Boca Raton leads the pack for initial buyers According to a recent analysis, three South Florida suburbs are among the top 100 best cities for first-time homebuyers. The study, which was conducted by WalletHub, a company that focuses on smart financial decisions, ranked Boca

Avatar Real Estate Services has announced that Realtor-Associate Melody Batule has joined its South Miami office. As a nationally recognized fitness competitor, Batule’s driven attitude and work ethic is now directed into a promising real estate career with Avatar.

Le Parc at Brickell Condominiums celebrated topping-off construction with a special party held earlier this month at the project’s site. Le Parc at Brickell will offer one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences, including studios and two-story town-homes. Units will feature

At first glance, Indian Creek may look like your everyday, high-end private island off of Biscayne Bay, but as South Florida real estate agent Cory Waldman put it during a conversation with Zillow, it’s on an entirely different level,

This June, median home prices and existing-home sales turn the market around According to a new report by the National Association of Realtors, the combined effect of rising demand and limited supply have helped raise the national median sales

Lawmakers threaten to end like-kind exchange tax provisions, but some say the cost would be too great There’s a contingent of lawmakers and government officials lobbying to alter the face of like-kind exchanges, with some hoping to outright repeal the

CoreLogic released its April cash sales report today, and as has been the trend all year, cash sales declined year-over-year, bringing national levels closer to the pre-crisis baseline of around a 25 percent market share. In April, cash sales

According to Census Bureau calculations, June was one of the best months of new construction in some time…but the truth is more complicated Building permits rose 7.4 percent monthly and 30 percent year-over-year in June, according to the latest  construction

First-time homeowners set sights high First-time homebuyers are still facing a tough road to homeownership, but it’s one that they are willing to overcome, according to a new study released by TD Bank. The survey, which polled 1,002 consumers

Miami’s foreclosure market has improved markedly in the last year, according to RealtyTrac In the first half of 2015, foreclosure activity in the Miami metropolitan area fell 30 percent from the same time period last year, according to RealtyTrac’s Mid-Year 2015

CoreLogic May foreclosure report documents continued improvement in inventory and seriously delinquent mortgage rates Today, CoreLogic released its May 2015 National Foreclosure Report, which highlighted steep declines in completed foreclosures and foreclosure inventory, as well as the falling serious

Throughout the first four months of 2015, home sales in the U.S. were the best they’ve been in eight years. Helped by a one-half percentage drop in fixed mortgage rates, home sales from January to April this year surpassed

MLS faces 10 big problems with no easy answers Commissioned to the Swanepoel | T3 Group, The National Assocation of Realtors’ recent “Danger Report” analyzes the industry from multiple vantage points, including agents, brokers and associations. The intent behind this

New Miami Worldcenter development brings in thousands of new construction jobs Construction jobs are coming to some of Miami’s lowest income neighborhoods, building on the previous 12 months of job growth, which already saw a substantial rise in construction sector employment.

Gale Boutique Hotel & Residences, Newgard Development Group’s new condominium and hotel project underway in Fort Lauderdale Beach, opens its new sales gallery with more than 50 percent of its residences already under reservation. Now open to the public at 2434

New realtor.com feature to test increased agent responsiveness, impact on leads A lack of responsiveness from agents has always been a chief complaint among buyers and sellers. In an effort to address customers’ complaints and provide brokerages with better lead