The growth in cross-border transactions is increasingly tied to portfolio and entity-level deals. : Foreign capital is continuing to pour into U.S. real estate. Transactions led by cross-border buyers jumped 27 percent during the first half of the year compared to overall investment sales that rose just 2 percent during that period, according to research firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA). Yet large-scale portfolio and entity-level deals are giving foreign-led transaction volume an added boost, while the sale of individual assets is declining. Cross-border investment is still at significantly higher levels as compared to the previous cycle.