10 cultural differences between China and US

2019-08-09
China

Cultural differences between Chinese and Americans

Over the last five years, American real estate agents have been dealing with international buyers, with many coming from China.  Chinese buyers have become the top group of international buyers in the US.  Chinese have been purchasing real estate across different cities in the US. Initially, Chinese buyers were focused on California and New York but recently, they have been acquiring real estate across many other cities such as Boston, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and other cities.

As such, it is important for American real estate agents to understand the cultural differences between Chinese buyers and Americna buyers  It is normal that each country has its own way of doing business, its own way of interacting and therefore also its own way of buying real estate.  

There are 10 major differences between the American culture and Chinese culture than can teach American real estate agents on how to deal with Chinese buyers. Chinese culture show a lot of respect for hierarchy, elderly and relationships, and business is done at different speed compared to Americans. There are many other differences. Read the full details here.

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