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Foreigners bought 20% of new homes in 2011 Q3, then 6% in 2012 Q1 after the ABSD

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Foreigners bought 20% of new homes in 2011 Q3, then 6% in 2012 Q1 after the ABSD

Share of uncompleted private home purchases by buyer group, per cent, quarterly, 1996 Q2 to 2013 Q1 (no later data). Triangles: ABSD

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Foreigners bought 20% of new homes in 2011 Q3, then 6% in 2012 Q1 after the ABSDShare of uncompleted private home purchases by buyer group, per cent, quarterly, 1996 Q2 to 2013 Q1 (no later data). Triangles: ABSD0%4%8%12%16%20%24%2000200420082012Foreigners: 1996-Q2 to 2013-Q1PRs: 1996-Q2 to 2013-Q1Companies: 1996-Q2 to 2013-Q12011-12-07, tighter (impact 3 of 3): Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty introduced, December 20112013-01-11, tighter (impact 3 of 3): Property cooling measures, January 2013Foreigners, 2013 Q1: 10%ForeignersPRs, 2013 Q1: 12%PRsCompanies, 2013 Q1: 0%Companies1996-Q2: Foreigners 12%, PRs 3%, Companies 6%1996-Q3: Foreigners 12%, PRs 4%, Companies 4%1996-Q4: Foreigners 8%, PRs 4%, Companies 3%1997-Q1: Foreigners 9%, PRs 5%, Companies 1%1997-Q2: Foreigners 10%, PRs 4%, Companies 3%1997-Q3: Foreigners 11%, PRs 4%, Companies 3%1997-Q4: Foreigners 8%, PRs 4%, Companies 2%1998-Q1: Foreigners 3%, PRs 3%, Companies 2%1998-Q2: Foreigners 3%, PRs 3%, Companies 0%1998-Q3: Foreigners 3%, PRs 3%, Companies 2%1998-Q4: Foreigners 4%, PRs 4%, Companies 1%1999-Q1: Foreigners 4%, PRs 4%, Companies 8%1999-Q2: Foreigners 5%, PRs 5%, Companies 1%1999-Q3: Foreigners 8%, PRs 3%, Companies 1%1999-Q4: Foreigners 4%, PRs 5%, Companies 14%2000-Q1: Foreigners 4%, PRs 3%, Companies 1%2000-Q2: Foreigners 4%, PRs 4%, Companies 4%2000-Q3: Foreigners 5%, PRs 3%, Companies 3%2000-Q4: Foreigners 3%, PRs 5%, Companies 1%2001-Q1: Foreigners 3%, PRs 3%, Companies 1%2001-Q2: Foreigners 5%, PRs 6%, Companies 0%2001-Q3: Foreigners 4%, PRs 5%, Companies 1%2001-Q4: Foreigners 3%, PRs 6%, Companies 1%2002-Q1: Foreigners 5%, PRs 6%, Companies 0%2002-Q2: Foreigners 9%, PRs 5%, Companies 0%2002-Q3: Foreigners 6%, PRs 6%, Companies 0%2002-Q4: Foreigners 10%, PRs 6%, Companies 3%2003-Q1: Foreigners 13%, PRs 8%, Companies 0%2003-Q2: Foreigners 4%, PRs 9%, Companies 1%2003-Q3: Foreigners 8%, PRs 7%, Companies 3%2003-Q4: Foreigners 8%, PRs 9%, Companies 0%2004-Q1: Foreigners 12%, PRs 8%, Companies 0%2004-Q2: Foreigners 7%, PRs 9%, Companies 3%2004-Q3: Foreigners 6%, PRs 5%, Companies 2%2004-Q4: Foreigners 15%, PRs 9%, Companies 3%2005-Q1: Foreigners 17%, PRs 10%, Companies 2%2005-Q2: Foreigners 14%, PRs 8%, Companies 9%2005-Q3: Foreigners 15%, PRs 9%, Companies 3%2005-Q4: Foreigners 14%, PRs 11%, Companies 5%2006-Q1: Foreigners 10%, PRs 10%, Companies 2%2006-Q2: Foreigners 14%, PRs 10%, Companies 2%2006-Q3: Foreigners 19%, PRs 11%, Companies 5%2006-Q4: Foreigners 14%, PRs 10%, Companies 5%2007-Q1: Foreigners 17%, PRs 11%, Companies 5%2007-Q2: Foreigners 16%, PRs 12%, Companies 6%2007-Q3: Foreigners 17%, PRs 7%, Companies 13%2007-Q4: Foreigners 15%, PRs 7%, Companies 15%2008-Q1: Foreigners 16%, PRs 6%, Companies 8%2008-Q2: Foreigners 8%, PRs 7%, Companies 4%2008-Q3: Foreigners 9%, PRs 7%, Companies 1%2008-Q4: Foreigners 4%, PRs 6%, Companies 2%2009-Q1: Foreigners 3%, PRs 9%, Companies 0%2009-Q2: Foreigners 10%, PRs 9%, Companies 1%2009-Q3: Foreigners 12%, PRs 10%, Companies 1%2009-Q4: Foreigners 19%, PRs 13%, Companies 2%2010-Q1: Foreigners 17%, PRs 10%, Companies 3%2010-Q2: Foreigners 13%, PRs 10%, Companies 2%2010-Q3: Foreigners 14%, PRs 10%, Companies 2%2010-Q4: Foreigners 14%, PRs 10%, Companies 4%2011-Q1: Foreigners 17%, PRs 11%, Companies 2%2011-Q2: Foreigners 16%, PRs 12%, Companies 1%2011-Q3: Foreigners 20%, PRs 9%, Companies 1%2011-Q4: Foreigners 17%, PRs 10%, Companies 1%2012-Q1: Foreigners 6%, PRs 11%, Companies 0%2012-Q2: Foreigners 8%, PRs 11%, Companies 0%2012-Q3: Foreigners 9%, PRs 12%, Companies 0%2012-Q4: Foreigners 10%, PRs 14%, Companies 0%2013-Q1: Foreigners 10%, PRs 12%, Companies 0%Policy:TighterLoosersize = impact

Source: URA uncompleted private home purchases by buyer group (counts; shares computed) via the archive data series, compiled by PropInsights, 2013. There is no buyer-profile data after 2013 Q1. Triangles mark the ABSD of Dec 2011 (foreigners 10%) and Jan 2013 (foreigners 15%).. Data to 2013 Q1.

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Foreigners bought 20% of new homes in 2011 Q3, then 6% in 2012 Q1 after the ABSD
PeriodForeignersPRsCompanies
1996-Q212%3%6%
1996-Q312%4%4%
1996-Q48%4%3%
1997-Q19%5%1%
1997-Q210%4%3%
1997-Q311%4%3%
1997-Q48%4%2%
1998-Q13%3%2%
1998-Q23%3%0%
1998-Q33%3%2%
1998-Q44%4%1%
1999-Q14%4%8%
1999-Q25%5%1%
1999-Q38%3%1%
1999-Q44%5%14%
2000-Q14%3%1%
2000-Q24%4%4%
2000-Q35%3%3%
2000-Q43%5%1%
2001-Q13%3%1%
2001-Q25%6%0%
2001-Q34%5%1%
2001-Q43%6%1%
2002-Q15%6%0%
2002-Q29%5%0%
2002-Q36%6%0%
2002-Q410%6%3%
2003-Q113%8%0%
2003-Q24%9%1%
2003-Q38%7%3%
2003-Q48%9%0%
2004-Q112%8%0%
2004-Q27%9%3%
2004-Q36%5%2%
2004-Q415%9%3%
2005-Q117%10%2%
2005-Q214%8%9%
2005-Q315%9%3%
2005-Q414%11%5%
2006-Q110%10%2%
2006-Q214%10%2%
2006-Q319%11%5%
2006-Q414%10%5%
2007-Q117%11%5%
2007-Q216%12%6%
2007-Q317%7%13%
2007-Q415%7%15%
2008-Q116%6%8%
2008-Q28%7%4%
2008-Q39%7%1%
2008-Q44%6%2%
2009-Q13%9%0%
2009-Q210%9%1%
2009-Q312%10%1%
2009-Q419%13%2%
2010-Q117%10%3%
2010-Q213%10%2%
2010-Q314%10%2%
2010-Q414%10%4%
2011-Q117%11%2%
2011-Q216%12%1%
2011-Q320%9%1%
2011-Q417%10%1%
2012-Q16%11%0%
2012-Q28%11%0%
2012-Q39%12%0%
2012-Q410%14%0%
2013-Q110%12%0%
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