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Windy city ‘blowing hot’ for investors

Chicago property prices are attracting more and more international investors looking to capitalise on favourable exchange rates and excellent returns...

With the average value of a property in Chicago costing a third of the price of a similar property in New York, RDM Development, leading luxury developers in Chicago, tips the ‘windy city’ to overtake east Coast cities, such as New York and Boston, in popularity. It reveals that property prices in prime locations will outstrip the national average, as they are estimated to increase by 25% in the next three years.

In addition to healthy capital growth, investors can benefit from excellent rental yields and a growing population of almost 3 million people in the City Limits, almost 10 million in the metropolitan area and over 44 million visitors a year boosts rental demand.

Excellent investment opportunities

Despite the challenging national market conditions in the USA, the business, financial and cultural capital of the Midwest is expected to continue to perform well due to its high level of diversification, and was recently ranked the 4th most important business center in the world by the Mastercard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index. Chicago was ranked 10th on the UBS list of the world’s richest cities, with over $442 billion in gross metropolitan product.

Located between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River along the shores of Lake Michigan, the city which is rich in history and renowned for its innovative and influential architecture is also one of the leading contenders to host the Olympics 2016.

Matt Garrison, Managing Director of Garrison Group, comments:  â€œThere are some excellent investment opportunities for international investors, despite the property market in many areas of the States stagnating. Chicago has one of the strongest and most resilient economies in the US and offers properties at incredible value. This, combined with the extremely favourable exchange rate makes the city a shrewd investment choice and we are seeing a significant growth in interest.

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