The U.S. housing market has hit another stumbling block, as purchases of homes by foreign buyers dropped a dramatic 36%
, according to aThe data comes from an annual survey of residential purchases from international buyers, which found that foreign buyers, led by the Chinese, purchased existing properties with a total value of $77.9 billion from April 2018 through March 2019, compared to properties totaling $121 billion in the preceding 12 months.
There are many reasons for the plunge, including less economic growth abroad — growth slowed to 3.6% in 2018 and is on track to slow to 3.3% in 2019 — tighter controls on outside investment by the Chinese government, a stronger U.S. dollar and a low inventory of homes for sale, according to Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist and fellow Forbes.com contributor, who called the magnitude of the decline"quite striking, implying less confidence in owning a property in the U.S.
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