（每日一读）2014年7月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 财经新闻 中国人去年在美国置业总额达220亿VIP专享

中国人去年在美国置业总额达 220 亿Chinese buyers have become the largest source of foreign cash in the US residential real estate market, accounting for nearly one in four dollars spent by foreigners on American housing last year.2013 年 4 月至 2014 年 3 月的一年时间内，中国人在美国置业总额达 220 亿美元，占外国人在美国置业总额的 24%左右，相比前一年的 128 亿美元飙升 71%。 China accounted for $22 billion in international sales for the 12 month period ending March 2014, or 24% of all foreign sales, up from $12.8 billion, or 19%, during the year-earlier period. Total international property sales rebounded last year to $92.2 billion, according to the NAR's estimates, up from $68.2 billion in 2013 and $82.5 billion in 2012. The total represented around 7% of the market for all US sales of previously owned homes during the same period. In recent years, American real-estate markets have been viewed alternately as a safe haven and a bargain amid concerns over geopolitical（地理政治学的） instability or unsustainable asset values abroad. US real-estate also continues to be popular thanks to the dollar's weakness against some currencies, though the currency advantage has dimmed somewhat for Canadian buyers that had been particularly aggressive property buyers in the US in 2011 and 2012. Some agents say that American higher education is also a top draw for some trophy-property buyers. "Foreign buyers are being enticed to US real estate because of what they recognize a s attractive prices, economic stability, and an incredible opportunity for investment in their future," said Steve Brown, the NAR's president, who is the co-owner of a real-estate brokerage in Dayton, Ohio. European and Latin American buyers have helped pus...