When looking for a home to buy in Florida, many people look for houses in gated communities. It is a highly desired feature in new home communities and a priority for many home buyers. Gated communities come with a lot of benefits for people living in them. However, those benefits are not for free. The […]
Miami Beach’s Star Island regains its luster
Miami Beach’s Star Island has long attracted such high-profile residents as Sean “Diddy” Combs, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, plastic surgeon Leonard Hochstein, and Philip and Patricia Frost. Continue Reading…
Auto magnate buys waterfront Fort Lauderdale house for $9M
A Phoenix auto magnate bought a waterfront Fort Lauderdale house for $9 million. Face Canyon, LLC, tied to Bill Coulter, bought the 6,995-square-foot house at Continue Reading…
Miami Beach’s Star Island regains its luster
Miami Beach’s Star Island has long attracted such high-profile residents as Sean “Diddy” Combs, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, plastic surgeon Leonard Hochstein, and Philip and Patricia Frost. Continue Reading…
A house to die for: Life insurance CFO buys Lighthouse Point mansion
UPDATED, Aug. 6, 5:30 p.m.: The CFO of one of the largest health and life insurance agencies in the country bought a Lighthouse Point mansion from a hospitality executive tied to controversial resorts owner Daniel Lambert. Continue Reading…
5 advantages of owning a one-story open floor house plan
As we all know a home with this type of layout has one or more large, open rooms that function as multiple rooms within a single living space. The most common is a “great room” that combines the kitchen, dining room, and living room in one shared space. Traditionally, homes built pre-1990s were designed with […]
National existing-home sales climb record 20.7% in June
Existing-home sales rebounded at a record pace in June, showing strong signs of a market turnaround after three straight months of sales declines caused by the ongoing pandemic, according to Continue Reading…
Life in Palm Beach after lockdown: Demand for luxury homes sparks “pandemonium”
Palm Beach real estate agent Sonja Stevens listed a mansion on the island in late May, and within a few days received three offers, including one for the full $19.5 million asking price. Continue Reading…
Dine Out Lauderdale: Top 5 summer dining deals at Broward restaurants
In the Before Times, Dine Out Lauderdale served as Broward County’s way of boosting sluggish summer dining sales with restaurant discounts – at least, until snowbirds flocked back in Continue Reading…
U.S. Home Prices Hit Record High in June
Median home prices in the U.S. reached record highs in June, according to a report Friday from Redfin. The national median home price was up 2.8% to $311,300 last month compared to the same time last year, the data showed. Redfin tracked 85 of the country’s largest metro areas for the report. Fort Lauderdale, […]
