The homebuilder community has regularly offered a succinct answer to the reason for its industry’s sluggishness, generally calling out labor, lumber, laws and land as pain points. But some researchers are poking holes in their assertions of late.

So far, recent declines in mortgage rates have mainly resulted in more refinancing activity — not in a surge in home sales.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for August showed Americans shared broadly strong views of the overall economy and their own financial health near the end of the summer.

Economists were expecting new-home sales to finish stronger in July, aided by low mortgage rates that act as an incentive for buyers.

The votes are in, but we can’t announce the winners just yet in the 2019 Miami Agents’ Choice Awards. The final results and winners will be announced in our special issue out September 9.

In much of Florida’s housing market, July was a strong month. Miami was no exception.

Sales of existing homes in July logged their first year-over-year gain in 16 months.

Despite financial issues and a lack of knowledge, 89 percent of millennials still said they hoped to become a homeowner at some point.

Zillow’s iBuyer service is officially open for business in South Florida.

U.S. homebuilders appear optimistic that low mortgage rates can turn the tide in favor of stronger sales in the months ahead.

Keller Offers will partner with established iBuyer Offerpad to offer customers a hybrid of the services the two companies provide.

Perhaps contrary to popular belief, the unique homes built by architect Frank Lloyd Wright tend to remain available on the market for several years at a time.

Catch up on the latest hires from Miami’s top real estate firms.

Two new policies in the works have the potential to reshape the way homebuyers access credit through programs backed by the U.S. government.

A constellation of factors point to a possible recession in the coming months or years, but the housing market will be neither the cause of it, nor the hardest-hit part of the economy.

Not long after facing what some feared to be a glut of new condos on the market, Miami developers and brokers could soon be facing the opposite problem.