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After paying a 5 per cent down payment, the buyer then pays a monthly rent, which includes a&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/2114753\/vancouver-rent-own-property-programme-could-pose-risks\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver rent-to-own property programme \u2018could pose risks for Chinese buyers\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A rent-to-own scheme launched by a local property developer in the Canadian city of North&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-68720","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-hSo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107881,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/japanese-real-estate-is-looking-like-a-good-bet-as-chinese-grow-weary-of-traditional-hotspots-vancouver-sydney\/","url_meta":{"origin":68720,"position":0},"title":"Japanese real estate is looking like a good bet as Chinese grow weary of traditional hotspots Vancouver, Sydney","date":"June 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Japan\u2019s property market appears to be a beneficiary from the worsening of US-China trade war, as a rising number of affluent mainlanders shift their attention to assets in Tokyo ahead of next year\u2019s Olympic Games.Property portal Juwai.com said its data showed interest by Chinese buyers in the Tokyo property\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42739,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/vancouver-makes-about-face-on-taxing-foreign-home-buyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":68720,"position":1},"title":"Vancouver makes about-face on taxing foreign home buyers","date":"February 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Are there still any foreign buyers left though? 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