Chinese buying less NY real estate
Global Business
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The biggest foreign buyers of New York real estate were once the Chinese. Not anymore. There has been a dramatic drop in purchases in recent years, in part, because of rising tensions between the U.S. and China. This along with other factors is helping to push prices lower in New York’s once hot market.
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