High Estates

If you consider buying a real estate for sale in Scottsdale, you should be aware that these properties are exceptionally high in value. Because of that, there is a different process involved, and the timeframe to acquire the property is also longer than the average.

In 2001, successful investors were smart enough to take advantage of economic trends. Since Scottsdale luxury homes realtors know that the luxury homes are a considerable investment, they have to protect the wealth of these investors. So they make sure that the luxury homes will undergo a very thorough repeated inspection which is far and beyond what is normally done for a regular home buyer.

In 2006, Scottsdale made it to America’s top ten residential markets with total luxury home sales totaling close to $600 million. It carries some of the most desirable neighborhoods in the Phoenix area, bordering natural deserts and within walking distance from golf green areas.

Communities such as DC Ranch – Silverleaf, Desert Mountain, Desert Highlands, Legend Trail, Terravita, and Grayhawk have all been planned very carefully for utmost livability. Value of houses can fetch as much as $10 million or more. Some gated communities even offer amenities such as tennis courts, full health club facilities, community swimming pools, biking, and hiking trails.

Located within an arms reach of shopping and nightlife, Scottsdale Real Estate is also known as the “Beverly Hills of the Desert.” It has earned its identity as a glamorous city because it has fabulous boutiques, shopping centers and stores. Not to mention flourishing restaurants, night clubs and bar scenes.

With prices starting at $1 million, this luxury real estate may not be for everyone. But if you can afford it anyway, and you want to seek a private retreat in a quality neighborhood, with a spectacular view of the city lights, Arizona desert, premier golf courses, and the surrounding mountain peaks, then this real estate property might be for you.

Palm Beach is considered as one of the most affluent and popular county in the southern state of America, specifically in Florida. Its natural beauty is unparalleled with rows of palm trees, which is where it got its name.

Education is always a priority in this county, where the fourth largest school in Florida (which is also the 11^th largest in the whole America) is located, as well as three of the top 50 schools in America. People want to live here, because out of 250,000 homes, only about 16,000 homes are now available for sale. Great infrastructure facilities have also made Palm Beach a very desirable place to reside permanently.

Real estate in South Florida is definitely thriving. There is high growth in employment opportunities and the place is famous for flourishing its external businesses as well.

A wide variety of real estate choices are here to include condominiums, residential homes and even land. There are more than 115,000 properties available today. The area also presents a lot of foreclosures which is a great opportunity for investors. In a recent study of foreclosure rates, Palm Beach Country was ranked 13^th, Miami-Dade County was ranked 4^th, and Broward County was ranked 2^nd in the whole United States. Definitely, now is the right time to invest in South Florida.

As early as the first quarter of 2008, Northeast Philadelphia has shown  early signs of a good year. Trepid market and low interest rates encourage more buyers to purchase a new home. In fact, the sellers are already looking forward to a good spring market.

For buyers with a good credit, borrowing money has never been so cheap in years. Even borrowers who have limited down payment money or those without a perfect credit limit are realizing their dreams of owning a home. Buyers can choose from condos, row houses, twins and singles with prices ranging from $100,000 to $500,000.

There is a mortgage crisis in New York, not only in low cost houses, but also in homes that are valued $500,000 or more.

Real estate agents say that lending activities in the area has fallen dramatically even during this peak season, when buyers and sellers should be busy. Mortgage bankers say that the change is due to tighter financing. Since the borrowers are starting to find it hard to get lenders who will fund big amounts of financing, they do not bother to buy at all. And even when they do, they usually end up in banks charging as much as 9% in interest.

MANHATTAN HOUSING – I expect a slower than normal wall street bonus season in the months of JAN – APRIL, in terms of buyer demand. As for bonuses, yes I think they will be given out (with some departments seeing drastic cuts in bonuses) but its HOW THEY ARE SPENT that I’m a bit concerned about. I expect inventory to build as we near summertime, as a result of a slower than normal bonus season, and wall street to deteriorate as we get more clues about whether we are in a recession or not. As wall street falls, so will confidence and demand on the buy side for Manhattan real estate products. At the same time, we will see more types of sellers contribute to inventory builds toward the end of 2008; speculators, foreign buyers flipping, second home’s selling, and struggling buyers who bought a bit more than they can chew or whose job security has changed to the negative. I expect job losses to grow during the first two quarters of the year as a result of the credit crisis and hit to the financial sector, leading to what I described above.

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NATIONAL HOUSING – More ugliness as affordability on the buy side is still a problem. Mortgage resets will continue to make struggling homeowners payments even more unaffordable. I do not think the gov’t sponsored rate freeze plan will be as effective as some think. Inventory will continue to be a drag on national housing and buyer demand will continue to be pressured. Prices will continue to drop in most of the struggling markets like Miami, Las Vegas, & Phoenix with some markets seeing 10-15% drops. I am fairly negative on national housing for 2008, however, if I were in the market for the longer term I would start to get VERY interested in bidding for distressed properties that have realized a 20-30% correction in price since 2006. All in all, I think its going to get uglier before it gets better and I expect foreclosures & delinquencies to rise in 2008 causing more pain for wall street financials. I also expect commercial to follow residential and get hit in 2008.Towards the end of 2008 I expect the rate of declines for major datasets to slow, showing a glimmer of hope for 2009.

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