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Rents are still high, for now

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The average asking rent in the Miami metro area was $2,141 in the fourth quarter of 2022, up 13.3% from a year earlier, per economic research firm Moody’s Analytics.

The big picture: Many would-be home buyers chose to rent longer last year, sustaining apartment demand. But folks are hitting their spending limit.

  • For the first time in over two decades, households now have to spend 30% of their income on average rents.

The expected surge in supply could help bring down prices.

  • Yes, but: Most cities will ...

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Miamians are seeking true love…and shared rent!

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From the outside, Miami might seem like a city of sex-crazed partiers looking for superficial connections. But most of us are softies searching for true romance…and someone to split rent and utilities!

OK Cupid surveyed 2 million daters asking whether they were more interested in love or sex, and found that the majority of respondents in Miami chose love (73%).

Funny thing, 87% of respondents said they’d want to split the rent! A natural choice, as a one-bedroom costing $2,500, splitting that 50/50 with your lover would save about $1,250 each ...

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Coconut Grove estate sells for record $107M

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Adrienne Arsht, a Miami businesswoman and philanthropistsold her waterfront Coconut Grove compound consisting of two homes for $106.9 million, marking a record in Miami-Dade County.

The price is a 29 percent discount from the $150 million asking price from January, when the property hit the market. Still, it is the first time a residential sale surpassed the $100 million mark.

The deal beats the previous record in Miami-Dade, technology company InterSystems founder Phillip Ragon’s $93 million three-house purchase this summer in Golden Beach.

(source: therealdeal.com, picture: compass.com)

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Supply chain issues could slow Miami’s condo boom

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Miami’s condo market, known for its booms and busts, is in the middle of a big boom that would typically be threatened by, inevitably, an oversupply of condos. But the dreaded trio of supply chain breakdownsrising costs, and labor shortages pose the most significant hazard.

To offset rising construction costs and prepare for supply chain-induced shortages, some contractors and developers purchase materials and store them in warehouses earlier or modify sales contracts to account for changes to materials and appliances. And those measures may be more widely adopted now that a land war in Europe, ...

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Wynwood 29 Apartment Project Tops Off

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Another big Wynwood apartment project has topped off.

Wynwood 29 actually includes two buildings, one at 12 stories (178 feet) and another at 8 stories, on opposite sides of the street

The combined project will include:

  • 248 apartments

  • 26,651 square feet of retail

  • 372 parking spaces

Related Group and Metro 1 are the developers, Arquitectonica is the architect and Beauchamp Construction is the contractor.

(source: thenextmiami.com, rendering: Beauchamp Construction)

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Miami Has Now Become “The Most Important City In America”

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Miami has become the most important city in America, FT Magazine has declared.

The city is now considered to be a “paradise of freedom,” attracting people from everywhere and of every political persuasion, the magazine wrote.

Many of the new arrivals are now attracted by the open environment in the city, in addition to the usual attractions of low taxes and good climate.

“The Miami Movement,” as mayor Francis Suarez calls it, gained momentum when Covid hit, and has grown so large that it has changed the city in a ...

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