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Foreign investment in residential real estate drops in Florida

Foreign investment in residential real estate drops in Florida

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2018 Profile of

International Residential

Real Estate Activity in

Florida

Foreign buyers spent $22.9 billion between August 2017 and July 2018, down 5 percent from the previous year. They made up 19 percent of the market, compared to 21 percent a year earlier, and purchased 15 percent fewer homes, down to 52,000 properties. See the full 2018 Profile of International Residential Real Estate Activity in Florida and read more from The Real Deal and Miami Agent Magazine.

Hurricane Michael will transform real estate market

Hurricane Michael simultaneously devastated the local real estate market and set the stage for the most robust real estate market Bay County has seen in years. The canopy of trees that set the area apart mixed with the 155-mph winds Michael wrought has created a housing crisis in the community. [Source: Northwest Florida Daily News]

Chinese investors seeking EB-5 visas want a receiver for Royal Palm Beach office project

Chinese investors who invested $7.3 million through the EB-5 visa program in an office development in Royal Palm Beach want a court-appointed receiver to complete the development. The 13 investors claim the Royal Palm Beach project was a fraudulent scheme to raise capital through the EB-5 program. [Source: The Real Deal]

In vacation real estate, soccer is the new golf

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After investing big in Miami real estate, these Argentines held in corruption scandal

After arresting four people — including the owner of a Miami-area realty firm — authorities in Argentina appear to have unraveled the mystery of a $65 million property empire that included luxury condos in South Florida and New York City, as they pursue a major corruption case against ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. [Source: ]

STAT OF THE WEEK
113,191
In a major commercial real estate deal, VAS Aero Services renewed the lease on it 113,191-square-foot warehouse and headquarters in Boca Raton for 10 years, Cushman & Wakefield said. [Source: Palm Beach Post]

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