A bipartisan effort is underway in the U.S. House of Representatives to expand the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) over real estate purchases by certain foreign entities deemed to pose national security threats. According...
Is Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking to reclaim his nation’s one-time colony of Alaska? A vaguely worded Kremlin decree might be considered as an attempt to launch the largest real estate transaction of the 21st century, although the State Department...
The government of Finland is mulling the possibility of prohibiting banning Russian citizens from buying property in the country. The Moscow Times, an independent Russian news source, reported a decision on this ban could come as early as this spring. The new policy...
The Russian foreign ministry issued a warning to the government of Finland over its announced plans to speed the confiscation of Russian-owned real estate within their country. According to a Reuters report, many Russians who own apartments and holiday homes in...
A new flurry of homebuilding, a gloomy summer for homeowners in the U.K. and a bizarre diplomatic feud involving a squatter. Looking into the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for this week. Hit: If I Had a Hammer! This week saw a...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
