She ruled in beauty o’er this heart of mine, A noble lady in a humble home, And now her time for heavenly bliss has come, ‘Tis I am mortal proved, and she divine. “Soleasi Nel Mio Cor” by Petrarch

By Peter Ricci Median existing single-family home price rose 10.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 year-over-year, the strongest yearly increase for home prices since the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the National Association of

By Peter Ricci A wide number of factors contribute a listing selling for its ultimate price, but recent research suggests that the home’s timeliness could add thousands to the final sale

Post-Super Bowl Sunday marks the unofficial launch of the spring home buying and selling season and according to HomeFinder.com data, homebuyers in Miami know what they want! According to NAR, 90 percent of homebuyers begin their home search on

By Peter Ricci The latter winter months are often an awkward time for prospective homebuyers; though competition for real estate is sparse, inventory is often slim as well, and homebuyers are often caught between a rock and a hard

By Natalie Terchek According to the results of the most recent SOBE Luxury Homes Trend Report for Fourth Quarter of 2012, it appears as though the Miami real estate market is off to a strong

By Peter Ricci The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Improving Markets Index expanded to 259 metropolitan markets in February, according to the latest tally from the NAHB. That’s up from 242 in January, and all 50 states now

By Peter Ricci Home prices rose a robust 8.3 percent year-over-year in December according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. That’s the biggest increase since May 2006 and the 10th consecutive monthly increase for the Home Price Index;

The Miami Association of Realtors (MAR) elected Natascha Tello of Keller Williams Realty Partners SW at its 2013 chairman of the board. Last week, both Tello and the entire board of directors were installed at MAR’s Annual Inaugural & Awards

Asking prices increased 5.9 percent year-over-year in January in the latest Trulia Price Monitor, an assessment of all the asking prices on the website’s

By Peter Ricci Despite a recession, economic adversity has done little to quell the passion of real estate professionals for their industry. According to the newest survey by WorkPlace Dynamics on U.S. businesses and industries, real estate was the nation’s best

By Peter Ricci Foreclosure inventory fell in 2012 from 1.5 million homes to 1.2 million, a 19.5 percent decline that further demonstrates the progress the U.S. real estate made last year, according to the latest National Foreclosure Report from

By Peter Ricci Another day, another hugely optimistic analysis for rental demand in the U.S. real estate market. FirstService Residential Realty, the nation’s largest residential single-family property management company according to HousingWire, is the latest to throw its hat

By Peter Ricci Miami home prices were among the strongest in the nation in the November Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, increasing 0.8 percent from October to November and 9.9 percent from November 2011, according to the latest release from Standard &

By Peter Ricci The Realtor Party was something new from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Though the famously democratic group was already one of the most active lobbying groups in the U.S., the Realtor Party made the association’s

By Peter Ricci Miami home sales set new records in 2012, improving upon the record-setting 2011 and even the height of the housing boom in 2005, according to the year-end analysis of the Miami Association of Realtors