by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 10, 2016 | Canada and Canadians
Homes.com® reports that a dramatic surge in location-based home searches for Canadian destinations occurred in response to the U.S. presidential election. Starting Tuesday evening, as state by state results began to come in showing Trump ahead, Canadian home searches...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 25, 2016 | Canada and Canadians
Starting November 10, 2016, all air travelers will need to have certain documents to travel to Canada before they can board their flight. American citizens will have to have a passport and meet the basic requirements to enter Canada. Canadians, including dual...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 10, 2016 | Canada and Canadians
The Connecting America tourism campaign is Canada’s latest effort to attract more American visitors. The U.S. is Canada’s largest inbound tourism market, representing approximately 70% of overnight tourists to Canada. Other notable examples to strengthen Canada’s...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 2, 2016 | Canada and Canadians, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
U.S. real estate purchases by Canadians used to lead the way in U.S. international sales, but that’s not the case anymore. Chinese buyers represented 45% of all purchases totaling $27 billion in sales, followed by Canada ($8.9 billion), India ($6.1 billion) the U.K....
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 22, 2016 | Canada and Canadians, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
Trailing Japanese buyers, in 2014 Canadian buyers became the 2nd largest foreign investors in Hawaiian real estate — investing some $165 million in Hawaiian properties. It remains to be seen whether the dramatic drop in the value of Canadian currency is likely...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 22, 2016 | Canada and Canadians, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
The contribution of international purchasers to our real estate market is highly dependent on currency fluctuations, and the strong dollar is keeping foreign buyers away. Particularly hurt are Canadians, whose currency is worth around 60-65 cents U.S. Taking their...
