Despite the US government encouraging lenders to finance condo purchases, evidence from Miami suggests that cash is still king.
According to a new report from Condo Vultures, only 83 percent of the more than 700 new condo sales in Greater Downtown Miami in Q-1 of 2010 were from cash buyers.
It seems the local market in South Florida has some way to go but overseas investors, paying cash, appear to be leading a mini boom.