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Foreign investment in U.S. residential real estate reached a new high from March 2016 to April 2017, according to a annual survey released by the National Association of REALTORS® earlier this week.

Foreign buyers amassed $153 billion in residential property compared to the same period a year before, according to the NAR 2017 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate. Transactions grew in each of the top five countries where buyers live (China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico and India) and almost half of all foreign sales were in Florida, California and Texas. Rounding out the top five states were New Jersey and Arizona, while Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia and New York were top destinations. Members can login in see the report or the press release.