Overseas residents bought 900 homes in Auckland, or 5 percent of total sales, newly released figures show.
1749 out of the 57,678 homes sold in New Zealand between April and June went to non-residents.
That amounts to 3 per cent of total sales over the three-month period - a similar level to the previous quarter.
In Auckland, 900 homes went to non-residents. That is a 1 point increase on the January to March quarter. Chinese tax residents bought 495 of those homes, much more than any other group.
Overall, 60 per cent of house transfers involved buyers who had only New Zealand tax residency. Another 37 per cent involved buyers who did not need to provide tax information - mainly New Zealanders who were buying their main home.