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International Buyers Head for American Cities

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Thursday, December 1st, 2011 at 10:40pm. 355 Views, 0 Comments.

Headlines blared over this past summer about the influx of international buyers into the American real estate market, touting the effects of investment, leisure and relocation purchases made by people overseas. While Miami, Las Vegas and the coastal town of California captured much of the media attention, the truth is that international buyers have been showing interest in many of the United States' major metropolitan areas, with areas as diverse as Denver, Colorado and Houston, Texas topping the lists. The why of it is simple - jobs and local attractions…

Denver's natural beauty, its growing economy, and excellent quality of life are drawing business and workers here from all over the world, and savvy buyers want to be a part of that ongoing growth. Denver…

Foreign Investors Optimistic About U.S. Real Estate Market

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 12:58am. 1008 Views, 1 Comments.

A new survey released by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) indicates 31 percent of survey respondents are more hopeful about the U.S. real estate market than they were last January. Most of the 200 AFIRE members surveyed plan to invest substantially more during the rest of 2009 than year to date. On the debt side, they expect to invest three times more. Equity investors expect to place seven times more. To date, 75 percent of the survey respondents have not yet invested in 2009 but more than two-thirds of them plan to invest some debt or equity in U.S. real estate before the end of the year.

Survey respondents chose the office sector as the preferred property type for their real estate investment dollars, followed by the…

Foreign Investors Expect To Spend Much More In U.S. This Year

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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 8:37am. 439 Views, 0 Comments.

Foreign investors in real estate expect to spend substantially more in 2009, and they greatly favor lending and investing in U.S. real estate, according to the annual survey of members of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE).

Highlights of the 17th annual survey include:

Loans: Foreign real estate lenders plan to increase lending by 58 percent in the U.S. and by 54 percent globally.

Investment:  Equity investors plan to increase investment activity by 73 percent in the U.S. and by 40 percent globally.

U.S. Real Estate Preference: 53 percent of survey respondents ranked the U.S. as the country providing the most stable and secure real estate investments. And 37 percent ranked the U.S. as the country providing the best opportunity for…