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Providing further evidence of a strengthening market, South Florida home buyers signed contracts at a fast clip in May, catapulting the number of pending home sales up 54 percent in Miami-Dade and 51 percent in Broward, compared to the same month last year.The figures reflect the surge of interna...
06/02/2010
May 30--Nearly 800 Canadians will jam a hotel ballroom near the Toronto airport Sunday to hear the gospel of Florida real estate. High-end Brazilian buyers prefer to be wooed more intimately -- perhaps at a cocktail party or a small private dinner -- but they are just as pumped. Lured by rock-bot...
05/31/2010
Buyers and sellers who haggle over price alone could be leaving a lot on the table.The purchase price is only one part of the transaction. Everything in a real-estate deal is open to negotiation, and sometimes price isn't the most important factor.A buyer might be willing to pay a little more to ...
05/27/2010
After nearly three years of freefall, South Florida single-family home prices tried something new in April: They went up.In a sign that the ailing real estate market could be heading in a healthier direction, the median sale price of existing homes in Miami-Dade and Broward increased compared wit...
05/26/2010
Clouds are lifting over Miami's beleaguered condo market following a boom-and-bust cycle of epic proportions. According to a recent study commissioned by the City of Miami's Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and conducted in partnership with Goodkin Consulting and Focus Real Estate Advisors LL...
05/24/2010
When it comes to the housing market for foreclosures - buyer beware."One mistake that we see all the time is buyers going in and assuming all the mechanicals are working," said Brandon T. Johnson, president of GTJ Consulting in Roseville, Mich. "You have to be careful you don't get burned that wa...
05/20/2010
Canyon Ranch Living, a luxury wellness hotel and condo development in Miami that has been heavily targeting New York City buyers, sold 49 condo units in the first quarter of the year, spurring optimism that the 1-million-square-foot property is catching on with buyers, according to Mel Zuckerman,...
05/19/2010
Cash continues to be king when it comes to buying condos.A new report by Condo Vultures LLC finds that buyers paid cash for nearly 600 units in 29 projects in the greater downtown Miami area from January through March. Fewer than 120 units in 19 projects were financed, according to the Bal Harbou...
05/17/2010
US home foreclosures have dropped for the first time in four years as the economy recovered from a brutal recession triggered by a mortgage meltdown, a real estate data company said Thursday.Foreclosure filings -- default notices, auctions and bank repossessions -- were reported on 333,837 proper...
05/13/2010
Aided by low interest rates and federal tax credits, sales of single-family homes and condominiums in South Florida roared during the first three months of 2010.In Miami-Dade County, sales of condos jumped by 46 percent in the first quarter to 1,920 when compared to the same period of time in 200...
05/12/2010
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