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FT.com / China / Economy & Trade - Chinese property hunters to raid US
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Chinese bargain hunters are preparing to descend on American cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homeowners have suffered some of the steepest price falls in the US. SouFun, the biggest real estate website in China, is organising a trip next month to look at properties in ...
Chinese Trade - Falling apart
economist.com - 12/11/2008
Chinese Trade - Falling apart
— economist.com — JUST how worrying are the figures, published on Wednesday December 10th, showing that China’s exports and imports... plunged in November? Exports fell by 2.2% last month from a year ago; imports plummeted by an astonishing 17.9%. One analyst sums up the ... (more) Chinese Trade - Falling apart

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Chinese Real Estate Investors Descend on California
Business Pundit — It’s always a good market for somebody. From the Financial Times: Chinese bargain hunters are preparing to descend on American cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, where homeowners have suffered some of the steepest price falls in the US. SouFun, the biggest real estate website in China, is organising a trip next month to look at properties in California and possibly Nevada. Liu Jian, the company’s chief operating officer, said about 300 people had expressed interest in the idea in ...

Keepin' It Real Estate: Chinese Investors Smell Blood in California
Minyanville — ... paints a colorful picture of Caravans of cash-rich Chinese in Hummers and Lincoln Navigators weaving through American neighborhoods in recent months, looking for foreclosures and other bargain properties to buy. What used to consist of small-scale, individual trips by wealthy Chinese buyers to scout for properties have turned into massive, safari-like operations. According to the Financial Times , SouFun.com, the biggest real estate website in China, received over 300 inquiries within days of announcing a home-prospecting trip to California. For now, the ...

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