Using the Web and social media to sell real estate

The United State real estate market offers right now the best appreciation and stability potential world wide. This is the shared opinion of many international investors who join together into an association that takes care of representing their trade, information and political needs inside of the US. Its name is Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate and brings together 180 other organizations in 21 separate countries.

AFIRE (afire.org) has its headquarters in Washington DC, very close to the source of all political and legislative decision in the United States and has the first and foremost purpose of deliver timely and precise information on any new law or tax regulation that could affect international investors so that they stay abreast of the change and can be competitive with domestic investors.

The United States offer the most stable and secure real estate market for international investors.

Every year, AFIRE conducts a survey among its members to establish which international real estate market offers the most stability and security and which has the highest appreciation potential. The latest survey published at the beginning of 2010 shows that the United States still offer the most stable and secure investment environment.

The closest competitive nation is Germany that ranks about half and then we have Canada, France, Australia and the UK.

The Unites States real estate market offer the highest appreciation potential world wide according to AFIRE members..

The United States also offer the best appreciation potential even when compared to growing economies like China and Brasil or to established economies like the UK, Germany and Canada.

The perception of potential appreciation in the US has been increasing steadily in the last four years.

Considering the historically low prices of real estate, the United States have been increasing their perceived appreciation potential constantly in the last four years and today most of properties can be bought well below their replacement value, which means they are undervalued due to the presence of a high number of foreclosures, but have the potential of going back to their correct values once banks will have depleted their reserves of repossessed properties.

Who comes today to the United States can find investment properties that produce a net income that can be more than double of what could be obtained in Europe for a comparable investment or can find a quality vacation home well below market value and in very nice locations.

Roberto Mazzoni