The National Association of Realtors states that approximately 55% of reported foreign transactions of purchases by international clients are cash. They say that mortgage financing tends to be a problem for non-resident international clients due to financial profiles that are…
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Real Estate Sales to Foreign Investors in Billion Dollars
Posted in Domestic Taxation Tagged with: united states real estate, united states taxation of foreign investors
The History of the Real Estate Taxation
Until the mid 1980s Foreign Investors who were well advised never paid any U.S. federal income tax or capital gains tax. Until that time the U.S. had a treaty with the Netherlands Antilles by virtue of that country’s relationship with…
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