Our Blog
Osceola County among fastest growing markets for luxury second homes
Osceola County, in central Florida, is one of the fastest growing regions in the US for the luxury second home segment. It is in Osceola that the city of Kissimmee is located, one of the most desired for those looking to invest in vacation homes (Vacation Homes)....
New York developer bets on permanent boom in South Florida
Miami's real estate segment continues to show signs of strong solidity, even with the slowdown seen in recent months. Large market players have already realized that the “Magic City” has a life of its own and may be immune to the global scenario of high interest rates...
Rare combination of conflicting forces keeps prices high in Florida
While the global real estate sector is experiencing a slowdown, Miami seems to experience a different reality. Conflicting real estate forces combine to make the "Magic City" a unique environment filled with opportunity. A recent report released by the consultancy...
The best and worst luxury real estate markets for 2023
Miami remains among the main destinations for investment in luxury roots in 2023, according to recent forecasts published in the Knight Frank report. According to studies, the Miami real estate market will see an expected appreciation of 5% in the luxury segment, in...
Sellers reluctant to lower prices in Florida
A good part of the owners of real estate for sale in Florida are reluctant to realize the new reality of the real estate market. With significantly higher interest rates compared to last year, demand for real estate in Florida has declined. The loan installment is now...
Technology, finance and hype drive Wynwood
We recently published an article on this blog about the impressive transformation of the Wynwood region in recent years. From a neighborhood occupied by warehouses and abandoned factories, Wynwood has evolved into an art stronghold and, little by little, reaches the...
Homes in Orlando stay on the market twice as long as they did in 2021
In a global scenario of uncertainties and high domestic interest rates, the US real estate market begins to “cool”. The city of Orlando, Florida, considered one of the five largest markets in the US, is currently experiencing a considerably different situation than...
Art Basel Miami 2022: Here’s What to Expect at Miami’s Largest Art Fair
Forbes magazine has prepared a complete guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, the biggest artistic event in Florida that contributes to attracting luxury brands, developers and philanthropists to make the city what it is today, a World Class City. This year's edition...
Wynwood: From sheds to luxury condos
Wynwood takes off and emerges in Miami as a desirable residential neighborhood. Even with high American interest rates, the local Wynwood real estate market is booming with luxury condos priced in excess of $20,000 per square foot. The area, once known as a warehouse...
Miami: The evolution from a tourist destination to a financial and technological hub
In the last 10 years the city of Miami has evolved from a tourist destination to a financial and technological hub, attracting mega corporations from other corners of the US and the world. The real estate sector, in this scenario, has contributed and accompanied,...
October: Median Sales Price keeps rising in South Florida
Despite the restrictive interest rate policy by the US Central Bank (FED), the average property price in South Florida remains on an upward trend. The month of October registered double-digit annual growth, confirming that the imbalance between supply and demand will...
Sales drop in October. But year-to-date still high
Home sales in South Florida continue their downward trend in October, according to a report released by the Miami Association of Realtors. However, year-to-date, Miami-Dade County will have the second best year in sales in historical analysis, second only to 2021....
3 foolproof tips to sell your Florida property faster and for a better price
I'll start this article with a revelation: All sales made at my real estate company followed a unique formula. In fact, it is much more than a formula! It's a detailed method that I've honed over more than 20 years of working in the Florida real estate market. In this...
New townhomes on the way to North Beach
The new project was just approved by Miami Beach's Design Review Board. The development will be located at 7637 Carlyle Avenue and will have units with about 1,200 square feet and private rooftop terraces. The owners haven’t decided if they will do rentals or put the...
What is happening with Miami’s Real Estate Market
After two years of a great inventory and home prices going up almost non-stop, Miami buyers are finally seeing the scenario change. Although mortgage rates are above 6% for 30-year loans, experts say that Miami's real estate market will hold strong as the city...
8 metros in Florida are among the TOP 10 with the fastest growing sales price
The Florida real estate market remains buoyant, while the US real estate sector, in general, shows signs of slowing down due to the rise in US interest rates. Ranking released by REDFIN shows that of the ten metropolitan cities that saw the real estate market...
US interest rates reach highest level in 20 years
The US prime rate hit its highest level since April 2022. The fixed rate for 30-year loans hit nearly 7% in mid-October 2022, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. The Fed's decisions to raise interest rates significantly have the main objective of...
Aventura Rail Station Nears Completion
Aventura will be the new Brightline’s station in Florida, connecting Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Orlando. A 131-foot-long pedestrian skybridge was just put into place and connect the station to the platform. Once the station is...
LeBron James is the new owner of a unit at the Estates at Acqualina
Famous basketball player just acquired a unit on the 43rd floor at Estates at Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach, north of Miami Beach. According to public records James paid $9 million for a unit on the two-tower project that was recently completed. The Estates at...
Tips to decorate your house for Halloween
Ready for the spooky season? With Halloween approaching, here are some tips that can help you make your home freak out (and also delight) your trick-or-treaters and neighbors. Commit to a theme: Pick one theme to guide you. If you like pirates, go for it; Is it...
Are we transitioning to a Buyer’s market?
Florida's housing market, characterized by overheating for the past two years, appears to be finally cooling off as the Fed raises interest rates to curb inflation. Some signs of the slowdown are: greater inventory, decrease in the so-called “Bidding War” (competition...
What to do when a hurricane is coming
Florida is a tropical paradise with beautiful beaches, lots of greenery and entertainment options. Because it is close to the Caribbean, it is exposed to tropical storms and hurricanes. Florida's hurricane season officially starts on June 1st and runs through November...
Housing Market Update: What happens when demand and supply both submerge?
We need to address the elephant in the room. The reality is that buyers are facing a massive shock when applying for mortgage relative to what they could have paid just six months ago. But the great question is, does it means that house prices are due for a crash? ...
Crystal Lagoons: Orlando’s New “Beaches”
Can't you go to the beach? Then the beach comes to you! Discover the Crystal Lagoons mega artificial lagoons to be built in the Orlando area! Did you know that Orlando also has a beach? In fact, they are not located in the city of Orlando or nearby, even because...
AMG listing at “The Real Deal” Top sales of September 2022
Unit at Porsche Design Tower listed by AMG international Realty broker, Heloisa Arazi enters "The Real Deal" list of top sales for September. Sold for $5.8M, the oceanfront unit with 4,154 sqft offered it's own private swimming pool and a summer kitchen on the...
Lagoons: The new “waterfront” High-End
It’s well know that home buyers love a water view. A home on a lake for example would sell 25 to 50 percent more than the same house in an inland location. Having this in mind developer Carlos Rosso is launching ONE Park Tower by Turnberry at SoLe Mia in North Miami,...
New mixed-use project coming to Bal Harbour
The planned Residences at Bal Harbour was just approved by the Architectural Review Board and will be constituted by 24-story, 61-unit luxury condo tower that would be built on the 2.7-acre property at 10245 Collins Avenue. The existing Carlton Terrace, built in 1956,...
Tal Avetura: new condo tower to be built in Aventura
2151 Development and 2020 Acquisitions will soon start their new project, Tal Aventura, witch will be located at 2785 Northeast 183rd Street, Aventura, FL. Miami-based Idea Architects to design the project that just scored a key approval from the city. The proposal to...
Price reduction in South Florida homes. What does it means?
The housing prices in Miami-Dade County fell even more and for the first time in months the same thing happened in Broward County, making home buyers hopeful again.. The average sales price of single-family homes went from $570,000 in August to $551,250 in September....
Miami tops FT-Nikkei ranking of best US cities for foreign businesses
Miami has been ranked the best city in the US for foreign multinationals to do business in the inaugural Investing in America ranking compiled by the Financial Times and Nikkei. The Florida city finished first by succeeding where it counts: last year, it pulled in the...
Lake Nona could experience a new boom in new construction
The planned community of Lake Nona, east of Orlando, looks set to see a new boom in construction. Tavistock Development Co., a developer responsible for the community, plans to change the region's development program to nearly double the size of homes, hotels and...
Golden Bay Club Sunny Isles Beach
The Golden Bay Club is a 12-story boutique-style residential condominium. It is located on the southern tip of the island, closest to the Bal Harbor neighborhood. The units have approximately 120 m2. It is only two blocks away from the beach and is considered one of...
5 condos in Sunny Isles Beach that allow short term rental
Sunny Isles Beach is one of Miami's most elegant communities, famous for its luxury oceanfront skyscrapers. The island is also known as the “Riviera of Florida” and its beaches are among the most beautiful in the USA. No wonder the demand for real estate in the region...
Edgewater: Discover the community in Miami
As the name suggests, Edgewater is a small stretch of coastline on mainland Miami, covering approximately 1.68 square miles. It's sandwiched between Midtown and the Upper East Side to the north and Downtown Miami to the south. North 17th Street, North 37th Street, and...
Edgewater community in Miami now following Airbnb trend
The Edgewater neighborhood has finally decided to enter the “Airbnb” trend in a more forceful way. Recently, a new launch, in the same format as those offered in Downtown, was announced in the community: VIDA Residences. The new complex also allows the practice of...
Sale of Mary Brickell Village Complex Signals More Skyscrapers Coming
RPT Realty Group announced on the 23rd the acquisition of the mixed-use complex Mary Brickell Village, in the heart of the Brickell neighborhood. The traditional village in downtown Miami is synonymous with fun and excitement, housing several restaurants, bars and...
Construction material prices slow down, but still high
The price of building materials in Florida seems to finally show signs of slowing down, albeit in an uptrend. After two years of significant volatility, due to the imbalance in the production chain. It is still too early to know if the segment is entering an...
More expensive building materials put pressure on Florida home prices
Despite rising interest rates and signs that the Florida housing market is “cooling off”, industry professionals understand that property prices may still remain skewed upward. And it's not just demand, which remains significant, but the price of building materials....
Will Orlando also have skyscraper landscape like miami?
Will the city of Orlando follow in the footsteps of cosmopolitan Miami and also evolve to have a skyscraper skyline? It's still early to conclude, but the projects are starting to get off the ground. Recently developer Cameron Kuhn, responsible for major projects in...
More than 1000 tons of sand transported to expand beaches in Miami
We all know that Miami does not spare investments in millionaire real estate projects. Not only is the private sector leading a unique movement bringing the most luxurious and grandiose projects in the world, but also public institutions are in an aggressive phase of...
Miami becomes The “Wall Street South”
Miami gets a new nickname: “Wall Street of the South”. The title reflects the diaspora of banks and financial institutions to Miami over the past three years. The most recent situation occurred in June of this year, when tycoon Ken Griffin revealed that he would...
Brightline station in Boca Raton to open in 2022
Another Brightline station in South Florida will open soon. The city of Boca Raton will be the next stop! A closing ceremony was held by the train company, which announced that operations will begin in the city later this year. It will be the company's fourth station...
Orlando’s median home price drops for the first time in 6 months
The Orlando real estate market is once again showing signs of stabilization. In addition to the increase in the inventory of homes for sale, the average price of the segment fell for the first time in 6 months, according to a report by the ORRA (Orlando Regional...
Discover the new Bal Harbour Shops
One of the most famous and luxurious malls in the world, Bal Harbour Shops in Miami, will receive a new wing that promises to double in size. The project, conceived by architect Bernard Zyscovich, is in line with the transformation that the entire neighborhood is...
The new Waterfront park in Bal Barbour
The Bal Harbour Village community recently released illustrative renderings of the new Waterfront Park, a revitalization of the existing park at the corner of 96th Street and Bal Bay Drive. The renderings, made available by Zyscovich Architects, show that the project...
Florida is the most visited US state by foreigners
Florida topped the rankings among the US states most visited by foreigners in 2021. Data on visits by foreigners in 2021 were released by the National Travel and Tourism Office of the United States International Trade Administration (NTTO). The city of Miami was the...
The Cut Walk Jetty: Discover Bal Harbour’s New Pier
The Bal Harbour community in Miami will have its old pier revitalized and enlarged in a project that will cost about $ 15 million. The Cut Walk Jetty, named after the new pier, was conceived and designed by the renowned Mikyoung Kim Design office. The works will start...
Orlando Real Estate: Inventory grows, but prices rise
Florida real estate inventory finally shows solid signs of growth. The Orlando region has already recorded the fourth consecutive month of growth in the number of properties for sale, a scenario that seemed distant at the beginning of the year, when the market was...
Porsche Design Tower leads biggest sale of the week
A unit sold at the Porsche Design Tower last week topped the list of the most expensive properties sold in Miami-Dade. Unit 4405 in the tower was traded at $14.4 million. Sunny Isles Beach, where the German brand's tower is located, is home to some of the most...
830 Brickell Tops Off
The commercial building 830 Brickell has reached the “Top-Off” stage, when it reaches the maximum height of the construction (top floor). The development has 55 floors and is now the second tallest office building in Miami, at 220 meters high, behind the Southeast...