{"id":172230,"date":"2026-07-20T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinese-immigrants-emerge-as-pivotal-players-in-canadas-property-market-amid-foreign-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:10:41","slug":"chinese-immigrants-emerge-as-pivotal-players-in-canadas-property-market-amid-foreign-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chinese-immigrants-emerge-as-pivotal-players-in-canadas-property-market-amid-foreign-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese immigrants emerge as pivotal players in Canada\u2019s property market amid foreign ban"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMainland Chinese immigrants were estimated to have bought as much as C$5.7 billion (US$4 billion) worth of homes in Canada last year, making them a key group of non-local investors propping up the residential property market, according to one estimate.
\nOttawa barred most foreigners from purchasing homes in 2023 to cool soaring prices, initially imposing the restriction for two years before extending it until 2027.
\nThe ban, however, exempted students, foreign workers and permanent residents.
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Chinese immigrants emerge as pivotal players in Canada\u2019s property market amid foreign ban<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mainland Chinese immigrants were estimated to have bought as much as C$5.7 billion (US$4 billion)...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-INU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133603,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/canadas-home-prices-poised-to-decline-though-not-because-of-the-ban-on-foreign-homebuyers-analysts-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":172230,"position":0},"title":"Canada\u2019s home prices poised to decline \u2026 though not because of the ban on foreign homebuyers, analysts say","date":"January 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Home prices in Canada \u2013 a destination favoured by Hongkongers \u2013 are likely to decline this year as Ottawa implements a two-year ban on most foreigners buying homes. 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