One thing Argentines will be looking to put far behind them as the New Year begins is last year’s real estate sector performance. According to a recent report, real estate activity in 2012 fell approximately 40%, making it one of the sector’s worst performing years in the country in a decade. For transactions related to properties already on the market, activity plummeted nearly 80%.
One reason for the slowdown is that economic growth in Argentina has stalled. After expanding at a reported rate of nearly 9% in 2011, economic growth for 2012 is expected to amount to less than half of that………………………………………..Full Article: Source