Sarasota County Foreign Homebuyers

2007

Number of Properties

2007

Total Just Value

2009

Number of Properties

2009

Total Just Value

Country

 Canada         153      $89,091,900     440        $226,320,700

 United Kingdom        86       $41,525,400      47             $18,341,941

 France             29        $5,553,800       29             $1,476,200

 Cyprus             25         $1,474,043         0                           0

 Germany           8        $2,085,000      16            $2,900,000

 Ireland             7        $8,786,600         1              $485,000

 Scotland          5        $3,050,000          4           $1,555,000

 The Netherlands        1            $104,000      14             $6,016,000

 Norway             4         $4,721,700         4               $342,900

 Czech Republic            0                       0        7               $753,500

 Sweden              3        $3,021,700         2               $475,000

 Switzerland                 0                       0     18             $1,132,600

 Belgium              2        $3,283,300         2               $715,000

 Australia     0                            0        3              $549,300

 Hungary       2                 $741,000         3              $335,900

 Poland          0                            0        5              $555,500

 Total 324       $163,438,443     581       $261,954,541

Source: Sarasota County Property Appraiser. Figures include sales in periods Jan.-Oct. 2007 and Jan.-Oct. 2009 to all property owners with a foreign address.

 

MANATEE County

Foreign Homebuyers

2007

Number of Properties

2007

Total Just Value

2009

Number of Properties

2009

Total Just Value

Country

 Canada         256        $51,151,792    213      $36,375,904

 United Kingdom         102        $27,607,804     56         $12,817,689

 Germany        14          $2,748,570      15        $3,384,931

 Czech Republic        14          $2,995,357      16          $2,727,081

 France             8          $2,125,476         6           $788,724

 Ireland            5          $1,329,531         0                       0

 Sweden            3             $864,287         3           $596,931

 Switzerland               1             $340,715         4       $1,528,272

 Venezuela       4          $1,028,194         1            $80,925

 Belgium            3            $869, 244         3           $479,368

 Spain    4             $487,558         0                       0

 Monaco            2             $597,826         1             $35,583

 Austria            2            $473, 047         1          $261,844

 

United Arab     2           $292,837         1           $111,050

 Emirates

 Total 420          $92,912,238    320      $59,188,302

Source: Manatee County Property Appraiser. Figures include sales in the periods Aug. 2007-Sept. 2008 and Aug. 2008-Sept. 2009 to all property owners with a foreign address.