For Florida high school seniors filling out college applications, the Florida Realtors’ 2010-2011 Scholarship Essay Contest offers a chance to win up to $6,000 in scholarship

The 15th Annual Webby Awards will honor excellence on the Internet in the summer of 2011, the final date to enter the most innovative work online is December 17th. Entries for ‘Best Real Estate Site’ of the year can

America’s 10 largest publicly traded homebuilders have started to improve their policies and practices relating to the environment and resources, but much progress remains to be achieved, according to a major new study by Calvert – one of the

Esslinger Wooten Maxwell (EWM) Realtors (www.ewm.com), one of the nation’s largest residential real estate firms, announced today that nine new associates have joined its Coral Gables office: Thomas Evans, Leena Heiman, Fernando Hernandez, Caroline Irvin, Kathy Maultasch, Elisabeth Perdigon,

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-controlled mortgage entities, have announced that they will freeze all foreclosure evictions on mortgage loans they own or back from Dec. 20, 2010 through Jan.3,

The Kislak Organization (Kislak), a privately-held firm that specializes in real estate and financial services, announced today the promotion of Connie Queralt to Director of Accounting and Human Resources. Ms. Queralt will be based in Kislak’s headquarters in Miami

The federal financial regulatory agencies issued final supervisory guidance today on sound practices by financial institutions for real estate appraisals and

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty will bring real estate into the Twittersphere with a new trending topic – downtown Miami’s current

Total cumulative pending home sales in Miami-Dade County increased 26 percent in November compared to a year earlier, from 8,288 to 10,495, and increased 2.3 percent, up from 10,264, compared to the previous month according to the MIAMI Association

By Tom Butala Zillow.com on Wednesday rolled out a new feature, allowing users across the country to review and rate local real estate agents. With 12.5 million visitors each month, Zillow hopes the insight of former clients can provide

Katerina Brosda, principal broker and CEO of Brosda and Bentley Realtors, sold one of the most exclusive penthouses in Miami at the prestigious St. Regis Resort and Residences in Bal

Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. (the “Company”, or “Orleans”) (Pink Sheets: OHBIQ.PK) and certain affiliated debtors today reported that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed the company’s Modified Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the

According to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller report released today, home prices in Miami dropped 1.2 percent in the third quarter of 2010 compared to last quarter. Nationally, the U.S. Home Price Index dropped two percent this quarter. After rising 4.7

Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, yesterday announced that its Rialto Capital subsidiary has completed the first closing of a real estate investment fund with initial equity commitments of approximately $300 million (including

According to a recent report from CoreLogic, a leading provider of consumer, financial and property information, Miami currently tops the nation in supply of distressed homes. The supply of distressed homes is calculated by the amount of ‘shadow inventory’

Rockwood Capital, LLC, the private real estate investment firm, along with partners Duncan Hillsley Capital and Fortune Capital Management Services, announced last Friday the acquisition of Everglades on the Bay, an 849-unit mixed-use condominium community located in downtown Miami.