Puerto Rico in the Articles Category
Posted in Real Estate , Economics , Puerto Rico on May 26, 2009
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If this is your first visit you can subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Before I wrote about the lack of liquidity and its immediate effects. These include: fewer buyers, difficulty obtaining financing, low property values. This time I wonder whether this situation will be a fad, or [...]
Posted in Real Estate , Puerto Rico on March 1, 2009
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Finally. Three years after the start of the recession called Creole and the portal of the subprime crisis, El Nuevo Dia says: La Casita loses its shine. Although the article does not say, this trend began just after the close of the government, was something immediate. The studies cited collected trends [...]
Posted in Real Estate , Economics , Info-sellers , Puerto Rico on February 25, 2009
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If you sell a property at this time the buyer is like a god who enters your home. We are experiencing what the Global Property Guide calls "the world's most Severe economic crisis Since the Great Depression." As you may know, the housing values have plummeted worldwide, access [...]
Posted in Puerto Rico on October 15, 2008
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With an index score of 4.51, Puerto Rico was at No. 41 in the latest Global Competitiveness Report, World Economic Forum. The United States ranked first with 5.74 and Chad last, the 134, with 2.85. In America, Puerto Rico ranks fourth, preceded by Chile (28/4.72), Canada [...]
Posted in Economy , Puerto Rico on July 8, 2008
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The World Bank published its governance indicators. These measure six dimensions of governance for 213 countries. The indicators are very important for both the dividend of better governance is a major development.
Posted in Economy , Puerto Rico on July 3, 2008
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Puerto Rico's economy is mired in a recession dislocated self-inflicted and any other external process. This situation has been joined all the other problems, credit, housing and inflation affecting the economies of the developed world. The island, with all resources, is ill equipped to deal with this crisis as has been poorly managed for thirty years by political incompetence and lack of creativity.
Posted in Economy , Puerto Rico on June 23, 2008
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Here is a summary of key data from the Census 2006 for Puerto Rico.
* The population of the island is increasing
* The rapidly growing elderly population
* Substantial growth in families with income over $ 100,000.
* Poverty is declining
* Vacant properties have increased
