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Sister act: Fake Chinese buyers distract from reality of Vancouver’s housing market
“Amanda and Chris Lee”, supposedly Chinese buyers scouting out apartments for their parents, turned out to be employees of a Vancouver real estate marketer. Photo: CTV
One of the sorrier sagas involving Vancouver’s obsession with the housing market has drawn to a close, with the Real Estate Council of British Columbia (RECBC) handing down a modest punishment for last year’s use of fake Chinese buyers to drum up sales of a condo development.
Savvy consumers might be used to keeping an eye out for Chinese fakes - but fake Chinese?