http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Real Estate News 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:25:46 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1325476.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1325476.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Nearly half of all owners of single-family homes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area were underwater at the end of the third quarter, meaning their homes were valued for less than the mortgages owed against them. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1324267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1324267.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:42 EST Nearly half of all owners of single-family homes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area were underwater at the end of the third quarter, meaning their homes were valued at less than the mortgages owed against them. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1322832.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1322832.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST DEERFIELD BEACH<p/>OFFICE BUILDING<p/>ACQUIRED FOR $1.2M<p/> Location: 1300 E. Hillsboro Blvd.<p/> Seller: Denise A. Ashleman. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1322565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1322565.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In South Florida's bleak real-estate market, houses for sale aren't the only glut. Churches and other religious properties, some of them bank foreclosures, are plentiful, and stuck in a commercial purgatory. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1321341.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1321341.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It was just a matter of time before a problematic building material would make it into American homes.<p/> That's what state toxicologist Dr. David Krause told attendees during a summit on defective Chinese drywall Friday in Tampa. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1319564.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1319564.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jeffrey Soffer created a ``corporate shell game'' to borrow nearly $3 billion for the Fontainebleau Las Vegas and now is trying to shield his family's real estate empire from the fallout of that project's bankruptcy, according to a new lawsuit against companies controlled by the Aventura developer. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1313268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1313268.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST First-time home buyers seeking the $8,000 tax credit aren't just racing a Nov. 30 deadline to buy a house; they're also competing with Thanksgiving, traditionally a three-day work week for financial institutions integral in closing a home deal. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1310794.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1310794.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In order to help his clients close on units at the luxury St. Tropez condominium in Sunny Isles Beach, developer Joe Milton recently put up $100 million of his company's cash to set up a mortgage company to fund loans. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1310801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1310801.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST PLANTATION<p/>OFFICE BUILDING<p/>ACQUIRED FOR $2M<p/> Location: 1368 N. University Dr.<p/> Seller: Plantation Key Office Park, by Plantation KOP, general partner, represented by Paul Douglas, managing member. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1310806.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1310806.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ``The word is out across the entire globe that Miami is on sale, so we have had a lot of good activity this entire year.''<p/> Those enthusiastic words from Ron Shuffield, president of Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors, succinctly sum up this week's cover story on Page 16. As reporter Monica Hatcher notes, foreign buyers have become a key factor in the recent surge in home sales in South Florida. And they often come with cash in hand, which is good news for our local economy. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1309396.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1309396.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The Soffer family's Turnberry Isle resort must pay $6 million to the hotel's operator -- fees held back over allegations of mismanagement at the money-losing luxury resort in Aventura. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1309390.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1309390.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Hundreds of struggling Florida homeowners have filed complaints with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in the past year about failed or stalled home mortgage loan modifications with Bank of America. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1307800.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1307800.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The battle for Floridians' wallets is heating up.<p/> A series of bank takeovers, spurred by the recent financial upheaval, has brought several new banking giants to the state -- already one of the most competitive landscapes in the nation for banking. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1307787.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1307787.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Homeowners who have been living with what they suspect are problems related to Chinese drywall may have to wait months before they know whether their suspicions are true. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1307472.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1307472.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Jessie Capote's father started growing boniato, or the Cuban sweet potato, on five acres of land off Krome Avenue in Homestead more than 40 years ago. Around the same time, a few miles west, Lynn Chaffin's father-in-law began his own farm of vine-ripened tomatoes. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1306204.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1306204.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:37 EDT Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time home buyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers.<p/> The tax credit provides up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers but is set to expire at the end of November. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new home sales fell 3.6 percent in September, and some industry representatives blamed uncertainty about the tax credit. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1298835.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1298835.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:08 EDT <link href="http://media.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news/test/mortgage-calc/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedia/news/test/mortgage-calc/calculate.js"></script> http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1303428.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1303428.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Home prices in South Florida continued to eke out modest gains even as confidence in the economy stalled, according to two widely-watched reports released Tuesday, sending mixed messages to a jittery market during the run-up to the critical holiday-shopping season. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1302322.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1302322.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:22 EDT U.S. home prices rose for the third straight month in August, data released Tuesday showed, a key sign for a broad and sustained housing recovery.<p/> The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities climbed 1.2 percent from July to a seasonally adjusted reading of 144.5. While prices are down 11.4 percent from August a year ago, the annual declines have slowed since February. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1302107.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/real-estate/story/1302107.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:22 EDT Shares of home builders, including Miami-based Lennar, slid Monday after an analyst cut his estimates on several companies and said most in the industry won't turn a small profit until late 2011.