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NAR International: Your Global Business Partner
Market for International Real Estate Services Some of the components of demand for international real estate services include the following: relocations into and out of the U.S. by both domestic and foreign transnational companies; U.S. retiree purchases overseas; immigrant home purchase inflows into the U.S.; immigrant purchases of commercial or business properties in the U.S.; foreign investor purchases of U.S. real estate; and U.S. investor purchases of foreign real estate.Inbound Movements: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the U.S. increased 8.5% from 2003 to 2004 to $1.53 trillion. FDI position in U.S. real estate rose 4.7% from 2004 to $37.9 billion. FDI in U.S. real estate accounts for 2.5% of total foreign investment in the U.S. market, with significant anecdotal evidence projecting a higher level of foreign participation in 2005. Outbound: Statistics from the Association of Americans Resident Overseas indicate that excluding Military personnel, over 4 million Americans live in over 150 countries overseas. Besides corporate employees, other major components of this group included educators, students and retired persons. A major international consulting firm estimates that this translates into approximately 200,000 corporate relocation housing orders annually. Immigration - Residential: Foreign immigration into the U.S. in the 1990s was the highest since the ... more

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