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- Visit www.InvestRealEstate101.com for more details - Around 1.6 million Britons travel to Florida each year and well over 50,000 British have already bought homes in the sunshine state, the majority of these Florida investment properties and second homes have been bought in and around Orlando. This year representatives from a number of Florida realtors have travelled to British and European investment property shows to highlight the further delights of the state away from the well known Orlando area. As a result of this state-wide profile raising exercise, overseas real estate investors have been excited to learn of the affordability of highly desirable properties in the likes of the Florida Keys, The Gulf Coast, The Atlantic Coast and the Panhandle, and of the rental yields achievable. In 2005 average gains in property prices in Orlando exceeded 36% but it was Cape Coral and Fort Meyers for example where the gains in excess of 45% were enjoyed - this just further proves that there is a lot of room in the state-wide market in Florida investment property price gains. Even the highly desirable and pricey Florida Keys have enjoyed double digit property price gains in 2005 and the Keys are now home to in excess of 7,500 British investment property owners. The uniquely eccentric, affable, relaxed Caribbean flavour of the Keys is attracting US and overseas buyers in record numbers nowadays, with Key West attracting the majority of British buyers. Holiday rental yields in the Keys are also very attractive with a summer rate of around GBP 150 a day chargeable for a four bedroom, two bathroom pool property - and now that the entire cluster of 800 islands have been made more accessible with better air and road links, visitor numbers are creeping up annually as well which further pushes up rental fees chargeable and underlying property price costs. Florida’s Gulf coast has enjoyed gains in the region of 24% so far in 2005 with the highest prices being asked in Tampa, St. Pete’s and Clearwater. Visitors to this region are drawn to the warm Florida waters, the incredible everglades and the sophisticated, laid back feel of the entire Gulf Coast region. Many British have been buying Florida investment properties in Clearwater, the seaside resort west of Tampa - yet property prices remain affordable with an immaculately presented, well located four bedroom detached home selling for in the region of GBP 180,000. The Atlantic Coast has seen higher than average US gains as well with prices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach up in excess of 31%, but it is along Florida’s Panhandle that experts predict the next big real estate price escalation will occur. This region remains relatively undiscovered particularly by the property hungry British market and yet brand new air links are opening up the entire beautiful region for overseas visitors and investors alike. Already home to a number of US second homers and winter escapees, the Panhandle enjoyed modest average property prices gains of just 9% in 2004 - but as a result of the growing investor interest and accessibility of this entire area, prices for the first half of 2005 have jumped by 23.3% and those in search of Florida investment properties offering fantastic rental yield potential and the highest possible price gains over the short term are now flocking to Pensacola, Destin and the Emerald Coast
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