Technology has drastically improved the efficacy of searching for the right home. Prior to enlisting the services of an agent, buyers, who in all likelihood have a pre-established criterion for their ideal neighborhood and home, are scoping out concerns

Florida joins nationwide trend of rising home prices Home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 7.8 percent year-over-year in June 2015 in Florida, according CoreLogic’s June 2015 Home Price Index (HPI). Excluding distressed sales, year-over-year prices increased by 7.9

South Florida-based real estate development firm Two Roads Development has named Denise Patnode as its new Chief Financial Officer. Patnode will oversee day-to-day oversight, direction and control of financial accounting and reporting for the firm’s real estate projects. “I’m

Douglas Elliman announced the addition of Han Cheng Jeng Fu as the director of luxury sales at the Rubin Group. Jeng will market Miami real estate to China while simultaneously sharing his connections with the Rubin Group. “The experience

The House Financial Services Committee passed two bills to help ease TRID worries On Oct. 3, the new TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure (TRID) rule will come into affect, and the industry is struggling in preparation, despite the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

As relations between Cuba and the U.S. normalizes, real estate businesses hope to expand money making efforts into Cuba Last year, President Obama made history by laying new groundwork for a future relationship between the U.S. government and Cuba;

The Women’s Council of Realtors celebrated Latina women and the power of leadership at an empowering

Downtown Miami is reaching new heights with the new wave of high-rise developments being built taller than ever. But with the Federal Aviation Administration putting pressure on builders to cut building heights in half, will the skyscrapers be forced

Building in the Magic City Making Significant Progress Residential construction spending in the Miami area was up 86 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is 27 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came courtesy of the

Miami was ranked on No. 82 out of 100 on Apartment List’s Renter Satisfaction Survey, released early this month. The survey, which polled over 18,000 renters, asked renters to rate their city based on a series of factors. Miami

Approval of $17.5 million section of TriRail through Overtown offers low income area opportunity to improve walkability As Miami continues construction on its ambitious All Aboard Florida project, which aims to link Miami’s downtown with Orlando, the city is

Institutional investors leaving real estate, but Americans still confident housing is a good investment In the immediate wake of the economic downturn, the housing market took a plunge that was devastating for homeowners but ideal for the opportunistic. In the years

Contract signings declined for the first time in 2015, according to new research Pending home sales declined 1.8 percent from May to June, according to new analysis from the National Association of Realtors. Although the Pending Home Sales Index,

Bigger than Los Angeles and New York City combined, a 798-square-mile ranch in Texas is on the market for $725 million. The Waggoner, named after the family who owned the property since 1845, when Texas became the 28th state,

It seems like the work of science fiction: the ability to take a piece of land, no matter how close or far from the ocean, and turn it into a luxurious beach resort. What might be fantasy to some,

Home prices were positive for the Miami housing market in May’s Case-Shiller Home prices in the Miami housing market rose 0.8 percent from April to May, and 8.0 percent from May 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard