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It is past half-time for 2010 Southeast Florida real estate sales. After a rocky 2009, how did 2010 weather so far, is the million dollar question many are asking. Prices started tumbling since September 2008 - and in certain market segments, housing values are still down significantly, but there...

Once the nation's epicenter in the real estate collapse Miami, Florida condo sales are soaring, up 43% over year ago levels, according to the Miami Association of Realtors. The Miami housing market has now experienced rising sales for nearly two straight years. Miami 's condominium market tanked ...

The several-block stretch of Miami that houses art galleries, mouth-watering eateries, high-end fashion and furniture showrooms got its start in sofas.``From the beginning, the Design District was an international destination,'' said Craig Robins, CEO of real estate company Dacra, the primary lan...

The Miami office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today that it has arranged a $79 million refinancing for The Shops at Sunset Place, an open-air mall in Miami, Florida. HFF executive managing director Manny de Zarraga, director Luis Castillo and managing director Danny Finkle, i...

In the first sign of life the South Florida retail market has seen in years, two major developers are dusting off plans for new big-box shopping centers and looking to recruit tenants.And another developer has recently signed contracts on land for two more retail projects.The earliest any of thes...

An iconic South Beach resort that came to symbolize the region's real estate boom and bust has found a new owner -- and is now seeking a company to manage operations.The 409-room Royal Palm Resort Hotel, which has been mired in debt and drama for the past few years, went to California-based Sunst...

Millionaire Russell Wright, reputed to be one of the richest African-Americans in the nation, has purchased a $4.2 million condo penthouse atop the 67-story Marquis in Downtown Miami -- just three blocks from American Airlines Arena.Wright and his wife made the purchase the same day LeBron James ...

Miami, FL (Vocus) August 11, 2010 In the Miami Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), sales of homes - including existing single-family homes and condominiums - increased 27 percent in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the second quarter of 2009 and 53 percent compared to the second quarter of...

Pending home sales in South Florida dropped slightly last month from their June levels but rose significantly over July 2009, according to Miami Realtors. In Miami-Dade County, sales rose to 10,113 last month, a 40.5 percent increase over last year, while in Broward County they rose 25.4 percent ...

South Florida's housing sector asserted its independence from national trends in July as a key measure of the real estate market improved year-over-year, with the region's international buyers and still-drooping prices propping up the local housing market. In July, pending home sales in Miami-Dad...