ShareExisting-home sales (EHS) to foreign buyers were approximately 8 percent of the total U.S. existing-home sales market of $ 1.3 trillion for the 12 months ending March 2015, according to NAR’s recently released 2015 Profile of Home Buying Activity of International Clients.
Buyers came from across the globe, but five countries accounted for 54 percent of dollar sales: Canada, China, Mexico, India, and the United Kingdom. China led the way in the volume of international purchases in the U.S. Chinese buyers purchased $ 28.6 billion worth of property, followed by Canadian buyers at $11.2 billion, Indian buyers at $7.9 billion, Mexican buyers at $4.9 billion, and buyers from the United Kingdom (U.K.) at $3.8 billion.
