How Covid-19 is fuelling Lunar New Year second home sales in Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand – real property agents offer ‘red packet discounts’ to attract pent-up Chinese demand

• Developers such as Bangkok’s Eastern Star are offering seasonal discounts to Chinese buyers amid estimates seasonal second home sales could surge by 40 per cent
• Other incentives range from a session with an immigration lawyer in Melbourne to a spin of a prize wheel in Kuala Lumpur