Florida Real Estate Properties used to be the most sought properties in the United Stated. Wonderful climate, the second longest coastline in the United States and numerous tourist attractions made Florida one of the major destinations of holiday trips as well as a favorite place for spending one’s retirement. These factors resulted in a steep increase of the real estate sales rate, as more and more people decided to buy properties in the Sun State – either as summer house or places to spend the coming retirement years.

During the last few years, Florida’s popularity drove the real estate properties’ prices to unprecedented heights. This was backed up also by the constantly growing population. Despite the fact that Florida is one of the “balanced” states with the net immigration only a few per cent points higher than emigration, the state’s population is growing very quickly – from roughly 13 million in 1990 to 16 million in 2000 and about 18 million in 2006.

Florida Real Estate Properties: Prices and Trends

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