World’s hottest luxury-property market is a sleepy Canadian city
世界上最熱門的豪華房地產市場在一個安靜的加拿大城市
[VANCOUVER] The hottest market in the world for luxury real estate? Victoria, British Columbia.
溫哥華是世界上最熱門的豪華房地產市場嗎？不列顛哥倫比亞省的省會維多利亞市才是。
Thanks to Chinese and US buyers, the provincial capital of 85,000 off Canada’s Pacific Coast shot to the top of the "luxury thermometer" in the latest annual report from Christie’s International Real Estate.
佳士得國際地產最新年度報告表明，多虧了中國和美國的買家，這個加拿大太平洋沿岸有85000人的省會城市登上了“豪華房地產市場”的頂端。
The study looked at the change in sales, price and time on the market from 2016 to 2017, converting to US dollars and including factors such as “buying trends, destination preferences and lifestyle amenities” in its definition of luxury.
該研究考察了2016年至2017年間市場的銷售，價格和時間的變化，並把這些變化轉化為美元，並在其奢侈品定義中納入了諸如“購買趨勢，目的地偏好和生活方式設施”等因素。
Victoria was only fifth-hottest based on average price -- up 6 per cent to US$1.2 million from 2016, with a high of US$9 million -- behind Paris; Washington; Orange County, California; and San Diego.
按平均價格計算，維多利亞市僅排第五，相比2016年均價增長了6%，即上漲120萬美元，如今均價高達900萬美元。但落後於華盛頓; 奧蘭治縣;加尼福利亞和聖地亞哥。
But the little city of afternoon teas and lush gardens soared when it came to sales volume and speed, which Christie’s weighted more heavily.
以下午茶和鬱鬱蔥蔥的花園著稱的這個小城市，該市的銷售量和銷售速度飛速上漲，此前，佳士得預估的銷售量和銷售速度比這還要高。
The number of sales grew by 29 per cent from 2016, while the average time to find a buyer was only 32 days, among the fastest turnover anywhere.
從2016年開始，銷售額增長了29%，並且每32天就成交一單，這是世界最快的營銷速度之一。
British Columbia, seeking to cool a run-up in property prices that has stirred local outrage, has been taxing foreign purchases of property in Vancouver by as much as 20 per cent since 2016 and recently extended the levy’s reach to include Victoria, at the tip of Vancouver Island. Ontario followed with a 15 per cent tax last year in Toronto.
房地產價格的上漲激起了當地人的憤怒, 英屬哥倫比亞省試圖給房地產價格降溫。自2016年以來一直對溫哥華的外國購房徵稅高達20%, 最近將徵稅的範圍擴大到包括溫哥華島角上的維多利亞。安大略省去年在多倫多稅收達15%。
That’s unlikely to kill the appetite for million-dollar mansions in Victoria. Sales in Vancouver and Toronto have slowed, but prices haven’t fallen, and Christie’s expects the provincial capital to hold up too.
但是這一做法並不會減弱房地產商銷售豪宅的野心。溫哥華和多倫多的銷售有所放緩，但價格並未下跌，佳士得預計該省的資本也將保持不變。
Plus, it’s a bargain. The typical luxury sale in New York City was US$3.6 million. And where was the most expensive residential sale in the world last year? This one you just might guess.
另外,這是一種討價還價。在紐約，最奢侈房價售額是360萬美元。去年世界上最昂貴的住宅銷售在哪裡?這個你們可能會猜到。
Hong Kong. For US$360 million.
在香港，以3.6億美元的高價售出。
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