The phrase
"foreign buyers" refers to people or businesses from other countries who purchase goods or services from a different country.
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Meanwhile, the fraction
of foreign buyers who purchased in a resort area declined 14 percent from 22 percent in 2008.
Those changes included a 15 % tax
on foreign buyers as well as new rules around vacant properties.
There are also rebates
for foreign buyers who have children attending school here, as well as those that will become citizens.
So how can real estate professionals hoping to work
with foreign buyers move forward with confidence?
You may want to consider how many visits Canadian real estate listings got last year
from foreign buyers.
This program successfully connects suppliers with qualified
foreign buyers who display interest in buying their product.
The board
says foreign buyers represent a small part of the real estate market and the decline has more to do with potential homebuyers waiting to see how market conditions evolve.
More than two - thirds (69 %) or agents surveyed said that there has been an increase in
foreign buyer activity over the same 10 - year period.
The levy, effective immediately,
targets foreign buyers who are flipping properties or using real estate to park cash.
However,
foreign buyers do have to pay a 25 percent withholding tax on rental income that, unlike for Canadian property owners, is usually taken off the monthly rent.
Including additional information that impacts their everyday life can
help foreign buyers prepare and adjust to life in a new country.
A majority of
foreign buyers over the past year purchased a single - family home, and nearly half bought in a suburban area.
Foreign buyers actually raise house prices, thus helping boomers, who are more likely to be homeowners, and hurting millennials, who are more likely to be looking for a first home.
One
way foreign buyers have used bare trusts to avoid paying Canadian tax is to create a company that owns the bare trust, where the property is held as an asset.
Among all
major foreign buyers, Mexican and Canadian buyers were the most likely to purchase property in a rural area.
Foreign buyers now account for nearly 25 percent of acquisition activity in gateway office markets, up from 9 percent as of the third quarter of 2009.
Knowledge to understand the opportunities available when considering
adding foreign buyers on as clients.
Despite the focus
on foreign buyers demand for listed houses, their effect on the inventory of current houses for sale could be just as important.
By far, the largest group
of foreign buyers were Canadian — accounting for nearly 25 % of those property purchases.
If you need someone to translate for you when working
with foreign buyers, make sure you can truly trust them to communicate on your behalf.
Increasing property prices have also generated interest in the area as a destination
for foreign buyers, particularly those in the market for premium investment properties.
Brokers also
say foreign buyers are more active now than they were during the peak of the market a few years ago.