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Bill to ban foreign investors

Thursday 5th of December 2013

It would stop anyone who was not a citizen from buying any existing residential property.

The bill still must be drawn from the ballot before it will be given a reading in Parliament.

Phil Twyford said his member’s bill was a response to the current housing market situation. He said the loan-to-value restrictions had driven first-home buyers out of the market.

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