China's housing market is so bad people are rushing to US to buy a home

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China's housing market is so bad people are rushing to the US to buy a home

China's housing market is so bad that homebuyers appear to be flocking overseas to purchase a home in the US, according to data from the National Association of Realtors.

Chinese buyers were the biggest source of foreign capital into the residential real estate market through the year ending in March 2023, NAR said in a recent, with buyers spending $13.6 billion on US residential properties in the period. That's more than double the total amount spent in the prior year, with Chinese buyers spending $6.1 billion on home purchases in the period ending March 2022.

Chinese buyers represented 13% of foreign buyer home purchases in the US, up from 6% of foreign buyer purchases last year. Their median purchase price for a home was $723,200, almost double the US median home price ofIn a shift from recent trends, most buyers purchased homes as a primary or secondary residence rather than as an investment, the NAR report said.

The increased interest in US real estate comes amid a downturn in China's domestic housing market, withThough the government has implemented measures to boost its property market, new home sales plummeted 33% year-over-year in July, up from a

 

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