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 9, 2011 | LUXURY & WATERFRONT PROPERTY, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
9$2 to $3 million dollar homes in Pinecrest sold (on average) at $338 a square foot in Pinecrest in 2010. This beautiful Pinecrest estate, is priced well above the average square foot price on sold homes… but in my estimate it’s also a home that is...
Jan 21, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
I wish Realtors would take their sellers to see competing listings! If you’re selling your house, have your Realtor show you the top listings competing with your house for buyers. We’ve been analyzing the closed sales, the sales prices, pricing per...
Jan 4, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, IN THE NEWS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
Some home-buyers buy on impulse. Others, analytical and hungry for information, sift through every piece of available data before making an offer. There are all kinds of buyers. No two are the same. The Miami Herald interviewed us months ago. They also...
Dec 22, 2010 | MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
There are more buyers right now than there were in 2005. And there’s good reason for that. Prices have dropped 40-50%. BUYERS ADVICE: If you able to buy real estate now, you are in a rather enviable position. There’s the potential for future...