Three were turned into a corporate office, a nursing home and a horse-racing centre but the town was unable to find buyers for the others.

其中有三所分别转为办公楼、疗养院以及跑马场，而余下的四所至今尚未找到买主。

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Lily Chen, a newly married office worker in Shanghai, is typical of potential home buyers who have been priced out of the current market and forced to rent.

刚结婚在上海工作的陈小姐，是一个典型的在现今市场下买不起房而被迫租房的潜在买房者。

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Since I work at home, this also required moving my office; the buyers of our old house wouldn't like seeing me every day in one of their bedrooms.

由于我是在家里工作，也就需要我搬办公室：我们旧房的买主可不喜欢每天看到我还待在某个已属于他们的卧室里。

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His father Shizuo was on the phone working around the clock, sometimes playing host to egg farmers and buyers at a home office equipped with an egg shed.

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While Ms. Healey acknowledges that buyers are taking their time committing, she is betting that the arrival of Amazon and more office tenants will highlight the appeal of shorter commutes and help persuade would-be condo buyers to take the plunge.

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In contrast, buyers in China and India are more interested in office PCs that do not necessarily have multimedia capabilities.

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