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 | Feb 19, 2019 | Home Buying, Real Estate History
When purchasing coastal property in Mexico, a Fideicomiso is necessary. A Fideicomiso is a living trust format, used to circumvent the prohibition against the acquisition of ocean front land by non-Mexican citizens. Its probable origin is the fideicommissum originated...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Sep 19, 2018 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
The NAR has released the latest Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate. It shows that foreign buyers bought 266,800 residential properties, a decrease from 284,000 from the previous 12 month period. The major foreign buyers continue to be...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 1, 2017 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
If you shop for a home overseas, work habits in many countries may be different from what you are used to. For example, in Spain, the siesta is sacred. People work from early morning until 1:30 p.m., and then in the evening from 5 p.m. on. From 3 p.m. until 4:30...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 2, 2017 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
Foreign investment in residential U.S. real estate has skyrocketed according to the 2017 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate. In the 12 month period from April 2016 – March 2017, 284,455 homes were bought by foreign buyers (up 32%), for a...