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The objective of this survey was to gather information about international residential real estate transactions of Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS® (MORe) members during April 2019–March 2020.
Highlights
Dollar volume of foreign buyer purchases.
- $3.43 billion (10% of MORe home sales)
- 76% of foreign buyers resided in the United States (Type B)
Regions of origin of foreign buyers
- Asia/Oceania (32%)
- Latin America (21%)
- Europe (21%)
- Africa (4%)
- North America (1%)
- Country was not identified by the respondent (20%)
Top countries of origin of foreign buyers
- Mexico (16%)
- India (13%)
- China (9%)
Top counties where foreign buyers purchased property
- Cook (43%)
- DuPage (25%)
- Lake (13%)
- Kane (6%)
- Will (6%)
- DeKalb (3%)
