by Wolf Richter
Wolf Street
Soaring rents have hit the wall of reality.
This is how it is happening in Miami: A heroic building boom in Greater Downtown has created a phenomenal condo glut just when federal regulators decided earlier this year to track down money laundering in the real estate sector. It coincided with Brazil and Venezuela – Miami’s largest feeder markets – falling into political turmoil and economic chaos respectively. The “strong” dollar doesn’t help. And buyers from abroad have become scarce.
No one was prepared for this. The slowdown started a year ago when the resale inventory began to balloon.