“Southern Charm” star Shep Rose has finally found The One. After living in a swanky bachelor pad in downtown Charleston, SC, and a casual beach bungalow in nearby Isle of Palms, the hit Bravo show’s resident pleasure seeker is committed to settling down in a converted schoolhouse in Sullivan’s Island that cast members call his … Read more
Nine single-family homes are on the market in South Florida asking $100 million or more. As the tri-county region’s busy season for real estate sales ramps up, sellers in the upper echelons of the market are looking to capitalize on demand for large, waterfront estates in prime neighborhoods. In the last week, three estates asking … Read more
It’s no secret that foreign investors fuel South Florida’s condo market, but a new report shows how international buyers now dominate new development sales in submarkets with significant pipelines. Across 66 condo projects in the tri-county region, foreign buyers make up 52 percent of total sales, according to a report by the Miami Association of … Read more
Lennar plans a complex with 146 townhomes in south Miami-Dade County. The project marks the homebuilding giant’s continuing development in south Miami-Dade, where Lennar already is the top residential builder. Miami-based Lennar wants to develop the community, called Villas De San Diego, on a 12-acre site on the southeast corner of Southwest 355th Street and … Read more
Developer Edgardo Defortuna and brokerage head Craig Studnicky said the foreign buyers they work with have not been deterred by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. “They already have their visa, their status or they already own property here, and they’re trying to [purchase] something better, bigger,” Defortuna, CEO of Miami-based Fortune International Group, said … Read more
Success was never a guarantee, and it didn’t happen overnight, but Miami’s market is ripe for brokers seeking momentum. That was the consensus among Danny Hertzberg, Margit Brandt and Dawn McKenna, some of Florida’s top brokers in conversation at The Real Deal’s Miami Real Estate Forum 2025 on Thursday. Each of them had already put … Read more
South Florida’s office market experienced an uptick in investment sales over the past year, marking a comeback after a slowdown. Yet, distress and discounted deals are lingering, as elevated interest rates and other economic headwinds remain. Deal volume reached nearly $2.2 billion in the tri-county region in the 12-month period that ended Sept. 30, marking … Read more
Canadian buyers are retreating from high-end South Florida markets, driven by the Trump administration’s trade and immigration policies and a softer exchange rate, even as Latin American demand remains strong. Canada’s share of foreign buyers shopping for U.S. homes online has dropped to 32.1 percent in the third quarter, from 36.6 percent in the same … Read more
South Florida developers are increasingly looking to EB-5 funding to fill gaps in their capital stacks, as foreign investors rush to participate before the program expires. The visa program, which provides green cards to investors and their immediate families whose funds lead to the creation of 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers, has a … Read more
The Real Deal‘s Miami Forum is this week. Don’t go unprepared: Here’s a primer on the South Florida real estate market. Macro issues are affecting the tri-county region. President Trump’s immigration policies threaten population growth in South Florida, which trickles down to fewer renters signing leases and an overall drop in consumer spending that affects … Read more