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Limits on foreign home buyers have broad support

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In a Verasight survey of 3,000 U.S. adults conducted Sept. 22 to 29, 2025, 74% of Americans agreed that the government should limit foreign buyers from purchasing residential real estate. Including 39% who strongly agree, 20% who agree, and 15% who slightly agree.

About one in twelve disagreed (8%), with 3% who strongly disagree, 2% who disagree, and 3% who slightly disagree. Another 18% were neutral.

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74% of Americans say the government should limit foreign buyers of residential real estate.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?: "The government should limit foreign buyers from purchasing residential real estate."

  • Strongly agree 38.7%
  • Agree 19.8%
  • Neither agree nor disagree 18.4%
  • Slightly agree 15.1%
  • Slightly disagree 3.3%
  • Strongly disagree 2.6%
  • Disagree 2.1%

2025 · base n 3,000 · +/- 3.3%

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119

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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
2025-09-22 → 2025-09-29
Base (unweighted)
3,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.3%
Module
Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119

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Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119, fielded September 22-29, 2025, N=3,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-apsa-omnibus-survey-2025-119#to-what-extent-do-you-agree-or-disagree-with-the-following-statement-the-government-should-limit-foreign-buyers-from-purchasing-residential-real-estate

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.