The days of easy Chinese money for Australian property could be numbered as the Chinese Government clamps down on capital outflow.
Property agents, lawyers and bankers confirmed the Chinese government's heavy-handed clampdown on the outflow of capital in recent weeks have affected their businesses. 
An industry source which facilitates property and agriculture deals for Chinese investors in Sydney has had three transactions worth $42 million stalled in the last week.
"There has been a lockdown on transfer of money from China, and shadow bankers are being locked up.
"We have had multiple transactions impacted - delayed settlements, dragging out to pay deposits - in the last week," the source said.
"A lot of avenues for getting money out from China have been closed. The government is seriously clamping down on funds being moved overseas without approval.
"We don't know how long this will go on but we believe it to be temporary, and unlikely to continue in the long term. This is Beijing's response either to protect domestic sharemarkets or to initiate longer term banking policy reform, which one it is we do not know."
Luxury property agent House 18's Michael Zhu said Chinese banks are stopping family members from pooling their money together for a lump sum transfer.
"Each person can only transfer $US500 a transaction, so people pool.
"Now the banks said they can only put three names in one transaction, previously it was numerous," he said.
"It hasn't affected our business much, but I think in three months, the control will be felt in Australia. Money will come but not in a rush."
Mr Zhu and The Property Investors Alliance's Justin Wang also warned Chinese investors who have purchased new off-the-plan apartments will be most affected if they don't transfer the money for the rest of their purchases.
Knight Frank's head of Asian markets, Dominic Ong has seen a 20 per cent to 30 per cent decrease in the number of Asian inquiries for top-end commercial property in Sydney.
The slowing Chinese economy, the devaluation of the yuan and a tumbling stockmarket have motivated the Chinese central bank to step up its efforts earlier this month to halt capital outflows.
"In defending the renminbi, China has liquidated massive amounts of its US dollar reserves - more than US$200 billion in recent months - to maintain the value of the yuan," Thomson Reuters' head of regulatory analyst Nathan Lynch said.
"At the same time, however, Chinese nationals engaging in capital flight are doing the opposite, selling renminbi to buy overseas assets. So you have a situation where the government is throwing billions of dollars at this problem and its failure to act on capital flight means its own citizens are hampering its efforts to stabilise the yuan."
He confirmed there have been crackdowns on "transfer facilitators" such as Macau jewellery shops which disguise cash withdrawals as purchases.
Others have not seen any changes. Chinese property website ACProperty.com.au's Esther Yong said was no change in inquiries from China and Sumo SIV's Suren Pather said significant investor visa applications are still steady.
KPMG's China Business Practice's national leader Doug Ferguson said it has been "business as usual".