The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae, created in 1938) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac, established in 1970) are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in their eighth year of conservatorship under the FHA. That is an exceedingly

Foreign buyers play a significant role in Greater Miami’s real estate market. Last year, they accounted for $6.2 billion in closed purchases, nearly 40 percent of total sales volume, according to the Miami Association of Realtors’ latest international buyer

Foreign buyers in Greater Miami spent $6.2 billion in real estate transactions last year, a slight increase from the year prior, according to the newly released 2016 Profile of International Homebuyers of Miami Association of Realtors Members. Produced jointly

In one of its very first moves since assuming power, the Trump administration has suspended a reduction in FHA mortgage insurance premiums. Originally announced just 11 days ago, the reduction would have lowered insurance premiums 25 basis points (or

Understanding buyers is going to be especially important this year – interest rates and prices are rising, inventory shortages remain commonplace throughout the U.S., and our housing market is now operating under a president promising a broad spectrum of

Lakes of the Meadow in Kendall is going to be Greater Miami’s hottest market in 2017 – or at least that’s how Redfin sees it. And it has a point. With a healthy median sale price ($318,200), a quick turnaround

Douglas Elliman released its Q4 report for the Greater Miami real estate market today, and the numbers reaffirm trends we saw throughout 2016 – housing affordability is falling along with demand. However, at least on the single-family side of

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation is once again the most trusted homebuilder in America, according to Lifestory Research’s 2017 Home Builder Study. Polling the opinions of more than 31,000 active home shoppers, Lifestory Research’s survey, now in its fifth year,

Ben Carson is close to becoming the next head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and industry associations are throwing their support behind him – while many housing experts are not. In a letter sent to

The White House is the most valuable home in the nation, according to a new report from Zillow. Currently valued at $397.9 million, the White House has appreciated 15 percent since the Obamas moved in eight years ago. Zillow first

Miami is one of America’s great cities, but it has some problems – its luxury condo market being one of the biggest. And a recent report from Condo Vultures Realty shared three stats that really drove that fact home: 1.

In mid-November of 2016, Ben Carson’s business manager, Armstrong Williams, told a Retuers reporter that Carson was turning down President-elect Trump’s offer to join his Cabinet, because his life had “not prepared him to be a Cabinet secretary.” Less

As of Oct. 2016, Canada surpassed long time leader, Colombia, to become the top international country searching for real estate in South Florida through the Miami Association of Realtors’ search portal, www.Miamire.com, according to MIAMI Association of REALTORS. Colombia had previously led

A proposal to amend the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP) aims to to create new incentives for affordable building – something the city desperately needs. The amendment, which is sponsored by District Three Commissioner Frank Carollo and due for

Deals to sell homes failed at a much higher rate in 2016 than in 2015, and that was particularly true here in Miami. That was the finding of a striking new report from Trulia, which computed the number of

Parkland is the safest city in Greater Miami, and Weston is a close second. That’s according to Neighborhood Scout, which used FBI crime data to calculate and compare crimes per capita in U.S. cities. Nationwide, both Parkland and Weston