Snap up property oversea 海外抢房
An increasing number of China's rich are snapping up properties overseas in the expectation that domestic inflation will continue to rise after the consumer price index reached a 34-month high in May. 五月份CPI(居民消费价格指数)创下34个月来新高,预期国内通货膨胀还将持续,因此越来越多的中国富人奔向海外抢房。 文中的snap up properties overseas就是指“海外抢房”。Snap up意为“抢购”,比如The cheapest articles at the sale were quickly snapped up.(大减价货物中最便宜的物品很快被抢购一空。)除此之外,panic buying(恐慌购买)也有“抢购”的意思。 据称,在温哥华,mainland immigrants(大陆移民)的购房需求量已占到29%。越来越多的 homebuyer(购房者)把资金交给property trust unit(不动产信托机构),以规避VAT(value-added tax,增值税)、heritage tax(遗产税),以及再交易时的capital gains tax(资本收益税)。投资海外房产需要注意风险,因为有时并没有太大的room for price appreciation(增值空间)。 |