Posted on 03/28/2022 2:24:03 PM PDT by Jacquerie
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Many Floridians have scoffed in disbelief at all the homebuying competition posed by out-of-state newcomers, and a new study shows just how eager they are to remove the welcome mat.
Over 73% of Floridians polled believe that too many people have moved in from out of state, according to a survey from Mphasis Digital Risk, a tech company for residential real estate lending.
“You are starting to see people getting really priced out of the market, or migration happening within the state itself to more affordable areas,” said Kim Lanham, senior vice president of Florida-based Digital Risk. “It’s this perfect storm, if you will, of a housing crisis.”
Over 1,000 Florida homeowners were surveyed between Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 on their opinions on out-of-state buyers moving to the area, whether they would consider moving to another state or different part of Florida and if they had been asked to sell their home.
The influx of out-of-state buyers hasn’t changed how the vast majority of polled Florida homeowners feel about their state. Forty percent said it did change how they feel, with 60% saying it did not.
The frustrations of many Floridians who have often been priced out of the real estate market over the past two years were laid out in the survey, with many saying they were thinking about leaving the state entirely or moving to a different area in the state where prices might be more affordable.
The housing market has put so much pressure on Floridians that many of them are contemplating leaving the state entirely. When asked if they were considering moving to a different state, 51% of homeowners said they were thinking about it.
And 67% of respondents said they were thinking about moving to a different part of the state.
Florida is not for the timid.
You forgot the Palmetto Bugs.
It will get worse.
When TSHTF and it takes a lot of money or hard labor to stay warm in the winter, the entitlement army is gonna head south.
Don’t New York My Florida!
I just wish they would stay down there. Every April/May the snowbirds flock back north. Driving at 20 MPH. With their blinker on.
Oregon got Californicated.
I’m a yankee from Pennsylvania. I’ve lived through 1 hurricane in my life(Sandy), and that was enough for me. Floridians can keep Florida. If I did move to a different state, I might consider Kentucky, or West Virginia.
Spread your tiny wings and fly away!
“Oregon got Californicated.”
As did Arizona.
I moved down here last November, and I’m telling you, the carpenter bees alone make homes look like swiss cheese all over the place. Gotta add panthers, gators, #FloridaMan, swirly weather thingies that can destroy entire cities like the monsters in Pacific Rim, termites turning entire buildings into sawdust, pythons people drop at the side of the road, and, of course, killer flamingos.
The beer is good, however.
“The weather is crazy hot and humid. There are snakes, mosquitos and alligators all over the place.”
And their college football teams suck.
I moved down to Florida to ESCAPE all the blue crap. I’m not bringing that with me.
“Oregon got Californicated.”
So did Washington, and Colorado. Now they are working on Idaho and Montana. Where are the Duttons when you need them?
I was living in Jacksonville Fl for 6 months - everybody lives inside when it’s hot, like we do when it;s cold up north.
Idaho is getting Seattlized, as well as Kalifornicated. Friend who retired there is ready to sell up while homes are so overpriced and head back East.
But you pay for air conditioning down there....it’s a trade off.
No wonder they are the epicenter of plagues.
But didn’t most of those fed up Floridians migrate there themselves?
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