Anthony Criscito's (thecriscitos) Blog

Think like a businessman when you are looking for real estate that you can put down large sums of hard earned money. You may be looking to grow your retirement funds by investing in a property, or you may simply be looking for a place to stay. For whatever the reason, it's always beneficial for y...

International buyers have helped buttress Florida's real estate market with 22 percent of all foreign clients nationally choosing property in the Sunshine State.That makes Florida tops for attracting foreign interest, according to a summer report by the National Association of Realtors. Californi...

Total pending home sales - including single-family homes and condominiums - in Miami-Dade County increased 33.7 percent in August 2010 compared to August 2009, from 7,570 to 10,119, and increased .06 percent, from 10,113 to 10,119, compared to the previous month according to the MIAMI Association...

Many of the international buyers scooping up condos in South Florida's top bayfront communities are buying to occupy part-time, brokers say, but many would consider a future sale at a profit.Where these buyers decide to purchase depends in part to the condominium's location, as some are more attr...

  Compiled by Condo Vultures Realty using the South Florida Shared Multiple Listing Service. Active listings are properties where no current sale contract exists; pending sales are properties in which a contract for sale has been executed, but not yet closed. Listing brokers control the status o...

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...