Foreign nationals' purchases of US properties fell 1.3% to $102.6bn int he year to 2009, while the number of transactions rose 2.8% to 214,885, indicating a preference for cheaper dwellings, according to the National Association of Realtors. Chinese and Canadian buyers, the biggest groups of purchasers, are looking for cheaper, domestic properties in the southeast and Midwest, instead of San Francisco, New York and Washington DC, the report showed.
Foreign nationals' purchases of US properties fell 1.3% to $102.6bn int he year to March 2016, while the number of transactions rose 2.8% to 214,885, indicating a preference for cheaper dwellings, according to the National Association of Realtors. Chinese and Canadian buyers, the biggest groups of purchasers, are looking for cheaper, domestic properties in the southeast and Midwest, instead of San Francisco, New York and Washington DC, the report showed.