The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) South Florida Chapter has announced winners of the nonprofit organization’s GalaVerde: The 2010 LEEDership and Green Awards Program. Presented by Bank of America, GalaVerde recognized and honored those outstanding projects, inspirational businesses, dedicated

RealtyTrac recently released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report for August 2010, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 338,836 properties in August, a 4 percent increase from the previous month

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty, a premier and global real estate firm specializing in luxury properties throughout South Florida, yesterday announced its acquisition of Coral Gables’ RE/MAX Elite Properties. The formerly independently owned and operated franchise of RE/MAX International, LLC,

By Tom Butala According to the National Association of Realtors, international buyers accounted for approximately 32 percent of new and existing home sales last year in

In an effort to help responsible homeowners who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their property, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today will begin providing an additional refinancing option for underwater borrowers. Originally

Total pending home sales – including single-family homes and condominiums – in Miami-Dade County increased 33.7 percent in August 2010 compared to August 2009, from 7,570 to 10,119, and increased .06 percent, from 10,113 to 10,119, compared to the

RE/MAX continues to grow in Broward county and southeast Florida with the addition of six RE/MAX offices, bringing the total RE/MAX office count to 40 with nearly 800 professional RE/MAX associates helping homebuyers and sellers every day. Fort Lauderdale

As the summer of 2010 comes to a close, market research provided by Brosda & Bentley REALTORS reports a noteable year thus far in the South Florida real estate market. The average sales price of a downtown Miami condo

Majestic Properties, South Florida’s premier full-service real estate organization, today announces the launch of their new interactive web site, www.MajesticProperties.com. The new site, designed and powered by marketing group CiaoBella, is optimized for iPads, iPhones, BlackBerrys and other PDA’s;

Data through June 2010, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, show that the U.S. National Home Price Index rose 4.4 percent in the second quarter of 2010, after having fallen 2.8 percent in

Florida REALTORS and four other state REALTOR organizations successfully negotiated with Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the new Gulf Coast Claims Facility handling the British Petroleum (BP) Oil Spill Fund, for a special allocation for real estate professionals’ claims for

By Tom Butala Over 100,000 South Florida homes have been repossessed since the crash of the housing market in 2007, according to a report released by CondoVulture.com. CondoVulture’s data considers all repossessed homes in the tri-county area of Miami-Dade,

Jon Secada Charities and the Mission of Saint Francis are raffling off a $3 million waterfront estate in Ft. Lauderdale, FL for $30. According to Secada, “The Mission of Saint Francis is a wonderful organization that has been helping

The Miami real estate market continues to strengthen as a result of increased sales and stabilizing home prices.  In the Miami MSA, there was a 43 percent increase in condominium sales in July compared to July 2009 and a

Continental Real Estate Companies (CREC), one of Florida’s largest commercial real estate services firms, has been selected by joint venture partners Flagler and AMB Property Corporation as the exclusive leasing and marketing agent for The Shops at Beacon Lakes,

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (SHI) announced yesterday that it was the successful bidder at a foreclosure auction and acquired the fee-simple interest in the Royal Palm Hotel, located on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. “We seek unique opportunities to