The Carroll Group recently was named Douglas Elliman Real Estate’s top team of 2017 during the brokerage’s annual award ceremony. According to the Real Deal, some of The Carroll Group’s 2017 highlights include the $12.4 million sale of a waterfront Coconut

A Dodd-Frank rewrite is headed to the U.S. Senate floor for a vote, according to Bloomberg. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act would roll back or eliminate parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, including relieving smaller lenders

Giralda Place. Downtown Coral Gables will soon be home to Giralda Place, a nine-story, mixed-use development with 33 luxury residences that range from one to three bedrooms. Each unit will have 11-foot ceilings in the living rooms and bedrooms,

A growing and dynamic city like Miami needs a diversified and ample housing market to keep up with demand. The city’s existing housing market is uneven: there’s tremendous inventory in certain sectors, while in others — like modestly priced

Miami continues to make waves in the realm of bitcoin for real estate with a new listing on Fisher Island — an exclusive enclave home to big-name celebrities and ultra-rich — accepting the cryptocurrency. The two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom condo

More than one-third of people — 35 percent — who bought homes last year submitted a bid without ever seeing the homes in person. According to a recent Redfin, this is an increase from 33 percent in May 2017 and significantly

   When Amazon opened for business in 1995, Jeff Bezos hoped to create the biggest bookstore in the world. Over the course of the next two decades, Amazon not only accomplished that feat, but also expanded its reach to

The Pending Home Sales Index dropped 4.7 percent in January after three months of increased activity. Based on contract signings, the forward-looking index fell from a downwardly revised 109.8 in December 2017 to 104.6 in January 2018. The Pending

As the demand for entry-level homes continues to rise across the country, a new report shows owners of entry-level and starter homes are gaining equity faster than owners of higher-end homes. Owners of starter homes have seen their equity

The Florida division of luxury real estate brokerage Engel & Völkers is expanding in Boca Raton in an effort to strengthen its presence in the diverse and competitive market of South Florida. The new Engel & Völkers Boca Raton

After eight years of the post-recession housing boom and the record-breaking price increases of recent years, the luxury residential market stabilized in 2017, according the luxury market report by The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, a partner in the

The Federal Housing Administration revealed its plans on Feb. 22 to broaden foreclosure relief for the victims of 2017’s natural disasters. The move would affect all FHA-insured homeowners in areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as

Abode, a new free digital platform that aims to make the homebuying and selling process easier for both consumers and real estate agents, was launched in 2017 by tech entrepreneurs Kyle Stoner and Carson Junginger. “People often describe buying

National home values are rising at their slowest pace since November 2016, according to the most recent Zillow Real Estate Market Report. Home values increased 6.7 percent last year to a median home value of $207,600, marking the slowest pace

Lennar recently broke ground on a new community in Royal Palm Beach with a unique feature: every one of the 385 homes will feature Alexa by Amazon voice control, marking the first-of-its-kind partnership between Amazon and a homebuilder. Residents

A majority of millennials wish to someday own a home, but are unsure if their dream will become a reality, according to a recent survey by ValueInsured. The Modern Homebuyer Survey found that the desire to own a home among millennials