In New York City, foreign purchases peaked in 2014 at about 30 percent of all sales, Maria Belen Avellaneda, a real estate agent with Compass in New York, wrote in an email. That number has declined steadily to about 15 percent today. Among her international clients, many of whom are from Latin America, 65 percent buy full-time residences, 15 percent buy second homes and 20 percent buy investment properties.
