by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jun 9, 2016 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
San Francisco tops a global index based on prices for high-end real estate around the world with its median asking price more than $1 million, according to the Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index. The Index compares prime residential prices of the top 5% of the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 28, 2016 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
A flood of foreign investments poured into the U.S. commercial real estate market last year, and that trend shows no sign of slowing in 2016. For example, in 2015 at this same time of the year, foreign investment in U.S. had already exceeded that of all of 2014...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Apr 7, 2016 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
As China’s economy slows and its stock market posts sharp declines, Chinese investors are reportedly looking to park more of their money in U.S. real estate. Developers, financial institutions, and high net-worth individuals are seeking safe investments in...
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 | Feb 25, 2016 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
What percent of Arizona’s population was born outside of the U.S.? You might assume that due to our location by Mexico and our popularity with Canadians that the percentage was large. But according to the last U.S. Census that amount was 13.5% for Arizona....
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 3, 2016 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment, Real Estate Facts & Figures
How significant are foreign buyers of U.S. homes? Housing America released a study called Immigrant Contributions to Housing Demand which provides state by state statistics from 2000 to 2010, and estimates of immigrant purchases for the current decade. For Arizona,...
