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Foreign Buyer Ban News

Catherine Smith
Agents react to $45.5m sale - 'Would there be a home like this in Auckland? There are a few'
They say foreign buyer rules need to be changed.

Catherine Smith
Waiheke baches sell for total of $17m as overseas buyers circle island’s holiday homes
Top end of the market enjoys a busy summer, say agents.

Catherine Masters
Top economist’s housing market scorecard: Which laws and changes get 10/10?
David Norman looks back at 25 years of housing policies.

Catherine Masters
How did NZ house prices quadruple in the space of 25 years?
A quarter of a century on - what NZ got right and wrong about real estate.

Owen Vaughan
OneRoof’s Need to Know: Where house prices can affect your love life
Plus, Aussies shut the door on foreign buyers.

Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander: 4.99% mortgage rate surprise - should Kiwis hold out for a better deal?
Banks are competing hard for new customers.

Kelvin Davidson
Why first-time buyers are unlikely to lose ground in 2025
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.

OneRoof
‘Work in progress’: Winston Peters hints foreign buyer ban may be eased for major investors
Foreigners investing millions of dollars in NZ could get the green light to buy property.

Nikki Preston
Rumours swirling over NZ’s foreign buyer ban - million-dollar agents think changes are afoot
Will the Government relax the rules for purchases of $5m-plus?

Catherine Masters
Singaporean family buys premium Remuera properties for over $11.5m
They have business ties to New Zealand.

Catherine Smith
American and British buyers eye trophy estate, but Aucklanders have the edge
Sprawling Northland property looking for a new owner with vision.

Catherine Masters
Panic over Trump? The Americans now desperate for a house in New Zealand
US election results saw a spike in searches for NZ property.

Catherine Smith
Million-dollar agents urge rethink of foreign buyer ban - NZ ‘leaving money on the table’
Agency head says phones would be running hot if overseas investment was easier.

Nicola Martin
‘Steroids for house prices’: Do Auckland buyers still care about double grammar zone?
School zone has long been credited with lifting sales values.

Kelvin Davidson
New government, new rules: What the changes mean for the housing market
The six things you need to know about the housing market this week.

Catherine Smith
Real estate agents criticise Luxon’s foreign buyer U-turn: ‘We’ve blown it’
Cuts will no longer be funded by foreign buyer tax on sales of $2m-plus properties.

Diana Clement
Will the foreign buyer tax get tossed?
Incoming PM Christopher Luxon has given his strongest hint yet it won't survive negotiations.

Catherine Smith
Prices start at $750,000 in Queenstown's new $1 billion lakeside suburb
Te Taumata Lakeview development includes apartment blocks, hotels and art galleries.