International Real Estate Statistics 2026: Foreign Buyers by Country, in Numbers

Published on: July 10, 2026

Last verified: 10 July 2026. Figures reflect the sources and periods cited and may be revised. Verify before acting.

This is a reference page: a compact, sourced snapshot of cross-border residential real estate as of early-to-mid 2026. It pulls together official and industry figures on foreign-buyer volumes, origin countries, transaction taxes, and residency-by-investment thresholds across the largest destination markets.

A note on methodology: foreign-buyer statistics are not measured the same way everywhere. The US figures below come from a survey of realtors covering a 12-month window (April 2024 to March 2025). Turkey's come from national land-registry records by calendar year. Spain and UAE figures are transaction taxes and program thresholds. Comparing across countries requires reading each number in its own context, so each is labelled with its source and period.

United States, the largest foreign-buyer market by dollar volume

Source: National Association of Realtors (NAR), 2025 Profile of International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate, covering April 2024 to March 2025 (released July 2025).

• Foreign buyers purchased $56 billion of US existing homes, up 33.2% from $42 billion the prior year.
• They bought 78,100 properties, up 44% year-on-year, the first annual increase since 2017.
• The median foreign-buyer purchase price hit a record $494,400, versus a US median of $408,500.
• Foreign purchases were 2.5% of total US existing-home dollar volume.
• International clients made up 20% of surveyed realtors' business.
• 47% of foreign buyers paid all cash (versus 28% of all US buyers); among non-resident foreign buyers the figure rose to 56%, and among Chinese buyers to roughly 71%.
• 18% of foreign buyers purchased homes priced over