据2014年03月19日东方财富网报道，如今，许多中国人选择在澳大利亚投资房地产(行情专区)。据香港《东方日报》3月18日报道，单是上个财政年度，中国人已在澳大利亚房地产市场投资了共约420亿港元(约合人民币334.70亿元)。澳大利亚政府担忧外国投资会不断推高当地楼价，让本国人难以下手购房，也会让楼市供不应求，故近日重新审查相关法律，以决定是否修法，限制外国人投资。

澳大利亚广播公司引述投资银行瑞信近日公布的报告指，中国人近年热衷于到澳大利亚投资房地产，虽然只容许购买新屋，但全澳有多达12%的新建房屋被中国人买下。其中悉尼和墨尔本吸引最多中国人投资，分别有18%及14%的新屋被中国人买下，有人甚至一出手便买下整幢公寓大楼。

报告还预计，在2020年前，中国投资者将注入440亿澳元(约合人民币2470.16亿元)购买澳大利亚房产。报告指，中国投资者正成为“边缘购买者”，即愿意较大部分人出高价购买房地产，因而令房价不断上升。

身兼澳大利亚政府房屋经济委员会主席的自由党议员奥德维尔(KellyODwyer)表示，委员会最初允许外国人投资房屋，旨在增加当地房屋供应，以及增加澳大利亚建筑业的就业机会。为避免推高当地楼价，外国投资者被限定只准购买新建房屋。但新建房屋若被买下后一直空置，就会造成市场上供应短缺，外国投资就无法发挥短期内增加房屋供应的作用。

奥德维尔指出，政府将重新审查有关法例，评估当地目前的房地产情况，包括调查新建房屋的入住率等，以判断目前法例是否有违当局初衷。劳工运动领袖索顿对重审法例表示欢迎，称当局除调查外资是否推高房价外，更需确保澳大利亚人能成功置业。

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Chinese property investment to be examined as House of Economics Committee reviews foreign investment laws

By finance reporters Rebecca Hyam and Michael Janda

Updated Mon 17 Mar 2014, 5:09pm AEDT

With Chinese investors spending almost $6 billion inAustralia's real estate market last financial year, the Federal Parliament'sHouse Economics Committee is examining the laws governing foreign investment.

Australia has become among the most popular propertyinvestment destinations for Chinese nationals, who are estimated by somefinancial institutions to be purchasing about 12 per cent of new homes.

Sydney and Melbourne attract the most interest, with someapartment blocks in those cities 100 per cent owned and occupied by Chinesenationals.

A Credit Suisse report estimated that 18 per cent of newhomes in Sydney and 14 per cent in Melbourne are being bought by Chinesebuyers, with up to $44 billion of investment expected in the seven years to2020.

Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer is chairing the House Economics Committee and told Radio National Breakfast that occupancy will be a key issuefor the investigation.

"I think what there's concern about is whether or not apartments are being occupied," she said.

"So whether or not it's fulfilling the original mandateto provide additional dwellings that can be purchased, in the end, by other Australian investors and home owners."

Most foreign buyers are limited to purchasing newly built dwellings, with the policy aimed at ensuring overseas money adds to Australia'shousing stock and does not push up prices for locals.

However, if many of the new properties are left vacant, then extra housing is not available on the market and therefore foreign investment does not add to supply in the short term.

The Credit Suisse report also found Chinese buyers are becoming the "marginal purchasers" - that is the people willing topay more than most, consequently pushing housing market price expectations upwards.

Small part of the market

However, the chief executive of real estate analysis firm RPData, Graham Mirabito, says there are plenty of willing local purchasers at auctions and in private treaty negotiations and they are a much bigger factordriving prices up.

"$4 billion or $6 billion of Chinese investment inAustralia in a market that is around $250 billion worth of property got soldlast year," he told the ABC.

"Whilst it is significant - around 2 per cent if youtake those numbers - if you have a look at the amount of investors in themarket, just Australian investors in the market, nearly 40 per cent of the newactivity that's currently going on the moment is for investors."

Ms O'Dwyer says the original mandate for foreign investmentin residential real estate was to increase dwelling stocks and add jobs in the Australian construction industry, and the inquiry will determine whether those aims are still being achieved.

AUDIO: Kelly O'Dwyer speaks to RN Breakfast (Breakfast)

"The Reserve Bank governor made some comments in therecent parliamentary oversight hearing of the Economics Committee, where hesaid all foreign investment does have an effect on prices," she said.

"We want to know though whether or not the current lawsand the current framework is being properly adhered to and whether it is atruly distorting impact."

The Opposition leader Bill Shorten says he welcomes aninquiry into foreign investment rules related to residential housing.

"On something as hot button as housing we need to makesure that housing is not being - the price is not being forced up for purelyjust investment reasons and, rather, there should be some priority given tomaking sure that the middle class of Australia can be able to afford to enterthe housing market," he told reporters.

"I'm never concerned by people buying houses inAustralia to live in them. We need to make sure that housing prices aren't thephenomena of purely tax policy or other economic priorities."

Mr Mirabito says the most useful change would be data collection by FIRB from real estate agents, both to ensure compliance with theexisting investment rules and to give a more detailed understanding of who is buyinghow much.

"There's been a lack of information and transparency around this for quite some time, and we need to have some reliable data to makeinformed decisions," he said.

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