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Canadian Snowbirds are Selling

The attractiveness for Canadians to own homes in the United States has been declining for a number of reasons: a weakening Canadian dollar and steeper insurance, for example. The recent political turmoil has been the final straw, pushing many Canadians to

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Aziz Sunderji
May 15, 2025
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Canadians who winter in the United States (“Snowbirds”) are increasingly looking to sell their seasonal properties south of the Border.

This has been widely reported((most recently, in the Wall Street Journal)) and rightly so: Canadians are the largest cohort of foreign property owners.

US Real Estate Buyers by Nationality
Foreign buyers of US real estate

Since their interest is concentra…

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