Harcourts has reported receiving "serious interest" and multiple offers from Chinese millionaires and billionaires in the NZ$825 million worth of luxury New Zealand residential, rural and commercial real estate it is showcasing at the official New Zealand Pavillion at the Shanghai Expo.
The enthusiasm about selling New Zealand property to wealthy Chinese investors from a NZ government-funded pavillion in Shanghai comes as the government begins a debate about whether to allow sales of New Zealand farm land to Chinese and other foreign investors.
The showcase of 57 properties and projects listed by Harcourts from Whangarei to Queenstown is being presented by North Shore-based Cooper and Co, a franchise within the Harcourts group.
Harcourts' Cooper & Co Managing Director Martin Cooper said the feedback had been very positive and he was confident sales would follow.
“The feedback we’ve had from the hundreds of high net-worth Chinese we’ve presented to so far has been encouraging to say the least,” he said.
“A number of offers have already been made and there is serious interest in many more of the properties and projects we’ve showcased, with a lot of the potential buyers indicating they would like to take the next step and travel to New Zealand to inspect in person what they’re interested in."
There were 57 properties and projects listed which were worth NZ$825 million according to Harcourts.
Harcourts Cooper & Co said it had secured the opportunity to host invited guests at the New Zealand Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai so they could "learn more about New Zealand and get a taste of our lifestyle."
"The properties included in the Exposure Shanghai initiative include Auckland waterfront homes priced at up to NZ$14 million and premium multi-million dollar lifestyle properties in the Rodney District, along with a selection of high-value rural and commercial properties and exciting development projects from around the country too," Cooper said.
Harcourts New Zealand CEO Hayden Duncan said there was a limited pool of local buyers for high-end property and development projects in New Zealand so targeting overseas buyers was logical.
“Cooper & Co have recognised that China is a key source of investment and new immigrants, and have put an immense amount of work into this project, being the only real estate company to date to secure an opportunity to use the New Zealand Pavilion at Expo and NZTE’s New Zealand Centre, building and connecting with an exceptional database of potential buyers in China and establishing relationships for future marketing initiatives too.”
Cooper & Co’s partners included Luxury Portfolio, Umoview, Open2view, ANZ, Austar Immigration Group, Sunteam and Graphic Detail.
"An 18-strong Harcourts team have made the trip to Shanghai to present the properties to prospective buyers, with those who do not speak Mandarin being supported by translators," Harcourts said.
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It is a simple question John Key must be asked....is your government involved in arranging for a flood of hot money to enter the property market from overseas, in an effort to keep the property bubble inflated and ensure property remains seriously unaffordable for Kiwi families?
The fact that Harcourts are in Beijing with the obvious full support of the govt...amounts to an attack on Kiwi families because the hot money was at the root of the insanity in the market during the Clark regime...it was the main cause of the bubble....the one problem the RBNZ could not control...the reason why the OCR was so high...
Time for John Key to be asked to explain.
yes it is.....thought need be put into the question though......as this boy gets greasier by the week............John Houdini Key
I think a line of questioning that exposes at the fringe of subjects he avoids asked by some one who does not appear sycophantic AKA Mr Henry and TVNZ's other servile wannab's.
Put some thought into it Kin...
- If only a microscopic % of Chinese wealthy decide the Auckland et al housing market is a great chance to hide some illicit wealth, avoid state tax and cream off some capital gains, that tiny % will distort the prices in Noddy to an extent that Bollard would be forced once again to raise the ocr to 8%+ because his core funny rate policies are being given the big finger.
- Council rates are not higher due to stupid property prices..they rise due to council mismanagement and greed.
- Ownership of property includes the right to vote and wealth invites the right to rort political trends. Just ask National.
- At what point do you expect Bollard to act?....he knows dam well his cfr is being treated as a joke.
- How long will Kiwi families stay in Noddyland once word gets round that due to govt secret policy, home prices are to be kept at seriously unaffordable levels for ever. That they will never be able to afford a home. That they are being forced to rent by the govt.
- Worst of all Kin, how long do you think it will take Labour to realise Key is handing them a bloody big hammer and asking to be bashed with it?
- The fact that Harcourts are in Beijing pushing residential sales for hot munny with the full support of the govt....utterly dreadful. Bloody stupid.
Get yourself down to Hastings Christov and sign that moonshine maker up for film and book rights...bound to be a success. Get thingee in wgtn to direct the film...what his name...it'll ring a bell in a minute...I figure it could make a cracka film.....Jackson...I knew it would come to me.
NEWSFLASH !
Chinese buyers are high on housing in their own country too...
http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/08/23/n_china_housing.cnnmoney/
Your observation about integration has a basis in truth albeit on a physical level...... it does not suggest a........ naturally occurring assimilation into the broader culture....i.e. Kiwi made up of a collective set of values and condensed to the common ground.....
Now before you yank out your race card...........
Let me go on to say that through family...associates...friends ....I know that ...many ...new arrivals (say last 5 years) have no wish to assimilate to a collective behaviour that they see as flawed.....
Often where they hail from is crowded and demands a work ethic ..we do not subscribe to..often they see that all exploitation of resource is a legitimate means of survival.
The question that arises in your future will be bound to money and power.,.corporations absolute....
Then we will see who assimilated who........and if it was for the greater good.
Y'KNow what Bernard............ things are slowing down a little today ....so I'd like to talk about John Boys hair..............would that be ok...?
Cause you know he's dying it..... well not him, but mummy maybe.....and she's leaving the temples grey to give him that extinguished look ooops that other one with the d.....
Aaaaaaaanyhoo I personally think there is a lack of transparency here and a case to answer for misleading the public as to the ..state of the head of the nation.
It's not good enough ...I want it on Q+A ipso pronto.
Chinese money launders are looking at New Zealand Real Estate because they want to move out of Australia, Why ?... because Australia is done with Interest rate hikes and the next move is a rate cut. None of these "investors" will want to be there when it happens because they will get a big hair cut. So all eyes have turned to New Zealand I have been talking about this for some time now, most people in NZ are expecting the NZD will stay dimmed against the AUD but I am afraid it will be exactly the oposite, the AUD will devaluate as we near the end of 2010 and will continue to devaluate well into 2011... Technical analisis shows that it could go as low as 1.0600 against the Kiwi. at present the exchange is at a cross road or a hinge if you will.. I know that there are big expectations for a low Kiwi but those will be disapointed. As the Chinese money launders move into NZ the inflation pressures will mount and the RBNZ will be forced to more rate hikes wich will eventualy meet the "normal" level.
The bullshit continues!
" New Zealand real estate agents are painting an optimistic picture of farming in New Zealand in a bid to attract Britons with the money to purchase farms here.
Bayleys Realty is mounting a roadshow to tour different regions of Britain encourage farmers to buy into a "buoyant rural economy'" the Press newspaper in York reported.
http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/brits-enticed-rosy-image-nz-farms-3739746
Harcourts in Beijing....Bayleys in the UK!...wonder where the other mob have gone...maybe India!
Out of the way young Kiwi farmer...you are to be priced out of your own future...the one you were promised by an earlier govt.
"Bayleys country manager Richard Graham said several economic indicators were now pointing toward a favourable New Zealand property investment scenario for the UK market – most notably record milk solids pay-outs for dairy farmers, and a recovering beef and lamb sector.
The Bayleys ‘Farming NZ’ roadshow kicks off in Devon on October 13 then rolls through the strong farming centres of Worcestershire, Peterborough, West Yorkshire, and Carlisle before heading across to Ireland with dates in Antrim, County Kildare and finishing in Cork on October 22"
I'll try another route...what the hell is the point of training to be in agriculture in NZ if all the bloody farms are owned by rich old farts from the UK . In fact what's the point of living in places like DIPTON if there isn't a chance in hell that you will ever be able to afford a bloody farm of your own....Bayleys are doing their best to make that a reality. Bill English loves the idea. Go figure.
It's really rather simple...one wealthy Pom pays over the odds for a back country farm and the local land prices jump through the roof. How is that good for New Zealand?
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