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Spike in interest in Kiwi homes from United Arab Emirates (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Interest in Kiwi homes from the United Arab Emirates has increased sharply in the weeks following National’s proposal to lift the foreign buyers ban on high-end homes"

National was going to allow foreign investment into the housing market??? Yeah, that's really going to help with our crises. I get it's only 'high-end homes' but more buyers inevitably means less supply.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whilst true, but the time lag between increase demand and new supply being available. That time lag can be quite large and thus foreign buyers will inevitably drive prices up.

With housing demand being very inelastic, more demand simply increases prices.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

For a short period of time, yes.