Coconut Grove Real Estate Blog

The contemporary style house that I listed last week at a price of $829,000 has gone under contract.  We are still holding the house Open this coming Sunday from 12:00 to 2:00 if you would like to stop by and take a look.  If this house was interesting to you, you should check out my new listing ...

Well the time has come for The Real Estate Coconut to expand.  Yes I will always be THE Coconut Grove real estate expert.  Coconut Grove is my home, my life and my passion.  But in reality, my real estate transactions take me all over the map and I have a lot of knowledge to share about other com...

Pending Sale In Ponce Davis | 8345 Ponce de Leon Road | Asking Price:$2,900,000 There have been no closed sales in the Ponce Davis area so far in 2010 and there is currently only 1 pending sale. The slow activity is likely due to the fact that the price point in the Ponce Davis area is so high a...

The best thing about Pine Manor is that it is located in a quiet residential community, yet is just steps from all of the restaraunts and shops in downtown South Miami.  There are 4 different models offerred in this gated and walled community.  Named after the Dutch Caribbean Islands, the townho...

I think many people were surprised after yesterday’s post to learn that Coconut Grove home values dropped 15% in 2009.  I did a quick analysis of the Coral Gables market for 2009 and thought some of you might be interested to see how we compared to the City Beautiful.  It wasn’t just Coconut Gro...

After studying the sales in Coconut Grove during 2009 I feel that it has been a great year for buyers and a somewhat depressing year for sellers. You will see below that we saw virtually the same number of sales in Coconut Grove as last year but similar to most areas in South Florida home values ...

  With 4 closings and negotiating 5 offers all within 2 weeks, I feel like the ringmaster of my very own circus. I closed on a house earlier this week in South Miami ($425,000), I am closing today on 79 West Shore Drive (list price $899,000), closing on Monday on 1666 Micanopy Avenue (list price ...

We all know that the number of listings in Coconut Grove is down.  Part of it is due to the time of the year (i.e. the holidays) but as I talk to residents in the Grove and go on my listing presentations it seems that most people are just STUCK and cannot sell. In general, if you purchased a hom...

I am cleaning out a few files and I came across some of the pre-construction packets for a few buildings here in the Grove.  It is amazing to see that some people who purchased new construction in Coconut Grove during the boom did not suffer a loss.  Take the Grovenor House for instance.  Unit #...

Back during the boom there was a "For Sale By Owner" sign on every block in Coconut Grove.  These days, it is very rare to find a true FSBO and for the most part FSBO's  have been taken over by the discount broker (the broker that charges a small fee to place your home on the MLS but otherwise g...