 in 2012, up from 15,780 in 2011 and 14,720... Read more >


Beijing News
/ The Beijing News

Most Chinese buy Vancouver homes for own use

[Original in Chinese] "Jan Kot of Juwai.com says that, in recent years, Chinese have been buying properties in Vancouver mainly for their own use, including many with children studying abroad.... Read more >


Property Observer
/ Property Observer

Chinese online searches for Australian property up 61% as Macquarie targets significant investor visa applicants

"The expected surge of high net worth Chinese investors spending $5 million in Australia to be eligible for the significant investor visa (SIV) has coincided with a rise in Chinese... Read more >


Fa Wan The Mirror
/ The Mirror (Fazhi Wanbao)

Buying properties in Thailand: prices not high, taxes not low

[Original in Chinese] "Jan Kot, manager at Juwai.com, says that condominiums and apartments are the two main types of property that draw the most Chinese interest. As Bangkok, Phuket and... Read more >


smh.com.au
/ The Sydney Morning Herald

Welcome mat is out for cashed-up Chinese buyers

Seven Network director Bruce McWilliam's A$33 million mansion was sold to a mainland Chinese buyer with substantial business interests in Australia and was the third-highest sale in Sydney, The Sydney... Read more >


Real Estate Business
/ Real Estate Business

Chinese increase Aussie home searches

"According to international property portal site Juwai.com, since December 2012 there has been a 61 per cent increase in property searches, whilst property viewings are up 162 per cent in... Read more >


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