palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Redland Real Estate Market Report November 2007 - 12/13/07 09:59 AM
The numbers in Miami Dade County are pretty dismal as far as being a home seller goes. But it's a great time to be a buyer!
Here's the Miami area of the Redland (zip code 33031 only) and it's current real estate numbers:
More telling than the above numbers is the ratio … (4 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Pinecrest Market Report November 2007 - 12/13/07 09:33 AM
The Village of Pinecrest boasts some of the loveliest homes in Miami-Dade County. The market trends in Pinecrest are in line with it's desirability in home buyers' eyes.
The numbers in Pinecrest are more encouraging than the county as a whole. Follow this link to see the county numbers. … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Palmetto Bay 33158 Market Report November 2007 - 12/13/07 05:49 AM
To provide hyper local market data, I am presenting this market report for the Village of Palmetto Bay, zip code 33158 specifically.
The trend here looks a lot better than the county's for the same period.
Yes, the For Sale far outnumber the Sold, but that all important Months Of Inventory number is … (5 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Homestead 33032 Real Estate Market Report November 2007 - 12/13/07 05:00 AM
I did a county-wide market report for placement. You can click here to see it.
But people are interested in specific areas. Here's a market report for zip code 33032 in Homestead. This zip encompasses SW 157 Avenue and East to the bay from SW 232 Street to SW 280th Street.
If … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Dade County Market Report For November 2007 - 12/13/07 04:25 AM
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Well, a picture with statistics would speak that much more, I would think.
This graphic shows the present real estate numbers in Miami-Dade County. They are eye-opening, to say the least.
The light green bar shows the number of homes available (single family, condos, … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Palmetto Bay Homes For Sale Clarification - 11/27/07 07:30 AM
I read this nbc6.net article the other day and can go along with most of what’s being said. I have to take issue with one small item there though. Zip code 33157 is touted as being Palmetto Bay and while a part of Palmetto Bay is certainly in zip code 33157, … (3 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Redland Real Estate Auction - Going, Going, Still Here! - 11/18/07 03:55 AM
Are you trying to sell your Redland home in this market? Have you looked at alternative methods of selling your home? Have you looked at real estate auctions?
Real estate auctions can be very successful. And they can be total flops too. Last week I attended the latter at a … (12 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Do Minor Repairs And Save A Deal - 11/13/07 01:49 PM
Selling real estate in the Redland and the rest of Miami-Dade county, I have seen lots of things happen. One thing I’ve seen happen (and it’s never pretty) is seeing a deal fall apart after inspections. An inspection during the home buying process almost always generates reasons to renegotiate the contract. … (13 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miracles Still Happen In Real Estate - 11/05/07 01:58 PM
For many, many years, Celia had been praying for a home of her own. Her life had not been an easy one. But now she had a good job with the church. She was making good money and was involved in something that touched her heart...a homeless ministry.
She had stopped … (25 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Palmetto Bay Market Report - 10/09/07 03:57 PM
If you're looking to buy or sell a home in Palmetto Bay the following numbers will interest you. They represent the homes sold and available for sale in Palmetto Bay.
The first line of data is the total. If you look beneath that you will see a breakdown by price ranges.
When … (6 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Squatter Real Estate Agents? - 08/10/07 05:23 PM
It's been quite the day. I've put a lot of miles on my car today.
The morning started out innocuously enough. I took advantage of a few stops I had to make in a certain part of town to look around for possible rentals for a tenant. I had checked the … (51 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: No Info Tube For You! - 08/06/07 06:23 AM
When was the last time you went up to an info tube (or an info box) and found it actually had a property flyer in it? OK, let's suppose the agent or homeowner was on top of things and the tube/box was actually filled. Did you call the number listed and … (35 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Community Development Districts In South Florida - 07/30/07 05:41 AM
The majority of homebuyers in the Miami Redland, Homestead area answer "NO" when I ask them if they know what a Community Development District is. If the property they're looking at is located in a CDD (as these districts are commonly reffered to) this fact has to be disclosed to them.
But … (31 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami-Dade Home Buyers, Realtors Can Help! - 06/24/07 06:23 AM
I snapped this picture of a brand new house in Homestead on one of my many rides through the areas that I specialize in.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words. What does this one tell you? This homeowner is no happy camper, that's for sure! He might have fared better … (18 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami-Dade Market Report $300K - $400K Range - 06/23/07 08:59 PM
If anyone thinks the market is changing in Miami-Dade county I'd like to present this visual. It is changing, but not for the better, it seems, at least in this price point.
This graph represents homes for sale in Miami-Dade County vs. Homes Sold. I limited the data to homes in the … (3 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami Redland 33187 Southwest Miami List Price vs Sales Price - 06/09/07 10:25 PM
I was playing around with my super-dee-duper new graphmaker and thought I'd post one of the graphs I made.
This one shows the relationship between the List Price (asking price) and the Sales Price (actual sold price) in the 33187 zip code. 33187 encompasses part of the Miami Redland as well as … (9 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: I'll Sell Your Home In 60 Days Or Pay You $500!!* - 06/03/07 08:18 AM
If you've been trying to sell your home I'm sure my claim caught your attention, no? After all, the way the market is, any claim to sell a home in 60 days has got to be good, especially backed up with a guaranteed $500 payment if I can't deliver, right? WRONG!!
*First … (22 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Dear John....A Letter to Sellers - 05/31/07 07:45 AM
Dear John,
Please don't hate me for what I'm about to say. I'm sorry to have to tell you this. But.....I'm leaving you.
Please don't be hurt. Let me explain.
While you were trying to get more for your house than it is worth, I met someone else. His name is Appropriately.
Appropriately is … (94 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Using a REALTOR® Can Keep You On the Right Side of the Law - 05/05/07 09:28 PM
This week I saw a FSBO sign on the lawn of one of the houses I farm. Of course that always stings, but you can't take those things personally when you're a REALTOR®.
I made note of the info but it wasn't your typical info. They had a website listed on the … (25 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Contact your Legislator for Property Tax Reform - 05/05/07 01:51 PM
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Broker's Caravan Markets Listings - 05/03/07 08:59 PM
I'd been told caravans haven't been popular lately. In the almost 2 years I've been licensed as a REALTOR® in Miami I had not heard of any being done. Two months ago Julie Romero, of Combank Mortgage, told me that her bank was putting together a Broker's Caravan in the Homestead … (20 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: What does a REALTOR® do, anyway? - 03/30/07 06:30 AM
Yesterday I was asked by someone if I sold houses. I replied, "Yes. I am a REALTOR®"
"Oh, so you do mortgages and stuff?"
"No, I am not a mortgage broker. I prefer to wear one hat only and do it really well."
"So then what does a REALTOR® do?"
I was surprised to … (6 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Attention Shoppers, the Blue Light Special Ain't Happening! - 03/28/07 06:14 PM
I've seen something happening lately and wonder if this has been happening since the beginning of time in the world of real estate? I've only got a year and a half of licensure under my belt so I can't rightly say.
I'm talking about offers submitted that are so low they're..well, … (20 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Florida Property Tax Reform Revisited...twice today - 03/15/07 02:10 PM
I must be a glutton for punishment.
I thought I had reached my Florida property tax reform blog limit for the day. One. Well, I found something of interest and wanted to pass it on to all those impacted by our high property taxes. It's a website. Not just any website. It's … (10 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Florida Property Taxes: are we lowering them or not? - 03/15/07 05:18 AM
In a classic case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, the Florida House, which is trying to lower property taxes, has told local school boards to increase property taxes if they need more money for operations. Or is that a case of the right hand … (12 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Property Tax reform in Florida - 03/12/07 04:01 PM
We Floridians have been waiting with bated breath while our new Governor, Charlie Crist, tackles the real problem of EXTREMELY HIGH property taxes, for lack of a difficult term. We need simplicity here.
Property assessments literally tripled in most of Florida in the last 5 years. Ask any homeowner in Florida … (12 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: McMansions...would you like fries with that? - 03/06/07 11:09 PM
The Redland area of Miami is a great place for real estate. It's intermingled with single family residences and nurseries growing and selling all kinds of beautiful plants. Most homes are on at least one acre. Considering that most new construction in other areas of Miami is being built on lots of … (16 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Market Report for the Redland area of Miami as of 3/6/07 - 03/06/07 10:14 PM
Here's a few numbers representative of the current real estate market conditions in historic Redland in Miami. These numbers are for Single Family Homes:
Homes for Sale: 91
Range of prices: $281K - $2.5m
Homes under contract: 19
Homes Sold in the last 30 days: 4
Inventory available: 22.75 months (or roughly 1.9 years)
The inventory number … (1 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Market Report for Homestead as of 3/6/07 - 03/06/07 09:55 PM
Here's a few numbers representative of the current real estate market conditions in Homestead, FL. These numbers are for Single Family Homes:
Homes for Sale: 1187
Range of prices: $166K - $5m
Homes under contract: 152
Homes Sold in the last 30 days: 30
Inventory available: 39.6 months (or roughly 3.29 years)
The inventory number is calculated … (2 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Market Report for SW Miami-Dade as of 3/6/07 - 03/06/07 09:35 PM
Here's a few numbers representative of the current real estate market conditions in SW Miami Dade (broadly defined as anything South and West of our lovely Miami Metrozoo). These numbers are for Single Family Homes:
Homes for Sale: 571
Range of prices: $210K - $7.5m
Homes under contract: 88
Homes Sold in the last 30 … (2 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Sticks and Stones..... - 03/05/07 02:23 PM
Last week I was accused of being a fly-by-night, unethical sham. Not directly, mind you. This was the way someone who does not know me, or even know of me, chose to refer to me. It made me smile.
Allow me to explain. I was called by a gentleman who had been … (43 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: It's not too late to file your Homestead Exemption! - 02/27/07 11:59 AM
If you live in Dade County and your property is your primary residence, you are entitled to a $25,000 homestead property tax exemption. Not only will this help to reduce your annual property taxes, it will prevent your taxes from being taxed at Assessed Value in the coming years. This is the … (5 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Bargain Basement Prices? I think not! - 02/23/07 11:29 PM
I had something happen today that's never happened to me before. A buyer called about one of the properties I have listed for sale. That's happened before, I'm referring to something else.
He was standing in front of the property and asked for information. I went into my usual informative speech … (35 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Just because they "do it all the time" doesn't mean it's legal - 02/23/07 06:03 AM
Mortgage Fraud. These 2 words can evoke fear in people. As well they should! Mortgage fraud is so rampant in our industry, including here in Miami real estate, that it is being treated by the authorities with the attention it deserves.
I'm sure most consumers aren't aware that some of the things … (4 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Send in the clowns.... - 02/19/07 11:12 PM
Picture it... 11 homes listed in this subdivison. It's a beautiful community made up of 92 gorgeous homes. The community is brand new. The developer closings on the first house took place a year ago and the more recent ones were finished 6 months ago. As a matter of fact, the … (24 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Important Information About Illegally Licensed Contractors in Miami-Dade - 02/16/07 06:16 PM
Miami-Dade County has identified a number of contractors who are suspected of obtaining their licenses illegally.
When the County discovered the problem, it contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department and State Attorney's Office to request a thorough investigation. Their intent was to identify the persons responsible for misconduct.
In order to protect the public from … (2 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami Seeks to Ease Permitting Process for Affordable Housing - 02/16/07 03:00 PM
Last week Miami city officials said they want to help affordable-housing developers by trying to speed up the permit approval process.
City commissioners were told at last week's meeting that efforts would be made to come up with ways to speed up affordable housing projects.
After commissioners Michelle Spence-Jones and Angel Gonzalez said … (4 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Florida attorney general warns consumers about mortgage fraud scams - 02/13/07 07:33 AM
I do not take credit for writing this. This is an advisory issued by the Florida Association of Realtors which I felt was important enough to point out to the consumer:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Feb. 12, 2007 - Attorney General Bill McCollum issued a consumer advisory, warning Floridians of common mortgage fraud … (8 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami-Dade Legislative Public Hearing on Property Tax Reform - 02/13/07 07:12 AM
For a while now, we Floridians have been most concerned about the skyrocketing property taxes. With promises made by the new legislation regarding tax reform, it is important that we make our voices heard. Tonight is your chance Miami-Dade residents!
Please consider attending and voicing your opinion regarding this important topic … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Market Report for the Redland area of Miami as of 2/7/07 - 02/07/07 07:47 AM
Market Report for the Redland area of Miami as of 2/7/07
Here's a few numbers representative of the current real estate market conditions in historic Redland in Miami. These numbers are for Single Family Homes:
Homes for Sale: 89
Range of prices: $379.5K - $2.8m
Homes under contract: 13
Homes Sold in the last 30 days: … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Market Report for SW Miami-Dade as of 2/7/07 - 02/07/07 07:44 AM
Market Report for SW Miami-Dade as of 2/7/07
Here's a few numbers representative of the current real estate market conditions in SW Miami Dade (broadly defined as anything South and West of our lovely Miami Metrozoo). These numbers are for Single Family Homes:
Homes for Sale: 354
Range of prices: $250K - $1.75m
Homes under … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Market Report for Homestead as of 2/7/07 - 02/07/07 07:38 AM
Market Report for Homestead as of 2/7/07
Here's a few numbers representative of the current real estate market conditions in Homestead, FL. These numbers are for Single Family Homes:
Homes for Sale: 1146
Range of prices: $167.5K - $5m
Homes under contract: 148
Homes Sold in the last 30 days: 34
Inventory available: 33.7 months (or roughly … (0 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami-Dade Offers New Affordable Housing Portal - 02/03/07 07:51 AM
Miami-Dade Offers New Affordable Housing Portal
Housing Central is a new one-stop web portal launched by Miami-Dade County officials to help consumers in their search for affordable housing. It aims to provide locals with a comprehensive list of services and resources, as well as listings of properties.
With the real estate boom of the … (7 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Facing Foreclosure in Miami-Dade? Know Your Homeowner Rights - 01/25/07 08:28 AM
If you are a homeowner facing foreclosure learn what your rights are. I wrote about the foreclosure process previously but have to follow up with this post geared to the homeowner in this predicament.
The Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts has a brochure titled Homeowner Rights in Foreclosure Proceedings. You can see and … (2 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Miami-Dade Foreclosures - or buy a house at only pennies on the dollar, yeah RIGHT - 01/25/07 07:58 AM
This is a simplified overview of the foreclosure process in Miami-Dade County. I am not talking statistics here, just the process itself. I am asked about this a lot by folks who want to get into this "easy money" so here it is:
A homeowner gets into trouble and falls behind on … (6 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Poker anyone?? - 01/18/07 08:12 AM
I showed one of my listings 2 days ago to another agent and his clients. The couple seemed nice enough, but reserved and almost down-to-business. It took them all of 9 minutes to see the place. The agent then asked a question about the roof and they were gone.
I told my … (10 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Homestead Real Estate Market Report 1/17/07 - 01/17/07 01:19 PM
I'm happy to provide the latest numbers on the real estate market in Homestead, FL. These numbers are for Single Family Homes.
Listed for Sale - 1101 homes. The most expensive is listed at $3.5 million while the least expensive is listed at $145,000. Very broad range in prices here in Homestead.Pending Sale … (2 comments)
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palmetto bay redland agents real estate information: Redland Real Estate Market Report 1/17/2007 - 01/17/07 12:54 PM
I'm happy to provide the latest numbers on the real estate market in Redland. These numbers are for Single Family Homes. There are no apartment complexes, condos or duplexes in the Redland area.
Listed for Sale - 193 homes. The most expensive is a 4/3 with 20 acre avocado grove listed at … (2 comments)
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