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Foreign home buyers are a community concern

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted April 9 to 15, 2025, 74% of Americans said they are at least slightly concerned about foreign buyers purchasing homes in their community. Including 21% who said very concerned, 18% who said concerned, 20% who said moderately concerned, and 16% who said only a little bit concerned.

About a quarter said they are not concerned at all (26%).

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74% of Americans are at least slightly concerned about foreign home buyers in their community.

How concerned are you about foreign buyers purchasing homes in your community?

  • Not concerned at all 25.5%
  • Very concerned 21.4%
  • Moderately concerned 19.5%
  • Concerned 18.0%
  • Only a little bit concerned 15.6%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-04-09 → 2025-04-15
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
elections

Source

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    Foreign home buyers are a community concernreports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-mpsa-omnibus-survey-2025-026

Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2025-026, fielded April 9-15, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-mpsa-omnibus-survey-2025-026#how-concerned-are-you-about-foreign-buyers-purchasing-homes-in-your-community

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. Each wave's specific field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that wave's report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.