November 19, 2013

New Listing in North Coconut Grove

Nothing not to like about this North Coconut Grove luxury home steps from the bay with Riparian Rights. There are 4 bedrooms upstairs, 1 bedroom or office downstairs, 4.5 baths , 4,768 square feet of living space and wood and marble floors. It has all the bells and whistles including a large open kitchen, fireplace, three car garage, elevator, […]
November 18, 2013

Wall Street Has Gone into the Rental-Home Business

The rental business is going corporate.  Rent checks from tenants are being bundled and sold as securities on Wall Street. The sale this month by Blackstone Group, one of the biggest corporate owners of Florida homes,  is a strong indicator that Wall Street investors are counting on tenants paying their rents on time. Won’t be […]
November 17, 2013

Orchids

Just posting some ephemeral beauty this morning. Orchids from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s 11th Annual International Orchid Festival in Coral Gables. Photos are courtesy of my friend Bob Pellegrini of Vertical Garden fame.                                    
November 7, 2013

October Home Sales in South Coral Gables

Snapper Creek Lakes, Gables by the Sea, Old Cutler Bay Estates and Pine Bay Estates were the only luxury communities in South Coral Gables with closed sales in October, 2013.  A total of five homes sold along Old Cutler Road, South of Kendall Drive (SW 88th St). The chart below lists the five properties that sold, […]
November 6, 2013

50’s Rock n Roll Dance Party at The Barnacle

Cats and chicks, get ready to shake rattle and roll your poodle skirt loving wazoos to The Barnacle for a primo bash.. Word from the bird, the sounds will be outta sight. Dinner, dancing, beer, wine and a sundae bar. Sunday Nov. 10, 2013       6 – 9 pm The Barnacle Historic State Park 3485 Main Hwy […]
November 5, 2013

Dog Parks Can Increase Home Values

As a professional realtor, I spend a lot of time talking with people about what they want in a neighborhood. Parks, in general, increase a property tax base from increased property values. Economists call this “hedonic value”.  People preferentially want to buy homes in neighborhoods with beautiful parks and will spend more money to live […]
November 4, 2013

October Home Sales in Pinecrest

October has been a sluggish month for single family home sales in the Village of Pinecrest.  Only seven homes closed. The average sale was a 5 bedroom, 4 bath home, with 5,020 square feet of living space, that sold for an average price of  $1,126,071.00 or $222 per square foot. On the bright side, however, there are 41 […]
October 22, 2013

New Home for Sale in the Moorings

The Moorings is an exclusive waterfront guard gated community along The Commodore Bike Trail in South Coconut Grove.  There are 41 homes in this community, poised around a large cul-de-sac with two main roads, North Moorings Way and South Moorings Way. 3485 N. Moorings Way just came on the market, completely renovated and updated with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and […]
October 20, 2013

Celebrating the Tata’s

It was a perfectly gorgeous morning in downtown Miami and the turn-out at the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure 2013 was astounding. The South Miami Dental Team had a blast walking and running with the thousands of breast cancer survivors, families and friends of survivors and those walking in memory of loved ones. To those that participated or […]