{"id":17053,"date":"2019-02-20T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=17053"},"modified":"2019-02-20T09:38:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:38:47","slug":"usa-now-main-source-australias-foreign-investment-but-china-dominates-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/usa-now-main-source-australias-foreign-investment-but-china-dominates-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"USA now main source Australia\u2019s foreign investment, but China dominates real estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PHOTO:\u00a0Chinese investment in Australian real estate has tumbled again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreign investment in Australian real estate fell 58 per cent last financial year, making it the\u00a0second consecutive dramatic fall<\/a>\u00a0since the peak of 2016.<\/p>\n

Across all industry sectors the US is now the leading source country of foreign investment, having jumped by $10 billion in the 2017-18 financial year, but China still leads the world for foreign investment in Australian residential real estate.<\/p>\n

The introduction of state taxes, investment application fees, stricter lending conditions by Australian banks and tighter capital controls on outgoing funds from China are the main reasons cited for the drop-off in investment by the latest Foreign Investment Review Board annual report released on Monday.<\/p>\n

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