Foreign direct investment holdings in U.S. real estate companies totaled $41.7 billion in 2007. Latin America, Australia, Germany and Japan account for more than half - 52 percent - of foreign direct investment in U.S. real estate.
The U.S. remains an attractive destination for foreign investors, despite the global credit crunch. An October 2008 survey of foreign real estate lenders revealed that they plan to increase lending in the U.S. by 58 percent over current levels. A survey of foreign investors indicates that they plan to increase investment by 73 percent in this country. Respondents rate the U.S. as the most stable and secure country for real estate investment, by a wide margin. Source: National Association of Realtors
- NAR promotes best practices in real estate around the world, including broker cooperation, referrals and private property rights, expanding global real estate business opportunities for Realtors.
- NAR's relationships with cooperating associations around the world allow Realtor association members to profit from globalization and conduct business confidently, safely and ethically.
- Much of the global business that Realtors conduct is in their local markets, working with immigrant buyers, foreign investors and Americans buying abroad for investment, retirement or second homes.
- The vacation and second-home market is a fast growing segment of international business due to large numbers of retiring baby boomers.
- NAR's Certified International Property Specialist network has nearly 2,500 designees and candidates worldwide and helps Realtors transact business efficiently and effectively in markets around the world.
- To help Realtors profit from the increasingly global real estate market, NAR participates as a founding member of the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations, which provides a global platform to facilitate transactional referrals among its broker members and exposure for U.S. listings on a global scale.
- NAR promotes the growing worldwide markets for vacation and investment homes through activities including joint membership with the leading Mexican real estate association, a strategic partnership with the largest real estate exposition in the world, and an active presence in global property marketing exhibitions in Europe and Asia.
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