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President Obama devoted an entire speech yesterday to the housing market, specifically reforms he’d like to see made to our home financing system. President Obama called for reforms to both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a policy speech
June was yet another banner month for home prices in CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, but could home price gains be slowing down? Home prices continued their sterling performance in June, rising 11.9 percent year-over-year in the latest Home Price
The latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors show that single women are owning on the homeownership front. Women may earn 77 cents of every dollar that men earn, but when it comes to homeownership, women are not
Asking prices in Miami were up 12.2 percent in July, though that activity came amidst a slowing housing market. Asking prices in July were up 12.2 percent year-over-year in Miami in the latest Trulia Price Monitor, a leading measure
Residential construction spending continued to lead the pack in June, posting strong year-over-year gains in the latest Census Bureau report. Overall construction spending may have down in June, but it was another great month for residential construction spending, which
The housing market has grown in many interesting ways so far this year, and agents will have some interesting details to consider for 2013’s second half. The housing market has cut an encouraging path the last six months. What
Shakira is shakin’ her hips elsewhere. The 36-year-old singer-songwriter from Columbia has listed her waterfront Miami mansion for a whopping $14,950,000. The international superstar and “The Voice” judge has owned the home since September of 2001, and paid $3,380,000
The nation’s foreclosure markets continued to improve in June, according to the latest report from CoreLogic. CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report for June brought further good news to the housing recovery, with foreclosure inventory and completed foreclosures both showing encouraging
Everyone says that Millennial homebuyers offer a huge opportunity for housing, but now, we can finally put a number behind it – and it’s a big one. It’s no mystery that Millennial homebuyers have been missing in action thus
In the last year, we’ve entered a new world order in real estate, and homebuyers are facing a number of concerns as a result. It’s a new world out there in the U.S. real estate market. Gone are the
Pending home sales were at their third-highest level since 2006 in June, but are rising mortgage rates beginning to have an impact? Pending home sales were at their third-highest mark in more than six years in June, though industry
The May Case-Shiller brought great news for Miami’s housing market, with home prices in the city putting up some of the best numbers in the nation. May was yet another good month for home prices in the Miami metropolitan
How do consumers search for homes? Is the Internet still king, or are other, more traditional methods still of use? Read on to find out. In today’s housing market, there are a seemingly limitless array of options for how
Aria Development Group, the Miami and New York-based real estate investment and development firm behind 321 Ocean, announced the release of the luxury oceanfront project’s only remaining inventory – two Beach Villas and two penthouses – at a private
PMG Acquisitions, LLC of New York has agreed to pay $25 million for a 25,976 square-foot parcel of land at 1449-1451 Brickell Ave., announced Mario Borda, CEO of the commercial division of Engel & Völkers Miami. Other than one
A bankruptcy court has appointed Fisher Auction Company to handle the sale of Casa Casuarina, the oceanfront South Beach mansion formerly owned by fashion icon, Gianni Versace. The sale will be handled in conjunction with Coldwell Banker Residential Real
