In 2018, USA and Canada were on top 10 of the countries where foreign buyers inquired the most

Consumer traffic data recorded from listing performance across the ListGlobally network has shown that in 2018, Foreign consumers that displayed the greatest level of interest in U.S. properties were Chinese consumers at seven percent (7%). French consumers accounted for five percent (5%) of total consumer interest, and UK citizens made up one percent (1%) of total consumer interest.

As tourism grows every year, Thailand, especially Phuket, becomes a more popular location for property investment.

The U.S. is one of the countries where foreign buyers inquire the most. The economy in on the rise, and even though we have a Trade War going on, the truth is that "the land of the free" still looks appealing for foreign buyers.

HurriyetEmlak, leader in Turkey

HurriyetEmlak is the leading real estate website in Turkey. It belongs to Dogan Group, which plays a pioneering role in a wide range of sectors such as e-commerce, energy, industry, automotive marketing, financial services and tourism. Goldman Sachs is also a minority shareholder of Hurriyet Emlak.

Despite the political reality in the U.S., foreign buyers are still looking to buy properties. In fact, from April 2017 to March 2018, foreign buyers purchased $121.0 billion of residential property in the U.S.

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In 2018, Chinese accounted for roughly 25% of foreign investment in the U.S. Residential real estate. In fact, Chinese investors have been the biggest buyers of U.S. residential properties for six consecutive years. But what will be the consequence of this trade tension between the U.S. and China, in the real estate sector?

In 2018 ListGlobally recorded a near 28% increase in the number of foreign consumer leads expressing their interest in international properties. It is no surprise that the U.S. is among the top countries for foreign property buyers to buy property.

Thailand conjures images in the mind of palm strewn, white sandy beaches with warm blue sea lapping against the shore, hot sunny days, temples, smiling locals, tasty food, bustling Bangkok, wildlife and nature in abundance. Coupled with relatively reasonable cost of living it’s no wonder that the Kingdom saw a record 38.27 million tourists in 2018, up 7.5% from 2017.

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In this article we bring you the 5 main reasons why Spain is a favourite lifestyle destination for foreign buyers. 

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Interest from foreign property buyers continues to grow for properties around the world. ListGlobally has recorded increases in 2018 over 2017’s numbers from consumer interest globally. ListGlobally track consumer interest through our consumer’s online searches for properties and inquiries that are submitted by consumers through the ListGlobally portal network.The most significant increases in foreign consumer interest in 2018 was for properties in the following countries, Portugal, Spain and France.

Welcome to 2019!

During 2018 we were present at the RENT PropTech fair in Paris and we gathered with real estate professionals to know who are the new actors coming into the real estate market during 2019. Here you will find the new actors that you should keep an eye on.

Hey you real estate agent on the other side of the screen, welcome to 2019!

Who comes out on top in the battle of the property portals?

17th November 2018 / Estate Agent Today 

Succeeding in the International Market

If succeeding in the national market already requires a lot of work, working in the international market is even harder. The competition is fierce and it requires you to be different and to expand your area of expertise.

Chinese buyers are the big spenders in the USA

According to the National Association of Realtors,Foreign buyers are spending over $121 BILLION annually on residential properties in the USA. Of those foreign buyers, Chinese are at the top of the chain, spending $30,4 billion every year.

What are the most expensive cities in the world?

In the last few months, Century 21's managers have been focusing on an exercise. They wanted to know how much space can customers purchase in major capitals and cities for an investment of $300,000. They made some research and finally, on the 24th October in Paris, they presented the results for 30 countries.

Coldwell Banker Spain markets its properties on ListGlobally's network

Spain is a real estate market in which close to 20% of buyers are foreigners (see article on Fotocasa's blog). Indeed last year foreign buyers purchased more than 100 000 properties in Spain, out of the 500 000 transactions recorded in the country (source).

Who are the leading Chinese property portals?

Fang.com(房天下): a leading Chinese property portal

The leading Chinese property portals are Anjuke (安居客) and Fang (房天下). These two property portals are leaders in China, like RightMove and Zoopla are leaders in the United Kingdom. Nobody questions this leadership, and they are hands down the top 2 portals in China.

Working with foreigners is an opportunity that comes with obstacles

Let's face it, we know that being a real estate agent in the times we are now living in, can be very stressful. People are changing every day. Consumer behaviors are different, and there are lot's of technological tools that we have to learn how to manage every day. Nowadays we have more and more people that work from home, we have people moving abroad to work and study, and the notion of "home" is too broad to apply the image we had when we were young: a huge family around the table with our grandma cooking some delicious pie.

68.8% of foreign buyers do not get an answer from the real estate agents

You would expect that 100% of foreign buyers get an answer from the real estate agents they contact. After all, real estate agencies pay to list on property portals, to attract domestic buyers as well as foreign buyers.