Conviene comprare una casa in Florida con l'euro a 1.43 - gz
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By: GZ on Domenica 30 Settembre 2007 02:06
Conviene comprare una casa in Florida con l'euro a 1.43
il WSJ ha come storia più letta di oggi "la Florida è finita ?" citando l'esodo di americani che vanno via perchè costa troppo mentre solo gli stranieri arrivano
Ma sai quanto costa in media una casa in Florida, non un appartamento, non una villetta a schiera, ma una vera casa con giardino unifamigliare ? $231,900 = 150.000 euro circa !
Con 150mila euro a Modena non compri nemmeno un appartamento in periferia di 80 metri e sei nella nebbia al freddo non in una zona bella calda, piena di verde dove la gente va svernare e con il mare vicino come la Florida. E' incredibile, o l'euro è incredibilmente sopravvalutato o il mercato immobiliare europeo o entrambe le cose, ma la cosa che colpisce è che l'america abbia questi problemi con i mutui immobiliari quando le case da loro costano la metà che da noi
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Is Florida Over?
By CONOR DOUGHERTY
September 29, 2007
Tampa, Fla.
"Own Your Own Home in Florida for $350 down. Total Price $4,950 includes house and lot. It's Pompano Beach Highlands on the famed Florida east coast!"
--Advertisement in Life magazine, 1955
"It's just not the place I originally moved to. You've got overcrowded roads. The utilities are higher now. Taxes are unreasonable. Everything in Florida is more expensive."
--John Cypherd, retiree, who left Florida last month for North Carolina
For almost a century, Florida has been a magnet for mobile Americans. The state's plentiful sunshine and open space has attracted "snowbirds" fleeing winter, retirees living out the last chapter of their lives and down-on-their-luck workers in search of jobs. A steady flow of newcomers has kept the state's population growing faster than the nation's, often much faster, since the 1920s.
But for Americans on the move, Florida has become a less-appealing destination. Moving company Atlas Van Lines brought 6,700 families into Florida last year and took 8,000 out, the first time it has moved more out than in. The number of people from other states who switch to a Florida driver's license is down more than 8% from last year. And the state's crowded schools actually lost students last year, prompting many counties to cut back on their construction schedule and, in some cases, look to close schools. While foreigners continue to arrive at a rate of about 100,000 year, migration from inside the country is slowing.
Florida's pull has been weakened mostly by rising costs. Though real-estate prices are now falling, the median price for an existing single family home, at $231,900 remains 64% more than five years ago. That kind of price appreciation has increased property taxes, especially for newcomers and for snowbirds, whose primary residence is out of state. Florida is also recovering from a spate of hurricanes that have pushed up already high property-insurance rates. A two-tier tax system hits newcomers and part-time residents harder than long time homeowners