Investment and Vacation Real Estate - Orlando, Florida & North Carolina

Florida & North Carolina still rank as most desirable places to live

Florida continues to be one of the most desirable places to live in the U.S. Second only to California in 2007, Florida has remained one the top 3 states since this Harris Poll began. Orlando and Miami were named among the top cities where people would choose to live. Harris Interactive, September 2007) 

Florida's state park system  is one of the largest in the country with 161 parks spanning more than 700,000 acres and 100 miles of beaches.

Easy access to the beach seems to be a key factor in deciding which state people would choose to live. According to a new Harris Poll, California remains number 1 this year, followed by Florida, which moved up from number three and Hawaii, which has dropped from number two. Florida has been in the top three ever since this question was first asked in 1997. When it comes to which city people would live in, New York City comes in as number one for the ninth time (out of the last 10 opportunities), San Diego, CA moves up one spot to second and Seattle, WA also moves up one place to be the third most popular city.

These are some of the results of The Harris Poll^®, a nationwide survey of 2,694 adults conducted online between August 7 and 13, 2007 by Harris Interactive^®.

The next most popular states in which people would like to live are: North Carolina (#4, remaining the same as last year); Colorado (#5, moving up from #7); Texas (#6, dropping from #5); New York (#7, moving up from #8); Arizona (#8, moving up from #9); and Oregon (#9, moving up from #10). Three states are tied for the tenth spot on this list: Washington (was #6 last year); Tennessee (was #11 last year) and Virginia (was #12 last year).

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Florida Ranks # 1

Orlando -  Strongest  Residential  Real  Estate Market  in  Florida 

The 2008 Fund Real Estate Forecast, commissioned by Florida-based Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund's Consumer Education Campaign, was created by economist Hank Fishkind, Ph.D. of Fishkind & Associates, Inc., using The Fund's extensive online system of deed data for more than 30 Florida counties. The report provides a snapshot of the national economic outlook and 33 county-specific forecasts for 2008 through 2010, as well as a section detailing how actual 2007 data compared to projections that were made in last year's Fund 2007 Real Estate Forecast report.

   "Florida is one of the leading states for job creation and outperformed the rest of the country despite the housing market meltdown," stated Fishkind. "The state's population growth also slowed, but is still nearly greater than all of the other Southeastern states put together. Florida has a very large and powerful economy that has gone through a cyclical downshift, but it is still outperforming compared to the rest of the nation."

   The Fund's 2008 Real Estate Forecast shows that Orlando continues to be the strongest residential real estate market in the state because of its large share of fast-growing industries, such as tourism, healthcare, education and defense manufacturing.

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