01/19/2021
🗝🏡13 Reasons to Buy a New Construction House in Orlando
✅Real Estate is Booming
Orlando is one of the fastest-growing cities in the US.
✅ Beautiful Weather
Living in Orlando, you can experience year-round sunshine. In fact, the sun is out 95% of the year. Stepping outside your door will make you feel like you are on a permanent tropical vacation.
✅ Affordable Cost of Living
The cost of living in Orlando, FL, is about 3% lower than the average Florida cost of living; making Orlando an excellent choice if you are planning to move to Florida.
✅ Major Travel Hub
Whether you need to travel for business or pleasure, Orlando is a great location to move. It offers three airports in the area: Orlando International Airport, Orlando Executive Airport, and Orlando Sanford International Airport. Amtrak currently runs train lines through Orlando. And Virgin Trains is extending its super-fast train line to the Orlando International Airport, expecting to transport 6.6 million passengers a year between Miami and Orlando.
✅ Lots of Recreational Opportunities
In addition to the area theme parks like Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and LEGOLAND Florida (where Florida residents enjoy steep discounts); Orlando offers hundreds of recreational activities that you could enjoy if you decide to move to Orlando, FL.
Some of these opportunities include the Boggy Creek Airboat Rides, Orlando Watersports Complex, Andretti Indoor Karting & Games, the Crayola Experience, iFLY Orlando Indoor Skydiving, and the Orlando Tree Trek Adventure Park. There’s so much to see and do, even if you live in Orlando, FL, you will always find something new.
✅ A Variety of Sports
Sports fans would be pleased to know Orlando offers tons of opportunities to appreciate sports. With three arenas and stadiums in downtown Orlando alone, there’s no shortage of sporting events you could attend. The Orlando Magic call the Amway Center their home. The Orlando City SC soccer team is based in the Exploria Stadium. And the former Citrus Bowl, now Camping World Stadium, plays host to a variety of traveling sports events, such as the recently held WWE Wrestlemania and the Monster Jam World Finals. Well-known university, UCF, has its own stadium to host UCF Knights games. Full Sail University plays host to the WWE Performance Center where NXT stars go to train and fight in hopes of moving onto the WWE superstar stage. Not to mention the numerous sprawling golf courses that can be found in the area. And the icing on the cake is ESPN’s Wide World of Sports inside Walt Disney World. Teams travel from all over the world to compete and perform here, and ESPN actually broadcasts from this location.
✅ Arts & Culture
Orlando’s diversity lends itself to a vibrant arts & culture community. The recently opened Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is a state-of-the-art facility offering access to world-class arts, culture, and entertainment. In addition to the Orlando Science Center, The Orlando Museum of Arts, The Osceola Center for the Arts, The Orlando Fringe Festival, The Zora Neale Hurston Festival, the Orlando Repertory Theatre, the Mad Cow Theatre, and the Broadway Across America Orlando series, there are endless entertainment options. The area is also home to hundreds of museums, galleries, theatres, gardens and historic homes.
✅ Connection to Nature
While Orlando is an urban city, it has a secure connection to nature. With numerous parks and lakes in the area.
✅ Food and Drinks
Foodies abound in Orlando. There’s no need to rely on chain restaurants when there is such a wide range of culinary options available to experience in the area. Plus, Orlando plays host to Disney’s annual Food & Wine Festival, drawing attendees from all over the globe.
✅ Opportunities to Shop
The Orlando International Premium Outlets, the Orlando Outlet Marketplace, and the Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets are just some of the places offering the chance to purchase luxury and name brand items at discounted prices.
✅ Plenty of Jobs
According to a study conducted by WalletHub in 2020, Orlando ranked #3 overall for finding a job out of 180 cities. It ranked #1 for job opportunities, the job market, as well as job security. There’s been a recent increase in jobs, and a decrease in unemployment in The Sunshine State, providing you with ample opportunities to find employment when you move to this city. Most of the jobs, as expected, are in the hospitality industry. With major employers in the area, such as Walt Disney World Resort, UCF, JetBlue, the Golf Channel, and Electronic Arts (known for EA Sports), Orlando offers tremendous opportunity for those willing to put in the work.
✅ Tech & Business Hub
In addition to the hospitality industry, Orlando is becoming known as a hub for both new technology, as well as a popular location for business, trade and industry conferences or expos. Its colleges and universities offer some of the best MBA programs around and are home to one of the largest technology-focused meetups in the US. Orlando has even opened up the possibilities of being considered a hub for automated, self-driving automobiles, also known as driverless vehicles.
Downtown Orlando is dotted with shared or co-working spaces, popular amongst startups. And the Orlando Public Library features the Melrose Center, and co-working type of space that contains a photography studio, a video studio, a maker lab, sound booths, editing rooms, work stations, free trainings, use of software, use of equipment, and more. All of it open to area residents, or at a low cost to outside visitors. It also offers meeting rooms for rent.
According to Inc Magazine, people are leaving Silicon Valley and heading to Orlando to take advantage of its affordability, access to capital, and available tech talent pools courtesy of the local colleges and universities where entrepreneurship is being cultivated.
✅ Quality Education
The educational system, both public and private, is top-notch in Orlando. Schools within this system receive national honors. The University of Central Florida (UCF), Full Sail University, Florida A & M University College of Law, Florida Technical College, and Valencia College are among the best learning institutions in the world.
If, after reading all about life in Orlando inspires you to actually move here, contact me, I will assist you in all your real estate needs.
