Chinese real-estate buyers are suddenly descending on the Seattle region. Some are lured by perceptions the coastal city is a bargain, others by warm memories of the 2013 Chinese film“Finding Mr. Right,” which put Seattle on the pop-culture radar there.

中國購房者一下子涌向西雅圖地區(qū)。一些人認(rèn)為這個沿海城市的房價較低，還有一些人被2013年上映的中國電影《北京遇上西雅圖》的暖心回憶所吸引，這部電影使西雅圖進(jìn)入中國流行文化的視線。

The biggest draw, though, might be the fact that it isn’t Vancouver. In August, the Canadian province of British Columbia imposed a 15% tax on foreign investment in the city, which until recently was a popular destination for Chinese.The tax applies to anyone who isn’t a citizen or permanent resident of Canada and buys a home in metro Vancouver.

不過最大的吸引力可能是，西雅圖不是溫哥華。溫哥華一直是受中國人熱衷的投資目的地，去年八月份，加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省針對海外投資者在溫哥華的投資征收15%的交易稅，這一稅種適用于在溫哥華購房的非該市市民或非加拿大永久居住。

詞匯解析：

lure  吸引；誘惑      

imposed a 15% tax on 征收15%的稅收

draw 吸引力

destination 目的地

The moves have had a chilling effect. Web searches in China for Vancouver properties dropped 37% in December compared with a year ago, according to Juwai.com, an online real-estate portal that targets Chinese home seekers.

此舉起到了給溫哥華房地產(chǎn)市場降溫的效果。居外網(wǎng)(Juwai.com)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，去年12月中國的網(wǎng)站上搜索溫哥華房產(chǎn)的數(shù)量同比下降37%。居外網(wǎng)是一家瞄準(zhǔn)中國找房者的在線房地產(chǎn)門戶網(wǎng)站。

詞匯解析：

have a chilling effect  對...產(chǎn)生沖擊; 降溫冷卻

Seattle, by contrast, is red hot. Searches for Seattle properties in China jumped 125% year-over-year in November, after increasing 71% in October, according to Juwai. They rose 1.8% in December.

相比之下，西雅圖的房地產(chǎn)市場則熱火朝天。居外網(wǎng)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，去年11月中國購房者搜索西雅圖房產(chǎn)的數(shù)量同比大增125%，此前在10月份增加71%。搜索量在去年12月上升1.8%。

It is too early to quantify the effect of Chinese interest on Seattle’s home sales, and no one tracks the ethnicities of buyers in particular markets. But the sudden surge in interest in Seattle comes at a time when it already ranks among the nation’s hottest real-estate markets. It led the U.S. in home-price growth in November,according to a report released Tuesday by S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, which found prices there increased by more than 10% over the same month in 2015.

把中國人的興趣對西雅圖房屋銷售的影響進(jìn)行量化仍為時尚早，也沒有人在特定的市場追蹤買家的來源地。但在中國購房者針對西雅圖房產(chǎn)的興趣突然升溫之際，該城市已經(jīng)是美國最熱的房地產(chǎn)市場之一。S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices周二公布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，去年11月，西雅圖房價漲幅在美國各城市中排名居前，該市房價較2015年11月上漲超過10%。

詞匯解析：

quantify  量化

ethnicity  種族

surge 攀升