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Efficient, “Paperless” Electronic Real Estate Transactions On The Rise
Nothing spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R like a missed call from your real estate broker saying you are missing a signature, therefore the closing has been delayed. In an effort to serve the homebuyer in a faster, more efficient manner, said Inman News, more brokers have been custom-designing, buying and using web-based “transaction management systems” that allow homebuyers to [...]
Continue reading...Second Homes Come in First
22. May 2007
Ever wonder why people want to pack up everything they need to be comfortable to unpack it again just for one week in another house? Because Jones does it. According to an April NAR survey, 2006 saw more than 1 million vacation home sales. And the kicker is that folks weren’t buying for investment, they were actually [...]
Continue reading...Pricey Properties
22. May 2007
Most Expensive Home, Most Expensive Beachfront Home, it’s all the same. When you’re looking for the biggest and the best, only one thing comes to mind in South Florida, lately, and it’s Maison de L’Amitie. Click below to see our cast give it to you live from the Writer’s Block! Also dubbed Trump’s Palace by the Sea, [...]
Continue reading...Net Gen Big Impact on Condo Market
21. May 2007
Remember our Expert Realty Blog last week about Britney Spears looking for a $30 million home in Miami Beach. (Her 15-minute concert at Mansion on Sunday May 20 supposedly rocked the house). Well, the 25-year-old is part of a growing trend. NAR reports younger home buyers equal one third of the total home buying population. Opting not [...]
Continue reading...Internet “Open Houses” First Choice Among Buyers
3. May 2007
What Expert Realty has known for along time, Paul Owers of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel revealed Monday in the paper; internet helps sell homes. A greater number of realtors have ramped up their marketing on the Web to offset a real estate market lull. While sitting at their computer keyboards, potential homebuyers check out virtual home tours [...]
Continue reading...Riviera Beach Replaces Housing Project with Townhome Community
8. December 2006
Out with the old and in with the new—a nearly 30-year-old housing development is being demolished, clearing the way for the construction of nearly 200 new townhomes and condos in Riviera Beach. Ivey Green has stood near Congress Avenue and Blue Heron Boulevard for decades. The complex, which once offered hope and a home to families [...]
Continue reading...The future of South Florida Real Estate to Undergo Strict Planning
7. December 2006
The South Florida real estate boom has left many asking what’s left to build upon. Furthermore, the projected doubling of Southeast Florida’s population by 2060 would send new developments as far as the Everglades Agricultural Area in western Palm Beach County. This is expected to cause small towns along Lake Okeechobee such as Pahokee and [...]
Continue reading...Fort Lauderdale Real Estate to Feature Commercial Buildings near I-95
6. December 2006
Developers are tearing down a series of old stores to make way for a new commercial center called Riverbend Corporate Park near Broward Boulevard and I-95. Charlie Ladd and George Rahael, the men in charge of the project, are planning to include six office buildings that will extend up to 325,000 square feet. They are also [...]
Continue reading...Broward County Homes Bucks Slump
29. November 2006
By Mary Damiano Sales of existing homes in Broward County defied the current real estate slump by showing a 5 percent increase in October over sales for October of 2005. The caveat of that figure is that in October 2005, Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida real estate especially hard. Even so, the median price of Broward County condos [...]
Continue reading...Buy a Townhouse, Get Tuition for Your Kid—Builders Offer Incentives to Sell South Florida Real Estate
27. November 2006
By Mary Damiano School tuition, leased cars, home upgrades—builders are throwing in lots of extras in order to get buyers to pony up for South Florida real estate. Those who buy a townhouse in Orchid Grove, a community of Pompano Beach homes, can get four years of their child or grandchild’s tuition by Coscan Homes, the community’s [...]
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29. May 2007
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