ANZ: Foreigners purchasing 7% to 13% of Australian homes

Thursday 7 December 2017

ANZ has released new research examining the impact of foreign property purchases on the Australian housing market:

The research shows foreign investors purchased between 35,000 and 60,000 dwellings in Australia in 2015-16, with foreign buyers making up only a small share of total housing turnover for the year, between 7 per cent and 13 per cent.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.