US home sales to foreign buyers drops

According to a report this week by the National Association of Realtors, foreign buyers are purchasing fewer US homes right now. High interest rates and a strong US dollar are seen as the biggest factors in the drop in sales — the lowest since 2009. Host Marco Werman speaks with real estate professor Benjamin Keys, of the University of Pennsylvania, to understand what’s keeping foreign buyers from the US housing market.

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