Labour may be very embarrassed when we get the actual data

The Herald reports:

About 50 Chinese buyers packed a real estate agency office in Epsom, and snapped up 23 sections within minutes of release yesterday. …

Mr Law said all were either citizens or permanent residents.

And:

Mr Law said just one of the 150 sections sold in the subdivision so far went to a foreigner – a Chinese waiting for his permanent residence .

So not a foreign investor.

Five purchasers declined to be interviewed when approached by the Herald, and one said Labour's claims and recent media reports had “turned Chinese into crooks”.

Labour's data implied 30% of house sales are going to foreign investors from ,  because of their surname. If I were them, I'd be nervous about what the real data will show post October.

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