Immannews.com published a list of the top 10 real estate markets for $1M-plus home searches. Miami came in 3rd place with 4.8% of home searches in that price range.
Los Angeles-Long Beach dominated the search locations, with 16.1  percent of total searches at Realtor.com in January.  Orange County was a distant second with 6.3 percent of [...]

International buyers spurred Miami-area home sales to a new record in 2011, even exceeding sales volume during the height of the real estate boom in 2005, according to figures released Friday.
Broward County results were mixed, although inventory across both counties showed widespread depletions.
A total of 24,929 condominiums and homes were sold in Miami-Dade County, up [...]

The construction industry thinks two Fla. metropolitan areas – Jacksonville and South Florida – are poised for a rebound, according to an analysis by Builder Magazine.
To find the cities with the greatest potential for growth, Builder Magazine as Hanley Wood Market Intelligence to consider local factors, such as major universities, military bases, and the [...]

Home sales in Miami rose 16 percent from 2010 – creating the best spring selling season in Miami since 2007. This is also true for luxury homes - with 439 sales of at least $2 million from January through June of the year – a 13 percent increase from 2010.
Miami Beach is one of the most phenomenal places in [...]

Interesting article in the Miami Herald today about increasing house prices and declining supply on non-distressed sales. But disstressed properties still account for mor than 50 percent of home sales and are still putting pressure on the overall market.
Excluding foreclosures and distressed properties, Miami-Dade County has the  fastest rebounding home market in the country this [...]

Fueled by foreign buyers and distressed sales, pending home sales in Southwest Florida rose as much as 40% compared to last year.
In July, pending home sales in Miami-Dade County stood at 10,113, up 40.5 percent from July of 2009, according to figures released Tuesday by the Miami Realtors.
About 60 percent of those sales have gone [...]

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Forbes magazine identified 161 of the country’s largest metro areas where sales activity has increased compared to 2008, and where foreclosure sales as a percentage of total sales, are low. Topping the list is Miami / Ft. Lauderdale!
The magazine considers these markets as on the road to recovery:
1. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
2. Lincoln, Neb.
3. Colorado Springs, [...]