Posted by:
It’s recovery time. In Manhattan, new lease signings rose to their highest level for the month of January, since the last financial crisis: up 57.6%year over year.
Lowered rents prompted an increase in the new lease contracts activity. Tenants are moving back to the city in search of good deals as they sense the leverage in their ...
Continue Reading →
Miami-Dade County’s plan to build six new transit corridors advanced in 2020, and five of the six corridors now have a mode of transportation selected.
The mass transit expansion is known as the SMART Plan.
Here’s a look at what commissioners chose to build for each of the corridors:
Beach Corridor – A monorail will run 3.45 miles, from downtown Miami’s Omni station to 5th Street in South Beach.
Northeast Corridor – Commuter rail has been selected, ...
In Manhattan there are signs of improvement for the sellers, as the sales volume, listing inventory, months of supply and other indicators got better from the prior quarter, although remaining lower compared to a year ago.
The market share of cash buyers fell to a new record low (40.4%) given the current low interest rates.
Talking ...
Continue Reading →
It’s official: Fisher Island is set for 57 new condos and 12 single-family homes.
The Miami-Dade County Commission approved a plan last week that would bring the total number of residences on the private, 216-acre island to about 800 condo units and about 20 single-family homes.
Construction of the new residences is slated to begin in 2022, with completion in 2025, according to Kobi Karp, founder and principal of the Miami-based Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design, project architect.
Posted by:
This quarter (Jul-Aug-Sep) began just over a week after the COVID lockdown ended and it reflects sales-contracts that were signed during and after the COVID lockdown. We notice a slight improvement: the number of closed sales edged up a bit from the previous quarter which bodes well for the future..or at least we hope so.
Some Stats:
The pandemic might have driven some buyers out of towers and into single-family houses. But recent sales are proof that for many luxury buyers, condos are still the way to go in South Florida.
The luxury-condo market was oversupplied even before this year. Once pandemic restrictions began, Realtors were forced to go virtual. To attract buyers, they added incentives and dropped prices.
The sales team behind Armani/Casa is offering gift cards worth $25,000 for home buyers to purchase furniture from Armani/Casa, said ...
Continue Reading →