Posts with tag foreign investors

You'd never dream of buying a home without seeing it (in person) first, right? Well, there are other buyers who move much more quickly -- so fast, in fact, that they sign on the dotted line before they've even toured the house. Foreign investors are so anxious to snag real estate deals in the U.S. -- before the housing... Continue Reading »

It's no secret that one of the few bright spots in the housing market today comes from all-cash buyers, many of whom are foreign investors. But a new bipartisan bill in the Senate aims to take this trend to its most logical (and controversial) end -- buy a house and you'll qualify for a resident visa in the U.S. The bill,... Continue Reading »

Want to know who bought that house up the street? Chances are, it was an investor. Real estate investors are buying three homes for every one house bought by someone for their personal use, according to a Move.com study released today. And it's a pattern that's likely to continue in the next two years. Today's investors... Continue Reading »

U.S. home sales are sagging -- but not with Australians, mate. "For the cost of a new car in Australia, you could own a home in the U.S.A," says Australian real estate agent Vincent Selleck (pictured left), who is on a campaign to recruit buyers from his country to invest in American homes that they can open up as... Continue Reading »

Commercial real estate may be in serious trouble this year, and many high-flying deals for trophy properties may be crashing to the ground, but investors are eager to scavenge the wreckage - and that's good news for the rest of us. More than half of the foreign investors polled by the Association of Foreign Investors in... Continue Reading »