WASHINGTON – Oct. 26, 2016 – According to Freddie Mac, the nation’s housing market is almost back to normal or, in Freddie’s terms, “on the outer edge of its historic benchmark range of housing activity.” The study also found that Florida and many of its metro areas are improving quickly. The state came in second to Nevada as “most...

A goal Miami’s Downtown Development Authority has been pursuing for more than a year – late-night service on Metrorail and Metromover – will finally be realized by the end of this month. On Friday and Saturday nights, Metrorail and Metromover will run until 2 a.m., said Alice Bravo, director of the county’s Transportation & Public Works Department. “We have...

As Miami’s primordial neighborhood, Coconut Grove evokes passion and pride among its residents past and current. Long considered Miami’s dormant market, the Grove has most recently come alive with vast opportunity driven by the demand of both residential and rental sales that includes new plans, preconstruction deals and surging prices. The Grove’s vast green...

Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood’s current incarnation as an arts district and retail and nightlife cultural hub took off in the mid-2000s when Goldman Properties and its founder Tony Goldman began buying up chunks of the neighborhood in 2006. Now, a decade later, the neighborhood is entering its next stage as a work/live destination. In addition to Goldman...

Good news for Miami real estate players hungry for Asian capital. A report from commercial brokerage CBRE shows more than half a billion dollars worth of Asian cash flowed into Miami real estate during this year’s first six months, making it the country’s fourth-most popular destination for investments from across the Pacific. According to the report, Asian...

Chinese buyers have doubled their residential property purchases in South Florida over the last four years, growing from 1 percent of all international sales in 2011 to 2 percent in 2015, according to the 2015 Miami Profile of International Home Buyers released by the Miami Association of Realtors. “That may not sound like much, but because Miami has so...