Foreign buyers
Buyers from abroad: where they buy, what the rules allow, and how a sale between two countries is carried through.
Who buys Dubai property from abroad: what the published figures show
Official nationality rankings for 2015 and January 2016 to June 2017, investor counts for 2025, women and new investors in Dubai property, company rankings, and what is missing.
What happens to a Dubai property when a foreign owner dies?
The default shares for non-Muslims, Dubai's two wills registers, what the DIFC Courts charge, and how the Dubai Land Department moves a title to the heirs.
Florida and Texas limits on foreign buyers: who is covered and how
Florida since 2023 and Texas since 2025 bar some foreign buyers from property. Who is covered, the one-home exceptions, the closing affidavit, penalties and the court rulings.
New South Wales: the yearly taxes on a foreign-owned home in 2026
A foreign owner of a New South Wales home pays a 5% surcharge land tax with no threshold, ordinary land tax above it, and a federal vacancy fee if the home stands empty. The sums in A$.
Foreign buyers of Singapore homes in figures since the 60% duty
What consultancies and ministers have published on foreign and permanent resident buyers of Singapore private homes since April 2023, from market share to treaty remissions and audits.
Seized Sentosa Cove bungalows: what a foreign buyer must clear first
Three forfeited landed properties in Singapore's Sentosa Cove are for sale by expression of interest. A foreign buyer needs state approval and pays 60% stamp duty on top of the price.
South Australia and Western Australia: the 7% foreign buyer duties
Both states add 7% to a foreign buyer's duty bill on a home, but they test companies, trusts, land and later changes of status differently. The rules, side by side.
AFIDA in the United States: how foreign owners report farmland
A foreign person who takes an interest in US agricultural land has 90 days to tell the Department of Agriculture. Who is covered, what counts as farmland, and what a late report costs.
Australia's foreign buyer ban to 2029: what can be bought and the fees
Foreign persons cannot buy established homes in Australia under a ban announced to run to 30 June 2029. What stays open to them, the 2026-27 application fees and how the vacancy fee works.
Singapore homes for foreign buyers: what needs LDAU approval
Foreign persons can buy a Singapore condominium unit freely, but a landed house needs government approval. What the list covers, how the application works and what conditions follow.
USA: FHA home loans to non-permanent residents fall to near zero
ICE data reported by HousingWire show non-permanent residents went from 5.8% of FHA purchase loans to about 0.1% after HUD's 2025 residency rule.
Where foreigners can own property in Dubai, and the golden visa
Dubai law lets non-UAE nationals own property only in designated areas. What the rules say, how a purchase is registered, and what official pages say about the golden visa.
New South Wales surcharge purchaser duty: the 9% and the 200-day tests
Revenue NSW charges foreign persons a 9% surcharge on homes bought in New South Wales. How foreign status is tested, what the 200-day rules require and when the duty is due.
FIRPTA in the United States: what a buyer withholds from a foreign seller
When a foreign person sells American real estate, the buyer must usually hold back 15 per cent of the price for the IRS. How the rule works, and when the rate falls to 10 per cent or to nothing.