夕阳映照着正在修建中的悉尼百万美元住宅区。(资料图)
Business sense suggests you try to buy property at the lowest possible price, but that was not the case for one property in Sydney, Australia.
买房子,买主总是尽可能砍价,举世皆然。而澳大利亚悉尼的一处房产出售情况则不然。
It was just bought by Chinese buyers for A$88,888,888.88. The number eight is considered lucky in Chinese as it sounds like the word for "prosperity".
澳大利亚悉尼的一栋房子以88888888.88澳元成交,因为中国买主喜欢“发发发”的彩头。
That luck might come in handy - the deal comes just as Sydney was awarded the fourth spot on UBS's global housing bubble index.
买主恐怕真的需要这个彩头,因为根据瑞银集团公布的全球房市泡沫排行,悉尼排行第四。
Sydney follows Vancouver, London and Stockholm in the ranking which seeks to identify the world's most risky real estate markets.
在该排行榜上,悉尼位列温哥华、伦敦和斯德哥尔摩之后。该榜单列出了房地产泡沫最危险的房市。
The lucky price of A$88,88m bought 333 Kent Street in Sydney's central business district.
这栋以8888万澳元的幸运价格成交的房产位于悉尼市中心商业区的肯特街333号。
Fortunately it's not a triple four address, as four is pronounced similarly to the word "death" and so considered unlucky.
幸亏街牌号不是444,对中国人来说那就是大凶了,因为普通话中4的发音类似于“死”。 |