Coastal real estate in and around Punta del Este continues to be a magnet for foreign investors, and the value of Uruguay homes and apartments sold tops US$100 million per month, according to El Observador. In the most recent twelve-month period examined, properties sold in Maldonado exceeded US$1.4 billion, and in the 28-month period from January 2009 to May 2011, …
Punta del Este Real Estate: A Safe Harbor in Times of Crisis
It happened three years ago during the market panic following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and it’s happening again during the latest debt downgrade-inspired sell-offs. International investors fed up with uncertainty and triple-digit days on the Dow are plowing their cash into Punta del Este real estate. Just as in 2009, El Observador’s Leonardo Luzzi says Punta is once again …