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With little room for horizontal footprints in Miami, developers are almost literally reaching for the stars, with several planning on towers that would be among the tallest in the city. Property Markets Group recently filed plans for a 1,036-foot
With home prices skyrocketing and inventory in high demand, it’s not surprising that homebuyers have started sacrificing some of their most desired amenities in the name of finding an affordable home. In the current market, buyers are willing to
We see evidence of it everywhere — big pink mustaches on car dashboards, round black “U” stickers slapped on the back of car windows and friends allowing out-of-towners to rent rooms in their homes for a modest price. The
Inventory, the Achilles’ heel of the 2017 housing market, is expected to loosen up in 2018, providing relief for buyers who were edged out of the market this year, according to the realtor.com 2018 Housing Forecast. The report expects
First-time homebuyers have an easier entry into the market as the year winds down because of a market sector that is having best quarter since 2000 — despite low housing inventory — largely due to historically low mortgage rates,
Zillow recently released its Q4 Home Price Expectations Survey, which polled 100 housing experts, market strategists and economists on what they think the housing market will look like in 2018, and their expectations were less than optimistic. The study was
As Congress works on creating a new tax bill, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has been vocal about the ways in which the proposals would affect homeowners, home prices and the real estate industry as a whole. However,
Home prices in the Miami metropolitan area had a year-over-year increase of 5 percent in October, while national prices increased 7 percent, according to the recent CoreLogic Home Price Index. The national increase marks the fourth consecutive month of
New research from Zillow shows that mortgage payments today are consuming a smaller percentage of the average homeowner’s income than they did historically. The typical homeowner saves roughly $3,3oo annually on mortgage payments, compared to how much it would
Construction spending in the U.S. rose 1.4 percent in October, increasing across all significant building categories and marking the strongest boost in five months. The Commerce Department said the October increase in U.S. construction spending represents the third consecutive
Almost a decade since the start of the recession, when the housing market crashed and home values dropped 30 percent, SmartAsset has compiled a list of the cities that have seen the most recovery. From 2010 on, five metrics were
The U.S. Senate on Dec. 2 passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, spurring the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders to weigh the bill’s effects on the housing industry. Both
Chances are, you’ve seen a lot of news about Bitcoin lately, with news about its shares surging to a record high, then, a few days later, news about those shares plummeting only to spike again to another new high
A 1.65-acre lot in Wynwood just hit the market and, according to The Real Deal Miami, it could go from $16 million to nearly $20 million because of the neighborhood’s hot status right now. The spot has been owned
The U.S. housing market experienced a 1.7 percent drop in demand from September to October this year, according to the latest Redfin Demand Index, which is calculated by measuring home tour requests and writing offers of thousands of Redfin customers.
October’s pending home sales rebounded slightly after a three-month decline, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index rose 3.5 percent from 105.6 in September to 109.3 in October. This is
