Mar 8, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS, SELLER'S ADVICE
Mortgage lenders often require 2 appraisals on real estate transactions priced over $1.2 million in Miami. We just jumped that double appraisal hurdle … with a surprising outcome …one I’ve yet to see before . I wonder if anyone else has...
Feb 22, 2011 | IN THE NEWS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS, SELLER'S ADVICE
What will it cost you to hire a Top Realtor? Honestly, do you really want to give away 6% of your sales price to a real estate agent? Isn’t that a bit over the top? Why pay the ‘full fee”? According to The New York Times...
Nov 22, 2010 | FORECLOSURES/SHORT SALES, GOOD DEALS & WHAT'S SELLING, REAL ESTATE NEWS
In the last 6 months, there have been 81 sales of Single Family Homes in Pinecrest. Of those, 10 were Short Sales, 2 were Foreclosures and 69 were regular sales. Those figures seemingly clash with the figures that Dade County has for Foreclosure and Short Sales, with...
Nov 11, 2010 | MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS, SELLER'S ADVICE
Realty Trac reports that currently 24% of residential home sales are FORECLOSURE property. With the shear volume of foreclosure properties on the market (and foreclosures expected to rise), IF YOU PLAN TO SELL YOUR HOUSE over next couple of years, you might do...
Nov 3, 2010 | BUYER'S ADVICE, IN THE NEWS, MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU AS A HOME-BUYER (BESIDES “LOCATION”) IS “HOW MUCH THE PROPERTY WILL COST” YOU. COST is going to be determined by 2 things: 1) YOUR PURCHASE PRICE (and hence, whether you buy … or not) … and...
Oct 26, 2010 | IN THE NEWS, MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS
MIAMI CONDO OWNERS: “There is a TV show looking to produce a story next week on unexpected condo costs (which the owners can’t control.) The producers want to profile a Miami condo-owner (close to retirement … or in a fixed income...
