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Florida real estate boom

By Mark Washburn On January 10, 2006 · · In Real Estate Investing, Southwest Florida

Experts opine on real estate market

The Herald-Tribune SW Florida expert interviews about the current state of the market are must reads for any real estate investor. The general consensus is increased inventories due to investor sell-off, a slowing of price appreciation and challenges in the condo market particularly in Miami.

Included in the piece are opinions from:

Grant I. Thrall, University of Florida geography professor, real estate market analyst;
Hank Fishkind, economist with Fishkind & Associates, Orlando;
Mark Vitner — Wachovia senior economist;
Marvin Rose, president of Rose Residential Reports in Tarpon Springs;
Joseph Kalish, senior macro strategist for Ned Davis Research in Venice;
Jack McCabe, chief executive of McCabe Research and Consulting in Deerfield Beach;
Nicholas Buss, senior vice president, PNC Real Estate Finance

The real estate boom is over [Herald-Tribune]