More evidence of a slowing Chinese property bid

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It’s the important week in every real estate agent’s calendar when the red carpet is rolled out for Chinese visitors touring Sydney for its real estate. But as China’s Golden Week national holiday celebrations come to an end, there are signs that foreign buyers have started to turn off the city’s property market.

Even before the state government introduced an extra 4 per cent stamp duty surcharge for foreign buyers in July, figures show fewer Chinese buyers searching for Sydney real estate opportunities this year, according to data from Chinese property website Juwai.com.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.