How have home prices progressed in the 2015 housing market? Home prices in the Miami housing market rise 0.9 percent from August to September and 7.7 percent from Sept. 2014, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s.

Rising prices and quick sales times have defined Miami’s real estate market in recent months, while falling sales and struggling inventories have also endured. It’s a tale of two markets. In the Miami Association of Realtors October market report,

The ins and outs of buyer traffic around the holidays It has been long been considered common knowledge that the buying craze of Black Friday does not extend to real estate, thanks to a lack of large savings for homes

We’re approaching two months since the implementation of TRID, and after a string of weeks that saw declining originations, mortgage applications were back up in the week ending Nov. 13, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. In the two

When it comes to picking out the right neighborhoods, schools and cost are among the most important factors, usually considered in tandem. However, a recent report from RealtyTrac showed that while in much of the U.S. higher cost correlates

Homes sales were down in October, but the overall picture remains a very positive one for housing Existing-home sales declined 3.4 percent from September to October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.36 million, according to the latest report

October provided yet more evidence of how integral multifamily building is to the current new construction economy October was a rough month for new construction, with housing starts falling 11 percent from September and 1.8 percent from Oct. 2014

The share of total residential real estate transactions carried out in all cash fell from 34.9 percent in Aug. 2014 to 31.7 percent this most recent August, according to a report from CoreLogic. Month-over-month, cash sales inched upward by

The mortgage process doesn’t often top the list of things people like to do, but as far as dealing with banks and moneymen go, customers are more approving of the mortgage process now than any other time in the

Many want to own a house, but the finances are only feasible for an increasingly select few It is a truth universally acknowledged that the vast majority of renters in America aspire to homeownership. Indeed, according to a recent

After some very positive months, builder confidence took a step back in November Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 from October to November in the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo

In WalletHub’s 2015 list of the best and worst school systems in America, Florida ranked among the midsection of states, coming in at No. 23 overall – and No. 26 when only “quality” was considered. However, despite the state’s

Sales were up, prices were up and homes sold faster, so despite a dip in inventory, it was mostly a banner quarter for Miami, a report from the Miami Association of Realtors recently confirmed. Residential sales topped 7,800 this

Fort Lauderdale’s luxury market continues to expand as more international buyers and northeasterners turn their attention to this “Venice in America” in search of a better deal. Comparable waterfront cities in the U.S., such as Miami, Los Angeles and

What does the typical homebuyer look like in 2015? Earlier this week, we reported on first-time homebuyers, and how they are now at their lowest market share since 1987. That information came courtesy of the 2015 Profile of Home Buyers

The investor-market dynamic has shifted since the boom and bust years. Returns are no longer astronomical and scooping up discounted foreclosures isn’t as easy as it once was, but the promise of profit has far from dried up, as