{"id":8071,"date":"2018-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/immigration-concerns-rattle-some-real-estate-moves\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T00:00:00","slug":"immigration-concerns-rattle-some-real-estate-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/immigration-concerns-rattle-some-real-estate-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Concerns Rattle Some Real Estate Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"41.44921630094\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  <\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"33.705956112853\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Heightened concerns over the nation\u2019s immigration policies and proposals caused some U.S. homeowners to sell their homes or even choose to then not buy a home last year, according to a new survey of more than 4,000 homeowners in the U.S. commissioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> brokerage Redfin. Fifteen percent of consumers surveyed said that they either sold their home or did not buy one last year out of concerns over immigration policies under President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"1.5277777777778\">\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong>A Fair <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/sell-your-home-online-fast\/\">Housing<\/a> Forefather<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nine percent of homeowners said they sold their home in the last year because they were worried they wouldn\u2019t be able to stay or work in the U.S. much longer. Six percent of potential home buyers said they didn\u2019t make a purchase for the same reason, the survey found.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2018_feb\/Redfin-study.png\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 440px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re having conversations with professionals working at large companies who are eager to sell or not buying because their visas are expiring or close to it and might not be extended,\u201d says Gabriella Stewart, a Redfin real estate professional in Bellevue, Wash.<\/p>\n<p>Housing markets in some areas of the country may be the most vulnerable to any changes in the immigration policy. For example, nearly 33 percent of respondents in Los Angeles said they sold or did not buy a home because of concerns over any changes to immigration. In Baltimore, nearly 19 percent of survey respondents expressed concern and about 17 percent in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201cRedfin Survey: 15% of Respondents Sold Their Home or Did Not Buy Last Year Because of Worry Over Immigration Policies,\u201d Redfin (Feb. 6, 2018)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/mcXQEO7fnfk\/immigration-concerns-rattle-some-real-estate-moves\"> Realtors <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heightened concerns over the nation\u2019s immigration policies and proposals caused some U.S. homeowners to sell their &hellip; <a title=\"Immigration Concerns Rattle Some Real Estate Moves\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/immigration-concerns-rattle-some-real-estate-moves\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immigration Concerns Rattle Some Real Estate Moves<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[1403,15239,132,525,12908,543,627,127,1007,41,818,84,200,479,842],"class_list":["post-8071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-buy","tag-chase","tag-commission","tag-donald-trump","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homeowners","tag-homes","tag-owners","tag-property","tag-real","tag-real-estate","tag-real-estate-broker","tag-realtor","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3865,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/will-tax-changes-benefit-homeowners-and-investors\/","url_meta":{"origin":8071,"position":0},"title":"Will Tax Changes Benefit Homeowners and Investors?","author":"Amazing Property","date":"April 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As the White House shifts its focus to tax reform, analysts are examining who will benefit from the proposal announced Wednesday afternoon. 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