Florida Property Investment For Sale

“The Sunshine State is shining for investors once again”

When the American property market crashed it did so more spectacularly in Florida than anywhere else and now as the market is in recovery once again all eyes are on the retirement capital of the USA. 

Florida offers a host of great investment hot spots from the centre of theme park entertainment in Orlando to the Altlantic coast with its famous Daytona and Palm beaches, Miami and the beautiful Florida Keys.

Orlando – set away from the coast in central Florida, Orlando attracts millions of visitors thanks to the huge theme park complexes of Disney World, Sea World and Universal Studios and is considered to be one of the most visited destinations in the world.  As such it has a very healthy holiday rental market.

Miami – a thriving cosmopolitan city, with prices to match, has a reputation as a party city with a young 25-35 year old demographic.

Daytona and Palm Beaches - attract many retired couples and a little further north up the east coast St Augustine, the USA’s oldest city (founded in 1565), offers a quieter and more refined version of Orlando.

The Florida Keys – a string of small interlinked islands which stretch from the southern tip of the state to the Gulf of Mexico offer some of the most expensive and desirable properties with prices on average 25% higher than the rest of the state.

The Gulf Coast – has a slightly wetter climate, especially during the peak months of July and August so attracts fewer family tourists but is very popular with retirees with two thirds of the US’s wealthiest citizens spending their winter in Naples – the most popular town on this coast.

Geography

Florida is known as "The Sunshine" state of the USA and is situated on a peninsular between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida.  WIth an extensive coastline (the longest in the contiguous United States), Florida is the nearest US state to the Caribbean and benefits from a true tropical climate but like the islands in the Caribbean is regularly hig by hurricanes.

Government

Florida is a state of the United States of America.  The US as a constitution-based federal republic with a strong deomcratic tradition. The presidents can only be elected for a maximum of tow four-year terms.

Language

The vast majority of those living in Florida speak English but it also has a large Hispanic community and a large number of Native American and African American speaking groups.

Florida has the fourth largest economy in the United States and is the fourth largest exporter of trade goods in the USA.

It is tourism however that makes up teh largest sector of the state economy, thanks to its warm weather and extensive beaches. Florida attracts around 60 million visitors a year who come for the excellent weather and the Orlando theme parks.

The state of Florida's second largest industry is agriculture and fishing which centres on citrus fruit, especially oranges although sugarcane, starwberries, tomoatoes and celery are also big crops.

The third largest state industry is Phosphate mining which produces 75% of US farmers requirements and 25% of the world supply.

Key industries:

Tourism, industry, construstion, international banking, biomedical and life sciences, healthcare research, simulation training, aerospace and defense, commercial space travel, agriculture and mining.

Orlando 

Set away from the coast in central Florida, Orlando attracts millions of visitors thanks to the huge theme park complexes of Disney World, Sea World and Universal Studios and is considered to be one of the most visited destinations in the world.  As such it has a very healthy holiday rental market.

Miami

Miami is a thriving cosmopolitan city, with prices to match, has a reputation as a party city with a young 25-35 year old demographic.

Daytona and Palm Beaches

Daytona and Palm beach attract many retired couples and a little further north up the east coast St Augustine, the USA’s oldest city (founded in 1565), offers a quieter and more refined version of Orlando.

The Florida Keys

A string of small interlinked islands, The Florida Keys, which stretch from the southern tip of the state to the Gulf of Mexico offer some of the most expensive and desirable properties with prices on average 25% higher than the rest of the state.

The Gulf Coast 

The Gulf Coast has a slightly wetter climate, especially during the peak months of July and August so attracts fewer family tourists but is very popular with retirees with two thirds of the US’s wealthiest citizens spending their winter in Naples – the most popular town on this coast.