The 2014 color choices for interior design, as well as for fashion, appear to be “muted and Deco-inspired: rose quartz, amethyst, topaz, olive, whiskey and raisin,” according to designer Michael Berman. Two exceptions to the muted colors are acid yellow and Pantone’s color of the year, Radiant Orchid  

Happy 2014!  Add attending one of these cultural events to your 2014 Resolution List.  They take place in spectacular venues that many of us take for granted and help promote the arts throughout Miami-Dade County. Miami’s cultural season did not end with Art Miami and Art Basel, it merely took a small break for the […]

Happy 2014!  Add attending one of these cultural events to your 2014 Resolution List.  They take place in spectacular venues that many of us take for granted and help promote the arts throughout Miami-Dade County. Miami’s cultural season did not end with Art Miami and Art Basel, it merely took a small break for the […]

On December 20 I wrote a post about some changes to federal laws that may affect Miami’s real estate market in 2014.  I neglected to include two more (well one is a Florida State Law, but I will include it here anyway).  The first one I thought would be extended by now, but since we […]

Someone forgot to tell us that it is winter!  To all my friends, relatives, and customers who have been dealing with cold or downright miserable weather since October, come on down for a visit and thaw out.

The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that starting January it will begin scaling back its bond purchase program from $85 billion per month to $75 billion per month. 2012’s Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, if not modified, will continue to affect owners of older homes who have subsidized flood insurance.  A 25% increase in insurance is […]

The economic outlook for the Sunshine State is extremely positive. TD Economics, an affiliate of TD Bank, estimates that Florida’s economic growth will grow from 2.4% this year to 3.5% in 2014 & 4.0% in 2015.  This growth is largely due to the increase in domestic in-migration, which has led us to knock New York […]

Total sales (24) still outnumbered total new listings (11), which is to be expected in the middle of the holiday season.  Buyers are still out in full force and are purchasing in all price ranges.  The highest sale in our office was the home pictured below.  It sold for $7,030,000 and was listed by EWM.

Total sales (24) still outnumbered total new listings (11), which is to be expected in the middle of the holiday season.  Buyers are still out in full force and are purchasing in all price ranges.  The highest sale in our office was the home pictured below.  It sold for $7,030,000 and was listed by EWM.

Realty Trac’s November Foreclosure Market Report shows that foreclosure start in Florida dropped 18.02% from the previous month and a whopping 45.9% drop year-over-year; completions were down 2.72% month-to-month and 15.59% from previous year; and overall foreclosure activity was down 15% and 23% respectively. These decreases show that the foreclosure crisis is almost over, but the Florida still […]