There is without doubt a home for everyone in Miami, from cutting edge condominium towers to modest detached houses and fairytale multi million dollar palaces. And once you’ve tasted Miami, its magnetic attraction may just end up making you stay. Tasteful pockets of construction are a telltale sign that the demand for full time and part time residences is on the up. In fact the Miami Downtown Development Authority reports that there are currently 83 projects either planned, under construction or recently completed in a four mile square area.

The luxury condominium towers offer fantastic bay, city and ocean views as well as a resort style service including maids, security and so on. Prices vary according to location, amenities and degree of luxury but expect to pay between 300.000 and several million US dollars. The smaller mid rises and condominium conversions are pitched at slightly lower prices. The 20 mile stretch of coastline from Sunny Isles and Aventura down to South Beach has the greatest concentration of these opulent condominiums.

Apart-hotels, known as Hotel Residences in the America, put luxury condominiums and name-brand hotels under one roof. A purchase in one of these will give you all the pampering of a hotel when you come on vacation as well as the opportunity to earn an income via rental when you are out of town.

Single family homes are also springing up in quiet, peaceful communities with wide tree lined streets close to shopping centres and schools.