As the Chinese stock market becomes more and more volatile, many Chinese investors are seeing homes abroad, particularly in the US, UK and Australia, as stable investments. In this presentation, Jason Cohen Pittsburgh discusses this trend.

1. Chinese
Buyers Abroad
By Jason Cohen
Pittsburgh

2. Background
• Property prices in major cities in Australia,
the US and the UK have begun to
skyrocket as Chinese buyers invest in
homes.!
• Experts predict this isn’t going to change
any time soon.!
• With a troublesome economy at home,
wealthier Chinese citizens think foreign
real estate is more stable than Chinese
banks.

3. In the US
• Chinese are currently the leading foreign buyers of
US homes.!
• Sales reached a record $29 billion in the 12 months
leading up to March 30.!
• Makes up for over a quarter of all foreign
purchases by value.!
• Most purchases occur in major US cities,
particularly New York.

4. In the UK
• Chinese buyers make
up more than a quarter
of all home purchases
in London.!
• They’ve started to
invest in London
suburbs, such as
Surrey.

5. In
Sydney
• Sales of homes to Chinese
buyers are predicted to total
$60 billion between now and
2020.!
• This is double the amount
spent in the past six years.

6. Methods
• There’s a limit of
$50,000 on the amount
of money somebody
can move out of China.!
• Chinese buyers team
up with local partners.!
• They move out money
over a long period of
time or pool cash
together.

7. Going forward
• Chinese investors don’t seem to be
going anywhere soon.!
• Knight Frank predicts Chinese
investors will spend $20 billion on
major deals this year.!
• Compare that to just $5.5 billion from
back in 2012!