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

In what is likely his final act as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julián Castro today announced a reduction in FHA mortgage premiums from 0.85 percent to 0.60 percent. According to an announcement from HUD, the FHA’s annual

Miami is the nation’s twelfth-best city for jobs, and has the country’s No. 3 job market, according to a new report from WalletHub. The Magic City’s job market is likely to appeal to young professionals on the cusp of entering

It makes more financial sense to buy than rent in Greater Miami, according to new research from ATTOM Data Solutions. In its analysis, which incorporated 2017 rent data from HUD, wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and public record sales deed data from 540 counties,

Smart home technologies are one of the most pervasive trends in real estate today, and a recent survey from Coldwell Banker and Vivint Smart Home found that among the currently available varieties, voice automation is the most popular. Understanding