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Miami Real Estate Market: Active Rain Survey Shows Agents Bullish on Miami Real Estate

jenniferwollmann — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:30:32 +0000

Active Rain’s Real Estate Recovery Survey show that agents in the Miami-Ft Lauderdale market believe the real estate market in their areas are improving. What do you think?

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Miami Real Estate: Sales Are Up and Inventory is Down

jenniferwollmann — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:54:45 +0000

Home prices in Florida are up according to Florida Association of Realtors January Housing report. The same holds true for the Miami real estate market. Inventories have been decreasing steadily, as can be seen in the graph below.

Decreasing inventories & increasing pending sales

Another Amazing Week At EWM’s Coral Gables/South Miami Office

jenniferwollmann — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:19:35 +0000

Last week we did over $21,000,000 in sales. This week was over $17,500,000 with 32 sales and only 14 new listings. Inventory in Miami-Dade is decreasing steadily, as illustrated in the graph below. Inventory is even tighter once you start looking in a specific price range and community.

More Construction…Signs Of An Improving Market

jenniferwollmann — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:57:32 +0000

Ponce/Davis Lot Under Construction

Here is another construction site on Ponce de Leon East of U.S 1 close to 88 Street. I blogged about another site that has just been cleared and is being prepared for a new home.

More Proof Miami-Dade’s Housing Market is Turning Around

The new building is not limited to the affluent Ponce/Davis area either. Drive around just about any where and you will see signs of new construction. Real estate prices have plunged and buyers who can’t find what they are looking for, or builders trying to meet new demand, have gotten back into the market. Another sign the real estate market is starting to turn.

Investors Taking Advantage of Strong Rental Market

jenniferwollmann — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:50:49 +0000

Over the last several months I have written about different signs, see blog links below, that the real estate market is changing. Today’s Miami Herald article, Rents rise as overseas buyers invest, talks about some of the reasons why.

More Proof Miami-Dade’s Housing Market is Turning Around

Investors Are Taking A Bite Out Of Inventory

Miami Real Estate – Commercial Construction Also Picking Up

Miami Real Estate: More Signs the Market is Improving

Miami Real Estate: The Market is Changing

More Proof Miami-Dade’s Housing Market is Turning Around

jenniferwollmann — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:45:16 +0000

Preparing For Construction On Ponce De Leon

Miami Real Estate: More Signs the Market is Improving

jenniferwollmann — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:49:04 +0000

New Construction

As I drive around town, I am seeing a lot more new construction. This new single family home is going up in north Gables. I have seen other ones being built in South Miami and Pinecrest as well.

In addition to the new construction I have been seeing many remodeling projects. Significant additions are being added on to many existing homes.

All of this bodes well for the overall market. Are you remodeling or adding on to your house?

Miami Real Estate: The Market is Changing

jenniferwollmann — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:29:09 +0000

If this week’s sales vs listings in just one of EWM’s offices is any indication, the market is changing. Our Coral Gables office had 37 residential sales versus 10 new listings and 27 leases vs 8 new rentals. Our total for this week, which include the sale of a commercial property was almost $35,000,000. This market change doesn’t mean that prices are going up yet, but it does mean we are clearing our inventory. We are seeing an increase in rental rates, however, as more people decide to rent and the inventory decreases.

If you need to sell, now is the time to do it since inventory is decreasing and there is demand. Remember to price it right, however, since pricing is everything in this market. If you don’t need to sell, but want to take advantage of the current market, use it to move up, downsize, while you rent out your current home. Alternatively, stay in your home and buy a rental property.

If you are planning to buy, now is definitely the time to buy due to a combination of low interest rates and low prices. If you don’t buy soon, you may find yourself priced out of the market or with even more limited choices.

Miami Real Estate: New Single Family Home Listings

jenniferwollmann — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:16:50 +0000

New single family homes listed since July 1.

8 in Coral Gables. Priced from $349,900 to $13,475,000
7 in Pinecrest. Priced from $585,000 to $2,099,999
5 in Coconut Grove. Priced from $450,000 to $1,300,000
3 in Miami Beach. Priced from $399,900 – $8,650,000

Pinecrest Real Estate – Market Summary for Single Family Homes

jenniferwollmann — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:26:28 +0000

How does the housing market look in Pinecrest half way through 2011? Below are the numbers for single family homes. Note that all of these are going to change a little due to status changes that happen at the end of the month, but are not updated in the MLS until the following month. As of 6/30/2011:

Closed sales: 90. Low of $270,000, high of $4,000,000. 7 were bankowned (REO), 10 are short sales or approximately 19% distressed sales. 57 closed in the second quarter.
Pending sales: 48. Low of $265,000, high of $2,150,000. 3 are REO, 17 are short sales. Almost 42% are distressed sales.
Active sales: 160. Low of $269,900, high of $5,000,000 ($4,999,999 to be exact!). 3 are REOs. 14 are short sales. Only 11% distressed listings. 64 were listed in the second quarter.

What does this mean if you are a seller? If you want to sell your home during the end of the summer buying season, drop your price now. Homes are selling and people are still looking to buy in Pinecrest because of the quality of the public and private schools, parks, and good size lots. If your home needs a lot of work, you are going to have to drop the price even further. Buyers are looking for homes that need minimal updates. If you don’t drop your price now, you are going to have to drop it even further come the beginning of the school year.

If you are a buyer, the numbers mean there aren’t as many “deals” in terms of short sales and foreclosures. Those that are on the market, are priced well, and in reasonably good shape are going to have multiple offers, because there are fewer of them. If you are financing your purchase, you are better off using the numbers to make an offer on a well priced, non-distressed listing.