Chinese purchases of Australian property have dropped significantly in the past month, according to agents, as buyers struggle to shift money out of the country following Beijing's move to tighten capital controls.
One Chinese agent said the latest efforts by the central government to avoid large capital outflows were having a "significant impact" on his business.
"It has affected 70 to 80 per cent of current transactions and some have already been suspended," said the agent who asked not to be named.
The tighter foreign exchange rules are also set to impact the federal government's relaunched Significant Investor Visa (SIV), which provides fast-tracked residency for those investing at least $5 million into Australia.
"I think it will be big, big trouble for the SIV program because the amount of money is just too large," said one Shanghai-based adviser, who sells Australian property and advises wealthy clients on their migration plans.
Only seven SIV applications have been submitted since the new rules were introduced on July 1, which require investors to put their money into riskier assets such as venture capital and emerging companies.
China has previously tolerated significant capital outflows via so called "grey channels", but has tightened up enforcement in recent weeks as the economy slows and fears over capital flight put downward pressure on the currency.
The crackdown from Beijing has seen Chinese banks setting up watch lists for unusual transactions, according to one bank manager, who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak about the policy.
He said the operation was aimed at cracking down on a practice whereby family and friends of those wanting to purchase a property overseas all transfer US$50,000 into an overseas account. That's the limit each Chinese individual is allowed to move out of the country each year.
The purchaser then pays back his friends and family in China and uses the money from the overseas account to put down a deposit on the property.
However, banks are now tracking the source of funds for overseas bank accounts that have received more than US$200,000 within 90 days, according to the bank manager, who works in Shanghai for one of the major state-owned banks.
"We have always had this policy but now it has been restated and is being enforced more strictly," he said.
"In the past we could find a way around these rules but now all those ways have been blocked."
"I'm sure this would be having an impact on overseas property purchases," he said.
The crackdown is also said to be affecting trading companies, which have been asked to submit more supporting documents to verify transactions, according to a report in China Business News on Monday.
China's move to tighten its capital controls comes after the country's banks reported net capital outflows of $US109 billion in the first quarter of 2015, according to the Bank for International Settlements.
The People's Bank of China has also been spending record amounts of its foreign reserves to keep the yuan stable after it devalued the currency on August 11.
The devaluation, which came as a surprise, caused havoc on global markets as investors feared it signalled the economy was experiencing a sharper downturn than previously thought.
The tighter rules in China come as Sydney recorded its lowest auction clearance rate for the year this past weekend, while Melbourne has now recorded two weekends below the same time last year, according to Corelogic RP Data.
Credit Suisse estimates Chinese buyers account for around 15 per cent of all new home purchased in Australia and this proportion will rise to 20 per cent by 2020.
Ageorge 发表于 2015-9-15 12:58
Chill out! 放心啦,类似的消息年初就有了。嘛事也不会有。Experts all agree,Everything is fine.
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mwe23 发表于 2015-9-15 13:24
上周的拍卖房子数据出来了?
JSPMachine 发表于 2015-9-15 13:23
这只是 防止资金外逃 和 资金进出骗取出口退税的一种打击。 另外20万以上可以冻结,也给银行带来一笔不小 ...
adamzhou 发表于 2015-9-15 15:52
我可以明确提醒大家,我上星期3.99汇率时候汇钱来因为这个而没有成功,数额并不多一共8万纽币,40万人民币 ...
adamzhou 发表于 2015-9-15 15:52
我可以明确提醒大家,我上星期3.99汇率时候汇钱来因为这个而没有成功,数额并不多一共8万纽币,40万人民币 ...
icyfantasy 发表于 2015-9-15 17:45
http://money.skykiwi.com/realestate/2015-09-14/204633.shtml
这节奏。。。是屁民被卡死,有门路的再出 ...
NNP 发表于 2015-9-15 16:06
本人在法规出新闻前一天回款8000nzd。在反复问了N个问题后,终于昨天收到。。。历时5天。。。。 ...
NNP 发表于 2015-9-15 19:16
去的中行柜台。手续都办完了第2天银行联系汇款人问我生日地址信息等。然后又过了4天到账。总共才8000nzd ...
NNP 发表于 2015-9-15 19:34
是的,要到省级外管局审批才能放行。也和我汇款人讲了大额就别弄了以后防止被盯上调查。 ...
Lease 发表于 2015-9-16 16:56
那如果没有老婆, 父母也不在这里的单身怎么办?难道用朋友的账户?
我本来以为黑羊和阿海也是朋友呢, ...
儿科医生 发表于 2015-9-16 22:13
wnin001 发表于 2015-9-15 14:09
这个要看买家的结构吧, 夸大海外买家的比例,就会得出结论这个政策会对 ...
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