 I'm Nicole Murray with Your Money Now. International buyers of U.S. residential real estate are running into the same hurdles as domestic buyers. High prices and tight supply. But they're also up against a strong U.S. dollar, which makes the properties even more expensive for them. As a result, international buyers are pulling out. They've purchased just over 54,000 existing homes from April of last year to March, a 36% drop from the year before, according to the National Association of Realtors.