International Realty

Doing business with RUSSIA

Jan 21st, 2012 | By Gregory Arzumanov | Category: International Realty

The Russian economy is continuing to grow at a fast pace making real estate investment in the USA very appealing, attracting cash buyers to the number one “hot spot” where location, lifestyle and sunshine make The Florida Riviera a very desireable. Stretching from South Beach and the Bay islands up through Bal Harbour to Hollywood [...]



1.8M Brazil visitors expected through 2013

Nov 14th, 2011 | By Gregory Arzumanov | Category: International Realty

SAO PAULO, Brazil Nov. 8, 2011 Brazil has one of the worlds healthy economies, and many residents enjoy visiting and buying a home in Florida. Florida Realtors representatives returned recently from a trade mission to the country part of a larger trade mission led by Florida [...]



Offshore investors snapping up Fla. real estate

Aug 9th, 2011 | By Gregory Arzumanov | Category: International Realty

MIAMI (AP) Aug. 8, 2011 Offshore investors are flocking to Floridas distressed real estate prices as major companies with ties to Hong Kong, Spain, Argentina and Malaysia are snapping up properties sensing the local market has bottomed.
International companies can park their investment and position themselves for the next development [...]



1 in 5 Canadians interested in buying U.S. property

Mar 27th, 2011 | By Gregory Arzumanov | Category: International Realty

MONTREAL March 25, 2011 A new survey from BMO Bank of Montreal and conducted by Leger Marketing finds that one in five Canadians would now consider purchasing property in the United States. Lower home prices and a strong Canadian dollar have sparked their interest in purchasing U.S. property.
Overall housing [...]



Fla. sees increase in international buyers

Oct 21st, 2010 | By Gregory Arzumanov | Category: International Realty

ORLANDO, Fla. Sept. 21, 2010 A number of factors contributed to the decline in home sales nationally and in Florida specifically, but the growing importance of foreign homebuyers has offset some of the damage. Roughly two out of every three Realtors in the state had at least one international [...]



Canadian home construction beats expectations, while prices rise

Nov 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Canada’s housing market showed some resiliency through September and October, as national new home prices unexpectedly rose two months ago while the rate of construction on new homes was higher-than-expected in October, a pair of reports said Monday.
Statistics Canada reported that new-home prices rose in September even as the year-over-year increase fell to its slowest [...]



UK house price falls ease, sales at record low

Nov 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

British house prices fell slightly less sharply in the three months to October than in the three months to September, a survey showed on Tuesday, but home sales hit the lowest in at least 30 years.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its house prices balance rose to -81.8 last month from -84.5 in September, [...]



British bank stops issuing mortgages for UAE flats

Nov 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

In a sign of worsening lending conditions, a British bank announced today it had stopped granting mortgages for UAE apartments and is now requiring a 50 per cent down payment for villas, a spokesman said.
“Due to exceptional global market conditions, Lloyds TSB Middle East has altered some aspects of its mortgage product offering,” the spokesman [...]



Canadian housing market remains strong

Nov 10th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

Canadian housing market has not been seriously affected by the global economic slowdown so far, according to the annual rate of housing starts posted in October which showed a mild decline from the previous month, as the latest report by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows.
Starts of new homes have declined 3.1% from September [...]



Real Estate Agents: Dubai Real Estate Boom Is Ending

Oct 27th, 2008 | By RT Staff | Category: International Realty

A six-year real estate boom in Dubai that spurred a $475 billion building frenzy has ended, according to agents who say sales are collapsing amid fears that the global economic downturn will hit the sheikdom.
“Last month was a real disaster and worse is coming I guess,” Mehdi Zoghbi, an agent at Middle East Real Estate [...]