Older stories about Florida and other parts of the country related to real estate, finance and policy issues for homeowners and prospective homeowners.
By HOM Editor | January 22, 2020
Sales surged in December 2019 thanks to a robust increase in mid-market and $1-million-and-up transactions.
By HOM Editor | December 18, 2019
Miami-Dade County existing condominium sales, including $1-million-and-up transactions, increased year-over-year in November 2019, according to the MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system. For more details, s …
By HOM Editor | November 18, 2019
Miami-Dade County single-family home sales, condo sales, median prices, dollar volume and luxury transactions increased year-over-year in September 2019, according to the MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) syst …
By HOM Editor | September 20, 2019
Miami-Dade County mid-market home sales and median sale prices increased for all properties in August 2019, according to the MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system. For more details, see “Miami Mid-Market Ho …
By HOM Editor | August 6, 2019
Miami-Dade County mid-market single-family home sales increased, and median prices rose for all property types in June.
By HOM Editor | June 4, 2019
Miami mid-market home sales and median prices for all properties increased in April, reflecting demand for local properties, particularly in certain price points.
By HOM Editor | May 7, 2019
Miami existing condominium sales jumped double digits and single-family luxury $1-million-and-up transactions rose year-over-year in March.
By HOM Editorial Team | March 24, 2019
Miami existing condominium sales jumped double digits and single-family luxury $1-million-and-up transactions rose year-over-year in March
By HOM Editorial Team | April 9, 2015
“Affordable housing” can mean different things in different markets. In Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties, it usually means condominiums, which now make up about 60% of local housing inventory. For many potential condominium buyers, finding fin …
Much like home prices, rents are also spiking, taking upwards of 53% of family income, causing stress on wallets and crushing homeownership dreams.
Closing the wealth gap made is being more difficult by mathematical equations used to determine mortgage eligibility.
An influx of severe weather in places not used to such dangerous conditions has wreaked havoc on homeowners when it comes to insurance.
American families lose, on average, about $3,300 annually due to failed infrastructure. Did you ever hit a pothole and blow out a tire? That’s failed infrastructure. Did you ever lose power long enough, or does it happen frequently enough, where you ha …
When you pour yourself a glass of water from the tap in your kitchen, you can hold the glass up to the light and the liquid looks crystal clear. Next, doing your best impression of a wine connoisseur, you swirl the water around in the glass and tip it …