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MAR Report Shows a Healthy Miami Market

Miami home prices continue rising even as inventories fill out. Demand in Miami is high, historically high, and despite efforts to satisfy hopeful, salivating homebuyers with additional inventory, demand is remaining strong, mimicking 2013’s record-setting sales activity, according to

How the Housing Affordability Crisis Has Led to a Surge in Roommates

The share of households featuring roommates has been on a steady rise the last few years, and the cause could not be more straightforward. Housing affordability is a common topic of coverage here at Chicago Agent, and for good reason

FTC Requests More Information, Zillow Delays Merger

A second request from the FTC for more information has Zillow asking for more time. Early today, major listing syndication service Zillow announced via an SEC filing that it would not consummate the $3.5 billion transaction of Trulia prior

3 Reasons Direct Mail Might Be a Better Marketing Tool

Though not as quick as email, direct mail still offers considerable advertising value. The real estate world is constantly abuzz with talk of the newest mobile app or search platform. So much so, in fact, that agents often forget

The One Thing Stopping Millennials From Becoming Homeowners

Why are Millennials not buying homes? The answer is far simpler than you may suspect. There are some lofty explanations out there for why Millennials are staying on the real estate sidelines, but new research from Moody’s Analytics has

What Homes Do Consumers Want to Buy? 5 Important Trends

There are many types of homes for sale on any given day, but what trends are consumers gravitating towards? Tall, short, skinny, fat, new, old, historic, modern, urban, rural – the possibilities are endless when it comes to the

Lissette M. Calderon Named The Related Group’s First Female President

Lissette M. Calderon was recently named President of International and Strategic Projects, making her the first female divisional president for the global real estate group. Calderon will work directly with Jorge Perez, Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Related

3 Reasons Why Obama’s Plan for Net Neutrality Matters For Your Business

President Obama came out in support of net neutrality this week, and his proposals could be instrumental in protecting the Internet – and your business. Advocates for net neutrality received a huge vote of confidence this week from President

How Housing Affordability is Worsening in Miami

In case you were wondering, our housing market continues to get less affordable, not more. In the last year and a half, housing affordability in America has dramatically fallen, and our local metro is no exception. We recently reported that NAR’s Housing

The Jobs Report: 3 Good Things and 3 Bad Things for Housing

The messages for housing were mixed in the BLS’ new report on the jobs market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October jobs report earlier today, and it’s a doozy, with a multitude of numbers on the nation’s

5 Important Homebuyer Trends That You Should Know

With our first story in our “NAR Profile” series, we take a look at important homebuyer trends of the last year. Every year, Christmas comes several weeks early for housing analysts in the form of NAR’s “Profile of Home

3 Very Surprising Graphs on How New Construction Has Shifted Towards Affluence

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Green Dragon Group Developers Contribute to Biscayne Boulevard Expansion

Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard is quickly growing with new additions coming to the neighborhood. One of those additions includes plans for an eight-story, 90-unit condo tower on a two-acre site between 57th and 58th streets. The Green Dragon Group, a

ILSA Gets a Facelift

New ILSA amendment promises to end exploitation of the legislation. In late September, President Barack Obama, responding to years of criticism, signed into law an amendment to the longstanding Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, known more commonly in

Miami Asking Prices Remain Among Nation’s Strongest in October

Though prices have shown signs of a slowdown at 2014 draws to a close, they’ve remained in positive territory. Though asking prices nationwide have shown some signs of a slowdown, they remained in confidently positive territory through October, according

Sellers Ignore Market, Want More Money

Sellers are ignoring market realities for the hope of more money. In 2014, the real estate market has been an incubator, slowly coaxing the ailing industry back into full health. However, despite the considerable gains, especially to home prices

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