April 29, 2024
Real Estate
Florida's Housing Market Continues to Show Rising Prices in Feb. 2017
Florida's housing market continued to report a tight supply of homes for sale and rising median prices in February, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®
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Published on 3/23/2017
Scam alert: Fake Realtor board targets Florida Realtor members
The "Florida Board of Realtors" does not exist, but Florida Realtors members have been receiving a "Final Notice" bill from them in the mail, saying their real estate licenses are in jeopardy. Complaints have come into Florida Realtors from all parts of the state.
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Published on 3/7/2017
The Andersons enters into agreement to sell farm center locations in Florida
The Andersons, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDE) announces it has signed an agreement to sell its farm center locations in Florida to Wedgworth's Inc., of Belle Glade, Florida. This agreement includes real estate and assets owned by The Andersons at Zellwood, Clewiston, and Lake Placid as well as the assets and operations located in Immokalee.
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Published on 3/7/2017
Buy now: Floridians say this is the time to purchase a home, survey shows
Even as homeownership nationwide is at a record low, a slim majority of Floridians say now is a good time to buy a house, according to a newly released University of Florida survey.
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Published on 2/15/2017
Butting heads: Orange County's property appraiser clashes with big business
It's not much of an exaggeration to say that Rick Singh, the elected property appraiser in Orange County, came out of nowhere.
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Published on 1/26/2017
Timeshare giants: Marriott's evolution
The company, which has its timeshare roots in Florida, is tweaking its strategy
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Published on 1/26/2017
South Florida International Real Estate report - 2016 profile
Foreign home buyers spent more on South Florida homes and purchased more local residential properties in 2016 than the year before.
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Published on 1/20/2017
Booming South Florida real estate market won't stop in 2017, says new survey from law firm Berger Singerman
The election of Donald Trump, combined with a growing domestic economy, is helping restore confidence among real estate professionals. When asked their primary reason for optimism in 2017, 32 percent of real esta te respondents said improvement in the economy and 28 percent named the results of the presidential election.
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Published on 1/19/2017
Bonding over affordable housing in Miami-Dade
South Florida is among the country's least affordable housing markets, part of the workforce housing problem is too few affordable homes near employment centers.
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Published on 12/28/2016
Florida's housing market: Median prices rose in Oct. 2016
Shortfalls in inventory continued to impact sales statewide: Single-family home sales totaled 20,194, down 5.3% from October 2015, while townhouse-condo sales totaled 7,955, down 12.3 percent compared to a year ago.
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Published on 11/23/2016
Targeting millennials for growth in Tampa Bay
In fall 2013, the Related Group, a longtime condo developer in Miami, completed its first project in downtown Tampa.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Babcock Ranch: A place in the sun
Babcock Ranch's solar center will be ready for the community's first residents next year.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Suntex Marina Investors merges with Marina Jack Holdings
Suntex Marina Investors LLC (Suntex), an owner and operator of marina properties, announced that it has entered into an agreement with, and acquired certain interests of, Marina Jack Holdings, LLC and affiliates of SRS Holdings, LLC. These companies are the parent companies of Marina Jack and Oleary's Tiki Bar in downtown Sarasota; as well as Bayfront Yacht Works & Marina, Bayfront Excursions and Turtle Beach Grill on south Siesta Key, Florida.
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Published on 9/28/2016
SPP presents reimagined vision for Channelside Waterfront to Port Tampa Bay
Vision centers around an enhanced, activated and functional waterfront
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Published on 9/21/2016
Innisfree Hotels acquires Hotel Indigo in Sarasota
New hotels under development and construction will lead to $100 million investment in coastal community.
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Published on 9/8/2016
Florida's housing market in July: median prices rose while existing home sales sank
Existing home sales dropped 8% due to inventory shortage and rising prices.
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Published on 8/25/2016
Cushman & Wakefield acquires Taylor & Mathis of Florida
The acquisition makes Cushman & Wakefield the second largest property management firm in the state of Florida.
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Published on 8/11/2016
Development bounces back in southeast Florida
Development in Hallandale is returning in force.
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Published on 7/27/2016
Foreign investment pouring into Florida's commercial real estate market, according to CBRE report
In 2015, Florida ranked fourth among U.S. states for cross-border capital flows
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Published on 7/14/2016
Moving ahead: St. Joe Co. is back in the development game
Jorge L. Gonzalez, the new president and CEO of St. Joe Co., says the 80-year-old company is revving up its residential development plans following a turbulent period in which the Securities and Exchange Commission charged the company with improper accounting procedures that resulted in "materially overstated" earnings and assets in 2009 and 2010.
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Published on 4/27/2016
Oh Suzanne: Chalet Suzanne still awaits a buyer
The restaurant sits empty. The inn no longer takes reservations. And the airstrip where Robert Redford once arrived in a biplane now attracts only wildlife. For years, Chalet Suzanne, a...
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Published on 4/27/2016
Coming clean: High-dollar home purchases are coming under scrutiny
Buyers who spend more than $1 million on a home in Miami-Dade County will now find it more difficult to shield their identities from the U.S. government.
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Published on 4/27/2016
The new ‘green' in Florida real estate
The newest trend in real estate is wellness-oriented developments with active design features, trails and health-oriented programming.
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Published on 4/27/2016
Northwest Florida: A home run
Quint Studer's Blue Wahoos baseball facility kicked off a wave of development in downtown Pensacola.
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Published on 3/28/2016
Central Florida: $2 billion in projects
Work on I-4 — including through downtown Orlando — will continue for at least the next decade.
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Published on 3/28/2016
