Chinese buyer enquiries for South Korean property grew 350 percent in Q1 2017, according to the latest data of China-based global real estate company Juwai.com, reports the South China Morning Post (20 June 2017). Despite anti-South Korean public sentiment has been circulating on Chinese social media since March 2017, results from the Juwai 'South Korea Chinese Property Investment Sentiment Survey' conducted in June 2017 also seemed to indicate that Chinese investment interest in South Korea is still robust. “The fact that 44 percent of buyers say that diplomatic tensions between the two countries could be an obstacle to investing in South Korea shows that political issues can unsettle potential investors. Nonetheless, Chinese investment in Korea has grown significantly over the past year,” said Sue Jong, Chief of Operations for Juwai.com.
