Interest from investment funds in Florida real estate has grown considerably in recent months, indicating the market there has healthy returns to offer, if not now at least in the future. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company One of the USA’s largest private equity firms, the Blackstone Group, said in September it intends to [...]
Recent research conducted by trulia.com, a leading US property website, demonstrated that home ownership in the USA is 45 per cent cheaper than renting in all areas in the USA. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company The insightful study looked at the homes that were up for sale and for rent on the website [...]
The exchange rate for Brits buying in the USA is the best it’s been for four months, making now an ideal time to consider a purchase in Florida and even secure a favourable £/$ rate with a currency exchange specialist. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company The Federal Reserve’s long-awaited decision to introduce [...]
British buyers make up one of the top three nations of foreign property-buyers in the USA, along with Canadians and Brazilians. And of the ten most popular areas for foreign buyers anywhere in the USA, six are in Florida. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Leading real estate resource website, Inman News, made these [...]
Being young, free and single used to be very desirable, but when you add the word, “unemployed” it no longer seems attractive. A study carried out by MoneyRates.com recently examined nine economic and lifestyle factors in order to discover the most youth-friendly states in the USA. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company The factors [...]
A desirable lakeside home in a Florida hot spot is on the market for $40K less than comparable properties in the same community, proof that while prices in the Sunshine State might be showing signs of creeping up, there are still bargains out there for those that look hard enough. Article written by The Overseas [...]
One expected benefit when buying property and/or emigrating to an English-speaking country is the lack of language barrier. But is that strictly so? Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Many Britons who move to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the USA come across little idiosyncrasies and slang words that are unique to a country [...]
Nearly a quarter of all home sales in the USA in the second quarter of this year involved a property in some stage of foreclosure, according to research from a leading real estate firm. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company RealtyTrac, which monitors properties in foreclosure, said 23 per cent of homes sold in [...]
The American way of doing things is rarely the same as the UK’s and the way property is bought and sold is no exception. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company There are some fundamental differences between the role of the person who sells you a property in the USA, known as a "realtor", to [...]
Despite having a reputation as the wettest city in the USA, the Seattle suburb of Hunts Point has been ranked number one choice in the 2012 Bloomberg Rankings List of preferred retirement spots. According to leading economist, Stan Humphries, the biggest draw is the availability of waterfront properties. Although only boasting a tiny population of [...]