In a state where water is in short supply and there is a year-round growing season,  Florida friendly landscaping is important and can result in: lower water bills better looking yard during dry season and droughts decreased maintenance requirements increased presence of wildlife shade and lower energy bills minimizing the need for pesticides and fertilizers […]

Looking for some from free things to do before school starts?  A lot of our local museums have free days each month.  Since today is the first of the month, you will be able to get a lot of these in.  Or spread them out over the next couple of months. Bass Museum of Art […]

Although today’s  S&P/Case Schiller Price Home Index  showed a slight 0.5%  increase in home prices between April and May, Miami had a 0.8% decrease.  Nationally, this was the first month to month increase in three years and has many people claiming that the real estate market appears to be stabilizing as price decreases level off. […]

On Wednesday, July 28, at 9:00 a.m. the City of Coral Gables Commission will hear the first reading of an ordinance that would create a new and separate Fire Rescue Assessment Fee, which is currently collected from ad valorum taxes.  There does not appear to be a guarantee that the current millage would decrease by […]

Last year, Forbes’ 500 most expensive zip codes list included 11 in Florida, including the number 1 most expensive zip, 33109 in Miami Beach, with a median sales price of $3,850,000!  Miami Beach also ranked #369 with zip code 33154 which had a median home price of $745,900.  The list was based on sales between […]

A recent Forbes article rated Coral Gables, FL as one of the fastest moving luxury neighborhoods in terms of days on market.  Forbes’ rating system, which is based on the 500 most expensive zip codes,  is better than other housing indexes which cover too broad of an area to give an accurate picture of what […]

7255 SW130 Street is a tastefully updated, sophisticated home located in the beautiful Village of Pinecrest.  This tropically landscaped home is a private get away right in the middle of the best public and private schools in Miami-Dade County.  $899,000 4 bedrooms, 3 baths 3,758 square feet of living area impact resistant doors and windows […]

I am not talking about the University of Miami’s football team here, which is a much anticipated season, but rather the real hurricane season, which is right around the corner officially beginning June 1.   Whether you recently moved here or have lived here for ever, now is the time to prepare your property.  There are […]

The Miami Herald posted an article that Broward’s housing market is close to bottoming out, even though prices in both Broward and Miami-Dade counties continue to slide.  The article was correct in predicting that Broward will rebound faster mainly because: 1) Miami’s inventory was higher than Broward’s to begin with.  Last year at this time, […]

The Miami Herald posted an article that Broward’s housing market is close to bottoming out, even though prices in both Broward and Miami-Dade counties continue to slide.  The article was correct in predicting that Broward will rebound faster mainly because: 1) Miami’s inventory was higher than Broward’s to begin with.  Last year at this time, […]