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Re:New Zealand Passes Law to Crack Down on Foreign Home Buyers by mc32 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:58PM (#17767598)
They are not placing all blame on foreign soeculative real estate investors, but are assigning some blame, which i think is fair.

Many countries require some form of either citizenship or residence in order to qualify as a real estate buyer.

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Re:New Zealand Passes Law to Crack Down on Foreign Home Buyers by bovermyer on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @01:01PM (#17767629)
I didn't mean to suggest that foreign speculation was without blame.

I just wanted to make it clear that that isn't the only, or even biggest, culprit in the current housing crisis.

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Re:New Zealand Passes Law to Crack Down on Foreign Home Buyers by thatjsguy on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @02:27PM (#17768470)
How would you prevent new housing stock from being similarly bought up?
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Re:New Zealand Passes Law to Crack Down on Foreign Home Buyers by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @01:36PM (#17767982)
> Many countries require some form of either citizenship or residence in order to qualify as a real estate buyer.

...like China.

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Re:New Zealand Passes Law to Crack Down on Foreign Home Buyers by zorked on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @01:46PM (#17768065)
Or Switzerland.
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Re:New Zealand Passes Law to Crack Down on Foreign Home Buyers by woolvalley on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @02:07PM (#17768294)
And many south east asian countries!
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