For Foreign Investors, U.S. Assets Are Attractive and Challenging
Now that the United States economy is back on its feet, and the U.S. is once again proving to be a safe investment in the midst of a volatile world, foreign investors are investing billions of dollars in real estate here. The continuing influx of foreign money—including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, European, Mexican and Canadian buyers—is not only creating competition for key assets, especially in the gateway markets, but is presenting new transactional challenges for foreign buyers, particularly when it comes to due diligence.
