By David F. Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders Strong economic momentum extended into the second quarter of this year, but growth of both real GDP and payroll employment should begin slipping to below-trend rates beyond mid-2006.

By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches As a world-class city and top tourist destination, Miami has a booming real estate market that attracts a considerable number of affluent homebuyers. Baby Boomers, along

By David F. Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders Above-trend GDP growth has generated solid growth in employment and systematic reductions in the unemployment rate since the summer of 2003, despite maintenance of healthy gains in labor

By Laurie Moore-Moore, President, The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing For real estate professionals, the price of admission to the upper-tier real estate game is service and competence. The next step is sophisticated marketing. To help you woo your

By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches The International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA) offers the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC) to members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to teach them

By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches What are you doing to protect yourself from possible robbers or attackers? If you are not taking safety precautions, you are putting yourself at risk. Safety

By David F. Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders Long-term IRs shift upward Long-term interest rates have been stubbornly low in recent years, despite the large increase in short-term interest rates (3.5 percentage points) implemented by the

By Len Tylka, President, Florida Home Builders Association For Americans, buying a home is generally considered our largest personal investment. Homeownership is not only a source of financial wealth, but also it represents security, independence and opportunity. Because of

By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches In a competitive real estate market like the one in South Florida, real estate professionals require the best services to target and better serve their clients.

By David F. Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders Economy Has Regained Its Stride The “advance” report on GDP for the final quarter of 2005 showed an alarming slowdown in economic growth to an annualized rate of

By David F. Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders Economic growth faltered, bounce-back in process Growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) slowed even more than expected in the final quarter of 2005, slipping to an annual

Targeting International Buyers in South Florida By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches International buyers are a driving force in the South Florida real estate market and economy. While real estate agents benefit

Why Real Estate Agents in South Florida Need International Savvy By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches It is common knowledge that the South Florida real estate market has long benefited from its

By Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and The Beaches The REALTOR® Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches (RAMB) takes advantage of every opportunity to help our 12,500 real estate professionals achieve success and profitability

By David F. Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders National Economic Expansion Still Intact The 2001 economic recession is now four years behind us, and growth of U.S. economic output (real GDP) has been quite good for