Show Me The Money: all cash buying percentages across South Florida real estate
Show Me The Money: A cash market is very unlikely to exhibit bubble-like behavior and it has a solid floor. The South Florida market is very heavy on cash. As data keeps coming in corroborating the South Florida & Miami story, various news outlets continue to publish unsubstantiated clickbait to the contrary. I have been seeing stories lately about "bubbles" and "froth". The question bears asking: what is a bubble and how / why do they pop? Asset bubbles are almost always the result of irresponsible usage of easy debt. When the underlying assets can no longer support the debt, prices quickly collapse. And in retrospect, we define said phenomenon as a bubble bursting.
