Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge
by EdwardDiego on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:14PM
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Average house prices in Christchurch just hit half a million, so it's not limited to Auckland and Q'Town, it's just that they were already crazy markets in the first place.
Re:The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge
by RowanH on Friday November 04, 2016 @01:01PM
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LVR restrictions were upped in October to 40% meaning you now need as an investor 40% deposit for a mortgage in Auckland from the NZ banks (previously was upped to 30%). Things might be slowing down - open homes in my area seem to have less traffic on weekends ....
Unfortunately the currently in power government has done a lot to court this outcome, and so has mostly been avoiding doing anything about it. I think they did recently step in to make it harder for Chinese investors to purchase property in NZ though.