Andrew Taylor is co-CEO of Juwai.com – recently named the "most influential international property site in China - 2014" by the country’s peak e-commerce body. Started in 2011, Juwai has created a global platform for real estate information servicing the world’s Chinese communities. Juwai.com sends more Chinese buyer inquiries to Australian home sellers, developers, and agents than any other source. The site facilitated an estimated US$4.2 billion in Chinese international real estate purchases in the 2013 calendar year. Andrew Taylor was the only real estate portal executive from anywhere in the world invited to speak at the G20 Global Leaders Summit pre-event in November 2014.
What you are really wondering, I'm sure, is whether Chinese real estate is a good investment. If you choose wisely, it can be.
Overseas buyers rely almost entirely on the Internet during their research phase. After all, you can’t just go down to the corner newsstand in Shanghai and pick up a copy of the Wentworth Courier.
Lifestyle and affordable property are bringing increasing numbers of mainland Chinese buyers to parts of Australia outside the capital cities.
The top conclusion is that Chinese buyers can be a valuable and profitable element of any real estate business in Australia, if the principals and agents make that their goal.