UpstreamRE, LLC – the real estate broker-owned and controlled data management company that governs Upstream, a collaborative broker initiative – has appointed Gurtej Sodhi to its board of managers. Upstream is a comprehensive data management project that aims to deliver

When it comes to the housing market’s ever-worsening inventory situation, one factor receives an outsized share of the blame – the historically low levels of home construction. Although the explanations for construction’s low volume differ – NAR has consistently argued that builders

The Miami Association of Realtors continues to be an active force in expanding the city’s international appeal, this time presenting at Colombia’s largest property showcase, El Gran Salon, which was hosted in the country’s capital of Bogota. The expo, which

Nearing the end of another year, speculation is now hitting its greatest height for how the next chapter in the housing recovery will take shape. Countless “experts” have offered cursory, drive-by analyses of where the market is heading, but there

Starter homes in the Greater Miami area remain affordable relative to most of the country, but not for most of its residents – and it’s only getting worse. That was the finding of a very interesting new study from Trulia, which assessed

Affordability is a chief concern in any real estate market. But even though it’s a popular talking point for industry insiders, few understand the true volatility of “affordable.” To some families, the line keeping them out of homeownership is

The U.S. Congress has adjourned for 2016 without extending the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act, which will now expire at the end of the year. Originally passed in 2007, the act has protected underwater homeowners from incurring tax bills on the debt

There are about 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., eight million of whom are a part of the country’s labor force. Although it’s hard to say where President-elect Donald Trump actually stands on undocumented workers – he has promised to deport all of

The news sounds bad: mortgage rates have risen aggressively since the presidential election, and are now at their highest level since July 2015; for the first week in December, rates posted the largest weekly jump since 2013; and the Federal

The foreign presence in Miami’s real estate market has long preferred residential investments over commercial ones – evidence of a desire to make quick or protect money rather than plant long-term roots. However, as Alex Zylberglait, a real estate

Steven Mnuchin, a former investment banker who is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary, made headlines a couple weeks ago when, in his first official interview as Treasury nominee, he suggested sweeping changes are in store for the country’s tax

We are only a few weeks away from the New Year, and a little over a month away from a new president, but the future of the economy, and housing specifically, has never been more uncertain. At least those

The New Year is nearly upon us, and a number of housing analysts and firms are prepping their end-of-the-year reports. Trulia’s report has, historically, been among the more interesting of that batch, and the website’s 2017 Housing Outlook, which

Median home price in the U.S. is averaged at $300,000, which gets you, again on average, 1,700 square feet. But when you boil it down, those numbers don’t really mean anything, because they represent too wide an area. That’s

Over the last 15 years, 91 percent of population growth in the country’s 50 largest and most urban cities took place in the suburbs, according to a joint report from the Urban Land Institute and RCLCO. That’s a stat

In September, Colombia once again topped all foreign countries searching www.miamire.com for South Florida real estate, according to new data from the Miami Association of Realtors (MIAMI). Colombia has remained at the top of MIAMI’s list for 10 consecutive months. South