'Ghost houses': Concern for Queenstown's future:
At any given time, more than a quarter of Queenstown Lakes district's properties aren't ...
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Concern 'ghost houses' will turn Queenstown into trainwreck: At any given time, more than a quarter of the district's properties are unoccupied, data shows.
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Concern 'ghost houses' will 'hollow out' Queenstown : Data suggests more than a quarter of the district's properties are unoccupied at any given time.
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- The government confirmed that holders of so-called golden visas may buy or build one home worth at least NZ$5 million; since 2018, buyers generally had to be residents or citizens.
- Cotality estimates that New Zealand has about 7,000 homes in this price range, including 4,300 in Auckland at roughly 0.8 percent and 1,250 in Queenstown at about 5.5 percent of that market.
- Trade Me lists 424 properties nationwide with an indicated price above NZ$5 million, while Otago has 74 such listings, including 58 in the Queenstown-Lakes area.
- Kelvin Davidson estimated that only about 300 to 400 of the roughly 7,000 properties might be listed in a given year, while Brad Olsen also assessed the market impact as limited.
It seemed to be a decision based on proving New Zealand was 'open for business' for high-wealth individuals.— Kelvin Davidson, chief property economist at Cotality, commenting on the government's move to allow foreigners to buy $5m+ homes under the golden visa rules.
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