LOS ANGELES—Canada is the unrivaled global investor in U.S. real estate with nearly $10 billion of direct investments in 2014—ahead of Norway, China, Japan and Germany. This according to recent research from CBRE.
Global direct investment in US real estate totaled $41 billion in 2014—about 11% of all investment in U.S. property assets. This represents a 6% increase in global investment when compared to 2013.
Canada was the lead global buyer of US real estate last year with 26% of direct foreign investment—$9.7 billion. Canadian investors have already transacted a significant $2.75 billion in US real estate as of mid-January 2015. Canadian real estate investment in the US was one of the largest cross-border capital flows in the world in 2014 after US-to-UK and Hong Kong-to-China capital flows.
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David Phillips
David Phillips is a Chicago-based freelance writer and consultant with more than 20 years experience in business and community news. He also has extensive reporting experience in the food manufacturing industry for national trade publications.
