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Miami, Fl, US - The Miami real estate market continues to strengthen compared to last year, the homes and condo/apartment prices are stabilizing and more buyers are acquiring properties in Miami. The sales of single family homes increased 12% compared to august 2009 and 59% in condo/apartments. T...

Since a federal tax break expired June 30, home sales have fallen 20.9 percent in Phoenix, 32.5 percent in Las Vegas, 19.9 percent in San Diego, and even 25 percent in Austin's recession-resistant housing market.But in Miami-Dade, which continues to battle massive amounts of foreclosures, a bloat...

The Miami real estate market continues to strengthen as a result of increased sales and stabilizing home prices. In the Miami Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), there was a 59 percent increase in condominium sales in August compared to August 2009 and a 77 percent increase compared to two years...

Nearly one in five home sellers in the city of Miami reduced prices in August, according to a report released Wednesday by real estate search firm Trulia.com. The average reduction was 10 percent, according to the report, which tracked the nation's 50 largest cities.Miami recorded a total of $123...

The best advice real estate experts give is for one to examine more recent sales data and use these as basis for pricing a home appropriately. Studies have shown that pricing homes appropriately would sell them faster and at a higher price show than pricing them aggressively. The Findire backhand...

It's a problem for thousands of families in South Florida and around the country: Is it better to rent or buy? A national research service now says the answer in Miami is getting a lot easier.Trulia, a national real estate service, found rock bottom pricing and record low interest rates are teami...

Eighteen percent of homes for sale in Miami saw their prices slashed in August by an average of 12 percent, according to data from real estate website Trulia.com.Still, Miami actually ranks fairly low - at No. 49 on the list of 50 cities - with $123.8 million in price reductions. It was ahead of ...

After Charlie Ramirez's two grown daughters moved out and left him and his wife in a 5-bedroom, 3 ½-bathroom empty nest, the Pembroke Pines residents decided it was time to downsize.The couple moved into a smaller apartment and, earlier this year, listed the family home on vacation rental website...

Attracted by plunging prices, big-time investors have begun buying South Florida condo units by the dozens, in bulk deals valued in the tens of millions of dollars.Since July 2008, 63 sales have closed in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties representing 6,000 condo units worth $1.6 billio...

If you're one that loves a "steal of a deal," South Florida's real estate market is ready to love you back.But, the big catch--and in these economic times, it's a Big Catch--you've got to have all cash. But if you do, you can buy a $50,000 condo in Miami Beach, just 2 blocks from the sand and bre...