I could have worded that more clearly. In Australia's case, rules regarding foreign property ownership/investment have historically had a fairly big impact on h

I could have worded that more clearly. In Australia's case, rules regarding foreign property ownership/investment have historically had a fairly big impact on housing demand, pricing etc. The government of the day is regularly lobbied by those who have a vested interest in seeing prices continually rise to relax those rules. I'll leave it at that.