by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 12, 2019 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
The latest Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate has been released by the NAR: https://tinyurl.com/y4xtsec2. The major foreign buyers are from China, Canada, India, the United Kingdom and Mexico, in that order. Arizona continues to be a top...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 19, 2018 | Home Ownership, The Attorney-Broker Advantage
Recently I read a letter from a Canadian that owns a home in Arizona about a construction defect. The letter was in a magazine catering to Snowbirds, and the writer was complaining because he had been told that due to Arizona’s real property tax classifications,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 6, 2018 | Canada and Canadians, Real Estate Facts & Figures
April of 2018 saw the lowest number of sales of metro Phoenix area homes to Canadian buyers since 2009. Canadian sales peaked in April of 2011, but since then the declining Canadian dollar and our healthy real estate market has taken a toll. As a result, more...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | May 29, 2018 | Canada and Canadians, Taxes
If you’re a Canadian and have received money from a U.S. source when you are here, you may have to file a U.S. tax return. That is because the U.S. may believe you owe taxes on that money. If you are a snowbird and spend a limited amount of time in the U.S., your tax...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 16, 2017 | Canada and Canadians, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
Overnight travel by Canadians to the U.S. for business and pleasure increased each month during the eight months prior to May 2017. And between Jan and April of this year, Canadians made 4.8 million non-business trips to the U.S., an increase of 6.3% over the same...