Location
Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida. With a population of more than 409,719, Miami is the largest city within the Miami metropolitan area which is the seventh-largest metro area in the United States with over 5.4 million residents. The Miami Urbanized Area (as defined by the Census Bureau) was the fifth most populous in the U.S. in the 2000 census with a population of 4,919,036. The United Nations estimated that in 2007, Miami had become the fourth largest urbanized area in the country, behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Miami is ranked as a global city for its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade. The city is home to many company headquarters, banks, and television studios. It is an international center for popular entertainment in television, music, fashion, film, and the performing arts. The city's Port of Miami is known for accommodating the largest volume of cruise ships in the world and is home to many cruise line headquarters. Miami is also home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States.
As of 2008, Miami is undergoing a large building boom with 24 skyscrapers that are expected to rise over 400 feet (122 m) currently under construction in the city. Miami’s skyline ranks third in the U.S., behind New York City and Chicago, and 18th in the world according to the Almanac of Architecture and Design. The city currently has nine of the ten tallest skyscrapers in the state of Florida, with the tallest being the 789-foot (240 m) Four Seasons Hotel & Tower.
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Transportation
The Miami Dade County transport systems is one of the best managed systems in the world, it links Metrobus, Metrorail and Metrover transit systems all into one easy connectable system. The costs are very affordable and even free in certain areas which encourage people to use public transportation. Miami is also close to major interstates linking it to all areas of Florida.
Miami International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world, which ranks 12th in busiest airport for passengers and 3rd busiest airport for international arrivals and departures. The airport is located approximately nine miles northwest of Miami. Each year the airport welcomes more than 20 million passengers from domestic and international destinations. What's more, the airport serves more than 500,000 passengers each week.
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Housing
The Miami housing market includes traditional Florida single family home neighborhoods, high rise communities and golf communities together with larger homes on acreage. As a second home buyer’s destination, Miami has a wide range of housing choices, including beach communities, boating communities and golf course communities. The beach condo is becoming very popular with second home buyers as the location and ocean views make the re sale values secure. There is currently an abundance of condos available in Miami at present at knock down prices.
Where a little further inland are the ever popular golf communities, generally when you buy on a golf community you become a member to the golf club. Living on a golf club community provides plenty of extra green space, nature trails, retention ponds and preserves therefore living on a golf community can provide additional privacy and relaxation benefits.
The local Miami Dade Property Appraiser can give additional information into local taxes and assessed property values.
Many options are available for financing on properties, overseas investors should consider all financing options as many lenders are requiring a higher than normal deposit for foreign national mortgages. A popular mortgage is a multi currency mortgage allowing the buyers to switch between currencies taking an advantage of currency exchange gains. To receive information on a multi currency mortgage Click Here
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Schools
Many people ask me when moving to Florida, how good are the schools? My answer is always the same, how good do you want them to be? Using my search & link facilities in addition to the zip code of the area you are in, we can establish the best school for your children. It’s all about Location, Location Location. Just because you are thinking of buying a nice new home it doesn’t mean the schools are to the standard that you are used to.
Your children’s future is one of the most important considerations to take into account and the distance you are from a good school may make all the difference, Use these page links to research the schooling systems and check out past grades. A good first point of contact is the web site Florida Department of Education as they offer directories of schools and colleges searching by district or name. For Elementary, Middle & High schools information
There is a great selection of from Miami Dade County, Elementary, Middle, and High schools. There are also perfect Higher Education facilities together with Pre Schools and Private Schools to choose from. Here is just a small selection to choose from Coral Gables High School, Miami Dade County Public Schools, George Washington Caver Middle School, Ponce de Leon Middle School and the Sunset Elementary School.
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Attractions
Miami is a 24 hour city and you will always find something going on from nightclubs, casinos, theaters, and bars
There are so many beaches connected to the Miami coastline you will never be short of a place to sunbath they include, Bal Harbour Beach, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Beach, Crandon Park Beach, Haulover Beach Park, Miami Beach – Central, Miami Beach – North, Miami Beach – South Beach, Miami Beach/South Pointe Park and North Shore Open Space Park.
The Miami Beach Marina is in the heart of South Beach and located adjacent to “Government Cut” which is the main exit route for shipping. Miami Beach Marina affords easy accessibility to great fishing, sailing and cruising. There are many other private and public marinas to choose to park your speed boat or yacht. If it is fishing you like you have come to the right place for it with many charters available such as Sea Cross Sportfishing and Captain Jay
Golf
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Miami is a big golfing area and relaxing on one of the many championship golf courses is a full time event for many people who visit or settle down in the area. |
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To name just a few great courses, Doral Resort PGA, Fisher Island, Miami Springs, Crandon Golf Key Biscayne and the famous Miami Beach Golf Club
Many of the golf clubs are also residential communities so you can literally walk out your front door and be right on the green.
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Testimonials
“We were introduced to John McLoughlin by a UK based Estate agent as John was considered as an expert in the area that we were looking for a property. He assisted us finding our dream home and was able to negotiate a very good price for our long term investment. Throughout the process we found his services to be very professional and we will be using him again for our next purchase.”
Bill & Lan Edwards (UK) Purchase in Windermere Florida
“We were referred to John McLoughlin by another UK South Florida based Realtor as we wished to purchase in the Kissimmee area. Johns experience in construction & real estate quickly assisted us identify properties that were not suitable for our needs and he found us a property that matched our criteria perfectly, we would not hesitate to recommend John”
Chris & Debbie D (UK) Purchase in Kissimmee Florida
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