# Limits on foreign home buyers have broad support

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## Reading

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. This includes 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.

## Topline

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

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

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- 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%

## 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: 2025-09-22 → 2025-09-29
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#limiting-foreign-buyers-in-residential-real-estate](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#limiting-foreign-buyers-in-residential-real-estate)

## Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119, fielded September 22-29, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#limiting-foreign-buyers-in-residential-real-estate](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#limiting-foreign-buyers-in-residential-real-estate)