The third quarter of 2018 was a year of off-loading for Chinese investors, as US properties were sold off one after the other by investors. This is in response to tight regulations coming from the Chinese government, which encouraged the same investors to keep their money circulating within the country.

According to CCN, a similar event happened in the European property market. Chinese investors sold off most of their property investments here, where the liquidated amount went up to $233 million worth of sold properties.

This, however, does not mean that property prices will suddenly go up or the market will quickly become better. The prices of properties have been expected to go down in 2019, as the trend suggested near the end of 2018. As the sell-off continues, added pressure is going to be heaped upon market prices by the Federal Reserve interest rate going high.

The price 'cracks' will start to show, according to Cedrik Lachance, director of real-estate research company Green Street Advisors. It's proof of how big Chinese investments have become in the real estate market and in other markets as well.

On the other hand, buyers who are looking for property investments at affordable prices won't go wrong investing in a property in 2019. CNBC reported that this year is starting to look more and more like a 'buyer's market' in real estate, although more buyers don't mean a better year.

Home prices have remained in a decline. November 2018 values were still 5.1 percent better than November 2017, although November 2019 is projected to have worse values. Analysts have placed the values of November 2019's real estate market at 4.8 percent, although it's still subject to what happens during the year.

High mortgage rates, as well as concerns on market price affordability, have weighed heavily on the adjustment of prices. It has created a property bubble where prices have steadily gone down, not helping with the market's situation at all.

One of the things the US property market may be watching out for is the situation between the US and China, concerning the market dispute. It may improve things a little bit, but China is still expected to keep a cautious outlook and may not ease up on its encouragements at all.

It's a bleak outlook, but the US property market may have a tougher time than most navigating 2019's property price decline.