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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:21PM (#27449749)
In Queens and Brooklyn, before the Amazon NYC Headquarters was derailed, they had bus tours of Chinese investors, driving around, looking for for sale signs. It was crazy.
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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by tootie on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:09PM (#27450428)
That has been very common for the last 30 years and AFAIK hasn't slowed down.
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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @03:30PM (#27452073)
30 years? That seems like a long time for China. Maybe the Japanese and/or Koreans?
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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by pempem on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:24PM (#27454091)
30 years ago was only the 1990s, its on track.
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