Foreign commercial real estate deals soaring

Overseas investors revealed greater appetite for mainland properties in 2018

Foreign investors have significantly increased their presence in China's commercial real estate sector, investing 78 billion yuan ($11.5 billion) last year, a record since 2005 and up 61.5 percent year-on-year, according to recent data.

Throughout 2018, commercial real estate transactions hit a record high of 251.7 billion yuan, up 4 percent year-on-year, according to a report on China's 2019 property market outlook by global real estate consultancy CBRE.