The MIAMI REALTORS will host the Lending & Financing Summit: Making Deals Happen on Tuesday, August 17, at Miami’s Doubletree Miami Mart hotel, from 9:00 AM until 12 noon. Keynote speaker Juan del Busto, Regional Executive of the Miami

First Market Properties (FMP) negotiated a deal to acquire notes worth $15.6 million from one of the nation’s largest banks, within a span of just two weeks. The dollar amount involved in the transaction is significant for South Florida

In an effort to help responsible homeowners who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their property, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has provided details on the adjustment to its refinance program which was

Rofo has launched a new the new Real Estate Pro, an application for LinkedIn that is a plug-and-play social media tool for real estate professionals and landlords, creating a localized social media marketplace for brokers, and for businesses seeking

Florida homebuyers and investors spent $10.1 million on foreclosed properties Saturday at the World Center Marriott as 139 foreclosures were auctioned by Real Estate Disposition, LLC (REDC) before an overflow crowd of

The internationally acclaimed Stephanie Odegard Collection of Miami’s Design District has changed hands for the highest price in the more than three years. Power agent Susan Gale spent six months putting an unusually complex deal together to achieve a

By: SANDRA RODELA Even amid the economic crisis, and the even more unsettling environmental crisis in the Gulf due to the BP oil spill, Florida’s economy has shown signs of promising-albeit slow- growth. A study by the University of

Total pending home sales – including single-family and condominiums – in Miami-Dade County increased 40.5 percent in July 2010 compared to July 2009, from 7,197 to 10,113, and decreased less than 2.4 percent, from 10,366 to 10,113, compared to

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) South Florida Chapter has announced the Final Nominees for the nonprofit organization’s upcoming GalaVerde: The 2010 LEEDership and Green Awards Program. Presented by Bank of America, GalaVerde will recognize and honor those outstanding

A wide array of organizations including the American Land Title Association, the National Association of REALTORS, AFSCME, Vote Vets, the Center for Responsible Lending, the Property Rights Alliance and the Institute for Liberty launched ‘The Coalition to Stop Wall

Esslinger Wooten Maxwell (EWM) Realtors, one of the nation’s largest residential real estate firms, announced today that three new associates have joined its Coral Gables office: Betsy Courshon, Lawrence McDonald and Virtudes Viera. Betsy Courshon, a Florida native, has

Reflective of the real estate buyers’ market conditions in many regions in the U.S., satisfaction with real estate companies among home buyers has improved from 2009, while satisfaction among home sellers has declined, according to the J.D. Power and

Data through May 2010, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices have found growth rates in 15 of 20 cities improved in May compared to those reported in April 2010. Also the 10- and

The Miami real estate market continues to strengthen as a result of increased sales and stabilizing home prices. In the Miami MSA, there was a 33 percent increase in condominium sales in June 2010 compared to June 2009 and

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) South Florida Chapter announced that Bank of America has secured the Title Sponsor position for the nonprofit organization’s upcoming GalaVerde: The 2010 LEEDership and Green Awards Program. Presented by Bank of America, GalaVerde

In correspondence with their report of record-breaking growth in the first half of 2010, South Florida’s ONE Sotheby’s International Realty announced this week the opening of four new real estate sales offices by 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Gables,