USA
Detroit turns to motoring its property market
Detroit, once the centre of America's automobile industry, is now probably better known by investors as the 'property investors dream'. Hit heavily by the US economic downturn and property foreclosures, Detroit has a large supply of under market value property.
Green buildings attracting higher rents in US
Buildings in the US with a high Energy Star rating are attracting rental premiums of three percent per square foot compared with non-green buildings of the same size, location and function, according to new research commissioned by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).
Kickstart to the US property market
Obama’s announcement this week of US$275 billion in funds to help mortgage holders has been widely proclaimed as a much-needed boost to the US housing market.
American property becomes more appealing
The US Federal Reserve announced last week that it would cut the federal funds rate from 1% to between 0 and 0.25%, a move that should lower the cost of mortgages and make a US property investment even more appealing.
American property offering fantastic opportunities
Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, told a press conference that the number of international buyers operating in the sector "may be doubling over the next ten years".
Yours for £25 - A $1.25m perfect Florida holiday home
A British ex-pat couple are launching the UK’s first online overseas holiday home competition to sell their $1.25m luxury Florida property.
There’s no place like home: The US Gulf Coast 3 years on
The 29th of August 2008 is an incredibly significant date on the calendar of all those living along the Gulf Coast of America, it marks the 3rd anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina came ashore and devastated the lives of tens of thousands of Americans.
US property boosted by reasons for economic competitiveness
The U.S. sub-prime housing market crash is rolling into its third year seemingly unabated, and several prominent economists have gone on record to say that the U.S. economy is already in recession.
Starting a new life in Florida has proved successful
Jonathan Marriott grew up in London where he lived with his wife and two children and ran a graphic design business.
The year the American property market bounces back
The Weis Group, a Wall Street Fund, and specialists in buying distressed real estate, raised further recently growing hopes that 2008 could be the year that American property prices bottom out and begin recovering.
Why investing in the GO Zone makes fiscal sense
According to leading real estate investors in America, now that the United States is entering the lowest point in its property market cycle and people are getting more and more serious about selling off their real estate stock no matter how low they have to go, there are more opportunities than ever for those who can buy in and who want to profit over the long-term.
Rebuilding lives, regenerating communities, reducing environmental impact
Following the devastating hurricanes in America in 2005, the entire Gulf Coast of the United States was forced to count not only the cost in financial terms of the high winds and high tidal swells caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but more significantly, America as a whole was left counting the very real cost in human and humanitarian terms.
New York, New York
Erna Low Property has recently launched two brand new developments in the heart of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Recently completed and ready for immediate occupancy, the two prestigious developments by an established New York developer, boast superb facilities and contemporary design offering residents comfortable and convenient living in the Big Apple.
British investors flock to Florida
It seems that the experts were right, whilst American nationals are struggling to come to terms with a very depressed housing market, European property investors, in particular the Brits, are starting to make hay while the sun shines.
Las Vegas – not just a realm for money mavericks
Future Properties, the investment focused sister agency of leading agent PURE International, has launched one of the most unique lifestyle and investment opportunities available in the US.