Sentences with phrase «increase foreign real estate investment»

The court ruling that the French social charge on non-residents is unlawful is set to increase foreign real estate investment demand, says a legal expert.

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(9) While the number of approved requests for residential properties from China has increased in recent years, the Parliament of Australia's Report on Foreign Investment in Residential Real Estate (2014) found that Chinese purchases only absorbed two per cent of new housing stock, contrary to public perceptions.

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Moving foreign capital surpluses were attracted by the high economic growth in these regions and by investing did not contribute to increased growth but rather to inflation in real - estate value and investment.

Real estate prices here were initially comparatively low, but have increased following the foreign interest and subsequent investments.

You hear all the stats about foreign investment in U.S. real estate and about the increasing buying power of Hispanic - Americans, Asian - Americans and other ethnic groups.

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Some of the real estate price patterns in Canada (Vancouver, Toronto etc.) is attributed in part to increased foreign investment activity in the real estate sector there.

«While we have seen rapidly rising Chinese global investment and oil - rich countries in the Middle East or Norway increasing their allocations to global real estate, Canadian buyers continue to dominate foreign investment in the U.S. and should remain on the radar screens of American investors and owners of U.S. real estate,» says Chris Ludeman, global president, CBRE Capital Markets.

Foreign buyers increased their investment in the U.S. commercial real estate markets in the first half of 2014, pouring in $ 85.4 billion in property purchases here compared to $ 76.7 billion in the first half of 2013.

Fueled by a large increase in sales dollar volume from Canadian buyers, foreign investment in U.S. residential real estate skyrocketed to a new high.

With these factors in place, it's no surprise that a recent survey from the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) showed that 95 percent of respondents sought to increase their U.S. investments.

Other stories look at transaction delays stemming from closing rules that took effect in October, new tax changes that will increase foreign commercial real estate investment, and the registration requirement for drones.

«Many of our members (primarily banks, pension funds, and other institutional investors) are heartened by the price corrections they're beginning to see in the U.S. market and expect to increase their debt and equity investments in late 2009 and 2010,» says James Fetgatter, chief executive of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate in Washington, D.C.

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Substantial increase in sales dollar volume from Canadian buyers, foreign investment in U.S. residential real estate skyrocketed to a new record - high

«Chicago has seen an increased amount of foreign investment into its commercial real estate as intense competition for similar assets in markets like New York and San Francisco has driven pricing in those markets to very expensive levels,» said Ben Thypin, director of market analysis at Real Capital Analytreal estate as intense competition for similar assets in markets like New York and San Francisco has driven pricing in those markets to very expensive levels,» said Ben Thypin, director of market analysis at Real Capital AnalytReal Capital Analytics.

The combination of increasing foreign investment and solid domestic fundamentals should help sustain the long period of growth seen in many primary and secondary real estate markets across the country.

A considerable rise in sales dollar volume from Canadian home buyers caused foreign investment in U.S. real estate to increase in 2016.

The Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate says that although the recent turmoil in REITs and domestic capital markets has opened the gates of opportunity for investors outside the United States, only 42 percent of those surveyed say they plan to increase investments in 1999.

Chicago real estate is also seeing an increase of foreign investments.

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