Foreign buyers prop up U.S. real estate market
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Foreign buyers purchased $45.3B in U.S. existing homes, NAR says
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Foreign buyers purchased $45.3B in U.S. existing homes from April 2025 to March 2026, down 19.1%, while unit count fell 14% to 67,100. Florida led destinations and Canada led by units, while China led by dollar volume. AI Summary
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said the pullback in foreign homebuyer activity mirrors a slowdown in international visitors to the United States. A slightly weaker U.S. dollar over the past year — which technically boosts foreign purchasing power — “did not induce more activity,” he said in the association’s announcement.
The report, based on a survey of 4,970 Realtors conducted in April 2026, covers international client purchases and sales of U.S. residential property between April 2025 and March 2026. Only 381 respondents reported at least one international residential buyer, underscoring how small the niche has become relative to the broader market.
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International buyers are paying up to 20% more than before
The data also shows that international buyers are paying upwards of 20 percent more for median homes than the prior period, compared to domestic buyers only spending 2 percent more. International home buyers are paying an average price of $475,000, an average of $80,000 more than their US counterparts, compared to the prior period.
Buyers from India are fewer, but spend even more on average. They comprised 10 percent of foreign buyers, spending about $700 million more than the prior year, and generally buying higher-priced homes. Their median purchase was $675,000 with Florida and Texas their preferred locations.
Foreign purchases also tend to be concentrated in Florida, California, Texas and Arizona. The Real Deal reported more than 13,000 deals in Palm Beach, Florida, with buyers in other U.S. states and 1,224 sales to buyers with addresses in foreign countries, totaling over $11 billion and nearly $1 billion in volume, respectively. Foreign and out-of-state buyers accounted for about 19 percent of sales in Palm Beach County in that period.
International buyers are generally less affected by rising interest rates since half of them paid cash, up from 42% last year. They are more affected by low inventory.
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Foreign buyers prop up U.S. real estate market
Foreign buyers have always been an important part of the U.S. luxury real estate market, but gauging where they are from can be difficult because many use shell companies domiciled in the U.S.
Some international buyers, however, are named in their transaction records, allowing for an examination of their countries of origin and in which neighborhoods they are investing most.
Its very hard to figure out where all that international money is coming from — and where it’s going — The Real Deal examined NYC records of real estate transactions. The analysis was of residential sales to named buyers with addresses outside the U.S. over two years through Oct. 25, 2023. We excluded any purchases made through LLCs or other corporate entities, which greatly reduced the number of international deals in the sample.
Sifting through the remaining 191 transactions totaling nearly $310 million in volume, TRD found that the most common country of origin for foreign buyers was on our northern border.
1. Canadians purchased the most residential properties in the sample, both by number (31) and volume ($43 million, or 15 percent of the total).
2. The second most common country was the United Kingdom. Brits accounted for over 10 percent of the total with nearly $33 million in volume across 16 deals.
3. Next was France, whence buyers spent just under $20 million on 14 homes.
4. followed closely in volume by the Netherlands.
Dutch buyers in the sample dropped over $18 million on city homes in the past two years. That was spread across just six deals.
Source: The Real Deal
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From TIME magazine:
Foreign buyers are snapping up U.S. real estate at bargain prices.
Dubai investors bought the General Motors Building in New York City for $2.8 billion. The Abu Dhabi Investment Council’s sovereign wealth fund bought a 90 percent stake in the landmark Chrysler Building.
In all, foreigners spent $52.2 billion on U.S. commercial real estate in 2007, double the previous year’s total, according to Real Capital Analytics, a research group based in New York City that tracks property investment.
Source: Foreigners Take Advantage of U.S. Bargains – TIME magazine by way of Realtor.org
