By Carlo Calma The Miami real estate market has been added to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American Improving Market Index’s (IMI) list of improving housing

Limited supply and strong demand are creating big upward swings in median sale prices throughout Miami-Dade County, according to the second quarter market report from the Miami Association of Realtors (MAR). The median sale price for condos in the

By Peter Ricci According to analysis of government documents, the three big government housing institutes – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – have decreased their REO housing inventory by more than

By Peter Ricci The insane $47 million sale for 3 Indian Creek Island Road, a two-acre estate on Indian Creek Island, is garnering quite a bit of attention in the Miami residential real estate community, and for good reason. Indeed,

It’s no mystery that demand for housing throughout Miami has been high, if not stratospheric, in recent months, with agents having barely enough time to catch their breath, let alone keep up with sellers clamoring for residences. A new report

Marci Sepulveda and Anne Hartnett, the founders and publishers of Agent Publishing, appeared on Tastytrade’s “Bootstrapping in America” program for an in-depth interview on their professional experiences, the founding of Agent Publishing, and, of course, the current state of

By Carlo Calma Newly established boutique commercial and luxury residential real estate brokerage Vortex International Realty has officially opened its services to homebuyers in the south Florida market. The brokerage, located on 940 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, will

The shadow knows – that his inventory is severely down! According to researchers at Morgan Stanley, the shadow inventory has fallen 35 percent from its 2010 peak, yet more evidence of stabilizing inventories in housing. The researchers estimate there

Home prices in Miami rose by 3.4 percent annually in May in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s, as the city continued to lead the nation in its strong 2012 performance. As David M. Blitzer, the chairman

Standard & Poor’s will release its latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices tomorrow, and analysts and journalists alike are eagerly awaiting its findings – and what they will suggest for housing prices across the country. So far, the narrative has

By Peter Ricci Pending home sales rose year-over-year for the 14th consecutive month in June, according to the latest Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors. A forward-looking index based on contract signings, the Pending Home Sales

By Peter Ricci Last week, when June data was released for Miami-Dade’s real estate market, two things were clear: one, that housing in the sunny city is hot as ever, and two, that international buyers continue to play a

Zillow joined the fray of optimism that has swept over real estate analysis the past few weeks with its latest Real Estate Market Report, stating that not only did housing values bottom in February of this year, but they

The Genting Group made a considerable splash last fall when it unveiled an extraordinary, $3.8 billion casino and 5,200-room resort for Miami. Though it announced the resort with fanfare and promised thousands of new jobs in its construction and

Miami’s real estate market continued its strong 2012 performance in June, with home prices rising in the city for the seventh consecutive month. Condos were a particularly hot draw, posting year-over-year median price gains of 34 percent, with single-family

By Carlo Calma South Florida residential development Bellini Williams Island has announced the partnership of real estate firms Elite International Realty and Only Best Properties (OBP) International Realty as their lead sales and marketing teams in an issued press