Sentences with phrase «bought by foreign buyers»

Overall, 284,455 U.S. properties were bought by foreign buyers (up 32 percent from 2016), and purchases accounted for 10 percent of the dollar volume of existing - home sales (8 percent in 2016).

Overall, a total of 214,885 U.S. residential properties were bought by foreign buyers (up 2.8 percent), and properties were typically valued higher ($ 277,380) compared to the median price of all U.S. existing home sales ($ 223,058).

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The introduction of a foreign buyers» tax (the non-resident speculation tax) of 15 % that would apply on the price of homes in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region bought by individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of Canada — or by foreign corporations.

August 2, 2016: B.C.'s foreign buyer tax — Introduced by the B.C. government, this measure requires anyone buying a home in the Greater Vancouver area, who was not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, to pay an additional 15 % tax in addition to all the existing costs associated with a real estate purchase.