Not sure if this is the right forum category for this question...I am in US (North Carolina) and trying to help a friend who is a Canadian citizen to invest in foreclosures in North Carolina.

We have a program and it's through HDI Global Specialty which is the 3rd largest reinsurer in the world and rated "A" by A.M.

Some say I am better off with buying properties under my name directly, some say LP with Canadian corporation which I own, some say LP partnering directly with me.

They need a team on the ground and tend to pay more than they should means greater profit for you.Chinese #1, Canadian #2.Good luckPaul

Global hedge funds are chasing numbers far less than that. 

I am a Canadian investor looking to expand into US markets.

I'm a Canadian citizen living & working in the US on work visa right now.  

I am NOT a US citizen but have excellent Canadian Credit and can get GC if it helps.

I think the globalization has tied together economies so much that any impact anywhere affects all of the countries.

The global financial crisis has hit the native property market quite differently than the holiday home market which dominates the costal regions.If you want proper analysis you need to look at local publications, English language versions will be very Costa-sentric and will provide a pretty narrow view, 50% of the property in Spain is bought and sold by Spaniards but foreigners of various nationalities all profess to be experts in the country as a whole.