Property for sale in United States

1/ Capital: Washington, D.C.

Is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington used to be a separate municipality within the District of Columbia until an Act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the District into a single entity

2/ Country: United States

Is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

3/ Property for sale in United States

The USA has hundreds of iconic landmarks and locations, many of which are recognized across the globe. The neon buzz and yellow cabs of New York make up part of perhaps the world's most exciting city. The Hollywood sign sits high on the hills behind Los Angeles, looking down on a city that produces movies watched my millions. Away from the urban areas, the landscape continues to dazzle. The awe-inspiring Grand Canyon is one of the natural wonders of the world, the volcanoes of Hawaii breathtaking, and the mountains of Yosemite National Park incredibly picturesque.

The endless different landscapes and environments in the USA mean that there is a huge range of property for sale. Whether you're looking for a villa on the Florida coast, an apartment in New York City, or a house on a Hawaiian island, there's plenty to choose from.

The decade-long housing boom in the US is finally over. House prices fell by as much as 9% y-o-y in 2007. Based on figures for the first quarter of 2008, the end to the housing market crash is nowhere in sight.

The S&P/Case-Shiller® composite index for ten major cities (SPCS-10) registered 13.6% drop (-16.9% in real terms) in property value in February 2008 from a year earlier.

There were really big declines in some areas, such as Miami (-21.7%), Phoenix (-20.8%), Los Angeles (-19.4%), San Diego (-19.2%), Tampa (-17.5%) and San Francisco (-17%).