# A slim majority support restricting foreign buyers from U.S. homes

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## Reading

A slim majority of Americans (52%) support measures to limit foreign buyers from purchasing homes in the U.S., including 24% who strongly support them, according to an October 2024 Verasight survey.

About three-in-ten (30%) neither oppose nor support the idea, and 19% oppose it, including 5% who strongly oppose.

## Topline

To what extent would you oppose or support implementing similar measures in the United States to limit foreign buyers from purchasing homes.

A slim majority support restricting foreign buyers from U.S. homes.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither oppose nor support: 29.7%
- Strongly Support: 23.5%
- Somewhat Support: 15.8%
- Support: 12.4%
- Somewhat Oppose: 7.4%
- Oppose: 5.9%
- Strongly oppose: 5.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.4%
- Module: media_fin
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#opinion-on-limiting-foreign-buyers-of-u.s.-homes](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#opinion-on-limiting-foreign-buyers-of-u.s.-homes)

## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#opinion-on-limiting-foreign-buyers-of-u.s.-homes](https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co#opinion-on-limiting-foreign-buyers-of-u.s.-homes)