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Uruguay Sun

By uruguayguy | Published: January 12, 2010
I took two separate day trips the last couple of days to el pinar, the montevideo suburb with white sandy beaches, and water of questionable clarity, and then again to Colonia, the oldest settlement of Europeans in Uruguay. The first trip to El Pinar took place on an incredibly sunny day.  We went out way too [...]
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Uruguay GDP grows 2.5% Q o Q

By uruguayguy | Published: December 17, 2009
GDP grew 2.5% The central bank on Tuesday released the National Accounts Quarterly report for July-September. According to the data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 2.5%. The Uruguayan economy grew for the second consecutive quarter. The quarter on quarter growth is 2.5%, bringing the cumulative growth of GDP at 1.7% so far this year. Uruguay’s year started [...]
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Punta del Este is Renting at the Same Rate or Better than Last Year

By uruguayguy | Published: November 29, 2009
The rental market in Punta del Este is behaving as well as, or better than last year. The real estate agent Luis Sader denies that rent costs have increased 20% in dollars. Sader argues that the fall of the dollar impacts the cost of rent because the owners turn down lower offer prices. The tourist season [...]
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Plan for Home Purchases

By uruguayguy | Published: November 23, 2009
The National Housing Agency signed an agreement with the National Corporation for Development to build a fund for financing real estate ventures. Carlos Mendive, president of the agency, explained the details of the proposal. “Since the National Housing Agency we are marketing a set of existing homes, we are in a second phase. The houses are [...]
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Home for Rent in Pocitos Nuevo, Montevideo, Uruguay

By uruguayguy | Published: November 23, 2009
This is an old photo that I took of a home that was for rent YEARS ago.  Who knows, maybe it still is.  It was for rent for *months* and the owners didn’t seem all that excited to ‘make a deal’ when i contacted them to ask about it. But first, some preliminaries…The year was 2007.  [...]
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