Florida’s foreclosure inventory continues to improve, according to the latest research by CoreLogic. Florida’s foreclosure marketplace continued on the path to recovery at the end of 2013, according to CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report. In Dec. 2013, 6.7 percent of the

Last year closed out on a sour note for pending home sales, according to NAR’s final tally. Dec. 2013 was a rough month for pending home sales, with the Pending Home Sales Index dropping 8.7 percent from November to

Existing-home sales enjoyed a very healthy 2013, though it’s unlikely the market will repeat that performance in 2014. The housing market capped off a successful year in existing-home sales in December, with sales rising 1.0 percent from November to

The Census Bureau’s latest report on new home sales was a bit weak, but that does not mean that the sky is falling. We’ll get the bad news out of the way first: the sales of newly built single-family

November 2013 was a good month for home prices in Miami, according to the latest Case-Shiller report. Nov. 2013 was a soaring month for home prices in Miami, with the Magic City posting the strongest monthly increase in the

We may complain about high housing costs in the U.S., but internationally speaking, we don’t have a leg to stand on. It’s a common complaint among consumers that their rent/mortgage payments are too high, but if they only knew

December was yet another strong month in Miami real estate, according to the latest analysis. Miami’s housing market capped off its sterling 2013 performance with a strong December, according to the latest analysis by the Miami Association of Realtors

We’ve looked at how newly built homes are priced and how those prices have changed in recent years; now, we look at costs. The last couple weeks, we’ve looked at both how a single-family home is priced and how

Foreign homebuyers have been one of the more interesting developments in U.S. real estate in recent years, especially here at home. Miami was the second most popular real estate market for foreign homebuyers in Nov. 2013, according to analysis by Realtor.com.

How affordable is our city’s housing market, when we view the topic from a salary-centric perspective? With nationwide interest rates on the rise and home prices jumping aggressively in certain marketplaces, housing affordability has once again become a hot-button

Miami continues to make progress with its foreclosure markets, according to new analysis by RealtyTrac. In December, foreclosure filings in Miami were down 35 percent year-over-year and 32 percent from November, according to the latest numbers from RealtyTrac. Similarly,

The year of 2013 was a promising one for new residential construction, though there remains considerable room for improvement. We’ll start with the good news: housing starts in the U.S. were up 18.3 percent year-over-year in 2013 and building

Homebuilder confidence declined a smidgen in January, though it remained in positive territory. Builder confidence for the newly built, single-family home market declined a single point from 57 to 56 in January, according to the latest Housing Market Index

The costs and prices of newly built single-family homes are hardly static, the data shows. Last week, we reported that a newly built single-family home in 2013 cost $399,532 to homebuyers, and we looked at the seven components of

Housing inventory in Miami continued it’s ascent, according to the latest analysis. Though housing inventory remains low by historical standards, 2013 was the turning point, the year that inventory bottomed and housing marched forward into positive territory. At least,

Real estate agents may sell housing for a living, but how many of them are actually homeowners in their own right? Real estate agents argue on a daily basis for the merits of homeownership, but how many of those