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/ Business Vancouver

China buyers back hunting for Vancouver homes

Nine months after the B.C. government raised the foreign-buyer tax on Metro Vancouver homes to 20% of the property's values, searches by potential buyers in China have surged through the... Read more >


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/ Vancouver Courier

Chinese buyer interest in Metro Vancouver real estate soars again

Following a steep drop-off in Metro Vancouver homes searches by potential buyers in China, interest spiked again in 2018's third quarter, according to data mined for Glacier Media by China's... Read more >


Sydney Morning Herald
/ The Sydney Morning Herald

'Poor answer': New Zealand ban on foreign buyers starts

Many foreigners will be banned from buying homes in New Zealand from Monday, unless they are newly built apartments, reports The Sydney Morning Herald (22 October 2018). Chinese buyer inquiries... Read more >


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/ Business Times

Banning foreign buyers seen not solving NZ's home shortage

Housing became a major campaign issue for an election last year that ended the National Party government's near decade in power and landed Jacinda Ardern the premiership in a surprise... Read more >


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/ The Thaiger

Chinese investment sets new records in property purchases

Demand for property, especially in Bangkok, continues unabated. Despite a drop off in absolute tourism numbers, enquiries from Chinese real estate buyers remains strong, setting new records. According to juwai.com,... Read more >


The South China Morning Post
/ South China Morning Post

Ban on foreign buyers seen as poor answer to NZ's housing shortage

Blocking foreigners from buying homes in the country is still being questioned as the solution to affordable housing and homelessness. Chinese buyer inquiries for homes in New Zealand rose 59... Read more >


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/ The Guardian

New Zealand ban on foreign home buyers begins amid doubts it will ease crisis

Official figures suggest foreigners, mostly from China and neighbouring Australia, only account for 3% of the homes bought nationwide, though the data does not capture property purchases made through trusts... Read more >


Select Property Group
/ Select Property Group

Hong Kong property slowdown: Investors to turn to UK real estate?

Falling stock markets and weaker sentiment is fuelling the belief that the boom in the world's most expensive property market is ending – so will this prompt buyers in the... Read more >


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