New Zealand Reopens Luxury Housing Market as Rich Foreigners Eye Havens

A house in Queenstown, New Zealand.Source: Sotheby’s International Realty

New Zealand is reopening its luxury property market to wealthy foreign investors, just as rising geopolitical tensions spur demand for far-flung havens.

Starting Friday, holders of the country’s so-called golden visas will be allowed to buy or build homes worth at least NZ$5 million ($3 million).