"Despite tighter capital controls this year, 57 per cent of Chinese still say they will increase their overseas investments over the next two years, with more than 60 per cent planning to invest specifically in residential real estate," she said.
"Their top goals are risk diversification and their children's education. Australia is a very appealing destination in both these areas.
"For the buyers we work with, Australia is the second most popular country in the world for investment. These trends will provide an underlying strength to demand in New Zealand over the long term," she said.
"Our recent report on Chinese international property buying concluded that Chinese buyer demand globally is likely to make 2017 one of the two or three biggest years on record for Chinese buyer demand. That's despite it dipping from last year.
"And 2016 saw an unprecedented level of Chinese international real estate purchases: $101.4 billion, according to our estimate in the report," she said.
In the past two years, property investors reported how bidding at Auckland residential auctions from people based in China has reduced significantly and competition was not as strong.
Last year, Juwai said Chinese buyers were showing a growing appetite for New Zealand properties, with inquiries jumping by 50 per cent on Juwai.com, the biggest portal for Chinese searching here for properties.
Chinese people made 50 per cent more property buying inquiries in August than in the same month last year, Juwai said last September. That contrasts with January last year, when the number of Chinese buyers declined.
In 2015, the Herald reported how real estate figures leaked to the Labour Party and covering almost 4000 house sales during a three-month period indicated people of Chinese descent accounted for 39.5 per cent of the transactions in Auckland.
Yet Census 2013 data shows ethnic Chinese who are New Zealand residents or citizens account for just 9 per cent of Auckland's population.
