Unless they bought it from a foreign investor. There is something to be said for not having another country control property that one's citizens need to live.

Unless they bought it from a foreign investor. There is something to be said for not having another country control property that one's citizens need to live. What if another country started buying up farmland, for example? Beyond that they have no interest beyond financial to, say, keep things nice or affordable or to encourage sustainable growth or any of the other bonuses communities get when they have locals own property.