MiamiHerald.com: Real Estate News

New FLL runway to force out hotel, boating center

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33 EST

Broward County commissioners Tuesday voted to invoke eminent domain to buy the Hilton and the Dania Marine Center to make room for the airport’s new runway.

Coral Gables automates building and zoning process

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:38 EST

Coral Gables has added an automated system to manage the flow of customers in its Building and Zoning department at City Hall. The goal is to speed service.

Miami-Dade’s luxury condo resale market surges

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:00 EST

The luxury condo resale market in Miami Dade County has seen a strong recent upswing, but will it last?

Greater Miami housing sales set record in 2011

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:30 EST

Year-end figures show that homes and condos sold at a pace that eclipsed the volume of deals at the height of the boom.

Parkland real estate agent guilty of fraud, money-laundering conspiracies

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:06 EST

A 42-year-old real estate agent from Parkland pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for his role in mortgage fraud schemes at the Versailles community in Palm Beach County, according to U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer.

Financial talk show host Anthony Cutaia gets 4 years for $1.5 million scam

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:49 EST

When Palm Beach Gardens Police Chief Stephen Stepp was looking for a safe place to invest his retirement nest egg, he turned to a Boca Raton man who gained respectability dishing out financial advice on weekly TV and radio shows and headlining investment seminars.

Palmetto Bay to appeal court decision on school expansion

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:14 EST

Palmetto Bay votes to appeal a recent court decision in the ongoing battle with Palmer Trinity over expansion.

New office building at Homestead Air Reserve Base

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:54 EST

After waiting for almost seven years, the military’s Special Operations Command South will construct a new, $41-million facility on the Homestead Air Reserve Base.

Florida real estate tips, traps for foreign buyers

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:31 EST

The real estate market Florida is offering foreign buyers presents a doubly good opportunity rarely seen in the region: Prices are flat or declining and foreign currencies are rising relative to the U.S. dollar.

Kendall councilwoman’s suit can go forward

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:50 EST

An appellate court said Kendall councilwoman Peggy Brodeur has the right to sue after her vote against a development project was “nullified.” But the developer said the project she opposed already is under construction.

NASCAR team boss owes us a million, Golden Beach brothers say

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:25 EST

Remember the guy who paid $12.4 million at auction for two Golden Beach mansions? The deal is kaput, and the sellers are suing.

Casinos could be jackpot for condo-hotels

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:00 EST

Real estate developers, sales agents and unit owners are preoccupied with visions of how casinos could provide further stimulus for the South Florida condo market.

Palmetto Bay loses again to Palmer Trinity

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:04 EST

A three-judge panel has overturned a Palmetto Bay decision limiting the future enrollment of Palmer Trinity School to 900 students.

South Florida real estate: Sales slow, prices rise

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:29 EST

A sales report by the Miami Association of Realtors bolsters the evidence that S. Florida’s housing market saw competing trends in 2011.

Realtor withdraws plan for office near High Pines

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:45 EST

The vice chairman of the Kendall Community Council scolded residents for acting like a “mob” while speaking against a proposed rezoning.

Margulies breaks ground on new Miami condo project

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00 EST

The construction market shows signs of stirring with the groundbreaking of an Aventura high-rise, where the asking price begins

Loretta Cockrum builds for the future in Miami

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:00 EST

Native Miamian Loretta Cockrum developed 600 Brickell at Brickell World Plaza, a building that features the latest in technology and a concept rooted in the stewardship of land.

5 ways to reduce chances of another South Florida condo bust

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:04 EST

As South Florida’s condo market rapidly moves toward another new construction boom, now is the time for the real estate industry to adopt measures to reduce the chances of another bust.

South Florida home sales up, but pace is cooling

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:04 EST

October sales of existing homes in South Florida increased compared to last year, although the month-to-month trends indicated that 2011’s record-high sales pace may be cooling off, according to data released Monday by the Florida Association of Realtors.

5 million loans modified, HOPE NOW says

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:17 EST

Foreclosure prevention agency HOPE NOW Alliance has completed five million permanent loan modifications since 2007, the organization announced Wednesday in West Palm Beach.