Taylor Morrison Home Corporation is once again the most trusted homebuilder in America, according to Lifestory Research’s 2017 Home Builder Study. Polling the opinions of more than 31,000 active home shoppers, Lifestory Research’s survey, now in its fifth year,

Miami is one of America’s great cities, but it has some problems – its luxury condo market being one of the biggest. And a recent report from Condo Vultures Realty shared three stats that really drove that fact home: 1.

A proposal to amend the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP) aims to to create new incentives for affordable building – something the city desperately needs. The amendment, which is sponsored by District Three Commissioner Frank Carollo and due for

Deals to sell homes failed at a much higher rate in 2016 than in 2015, and that was particularly true here in Miami. That was the finding of a striking new report from Trulia, which computed the number of

Parkland is the safest city in Greater Miami, and Weston is a close second. That’s according to Neighborhood Scout, which used FBI crime data to calculate and compare crimes per capita in U.S. cities. Nationwide, both Parkland and Weston

Miami is the nation’s twelfth-best city for jobs, and has the country’s No. 3 job market, according to a new report from WalletHub. The Magic City’s job market is likely to appeal to young professionals on the cusp of entering

It makes more financial sense to buy than rent in Greater Miami, according to new research from ATTOM Data Solutions. In its analysis, which incorporated 2017 rent data from HUD, wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and public record sales deed data from 540 counties,

Smart home technologies are one of the most pervasive trends in real estate today, and a recent survey from Coldwell Banker and Vivint Smart Home found that among the currently available varieties, voice automation is the most popular. Understanding

Tom Rhodes is the CEO of Austin-based lender Sente Mortgage, and a past president of the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association. In our conversation with the long-time lender, we discussed what housing will look like under President Trump, Housing Secretary

Miami’s housing stock is the No. 5 most valuable in the entire country, according to a year-end analysis from Zillow. Altogether in 2016, Miami’s residential properties tallied a worth of just over $818 billion, topping other major markets like

As we mentioned in the last entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series (which covered Generation X, and before that Millennials) the question of “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing in 2017, and for

For years, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but a new analysis of Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents, and at

The Miami new construction market continues to put up strong numbers, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In November, Miami saw more than $351 million in total residential construction spending, which is a 22 percent decline from Nov. 2015. Year-to-date construction spending, though,

As we mentioned in the first entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series – which covered Millennials – the question “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing this year. It’s pressing because we start

At the turn of every new year, a question that always picks at any real estate professionals mind, any good one anyway, is: What does this year’s buyer looks like? The question is particularly important in 2017 because we’re

There is an affordability crisis building in Miami. In a fourth quarter market report released this week, ATTOM Data Solutions provided stats on price and wage growth in Miami, and the numbers showed a less-than-complimentary relationship. Since the market’s