We now return to our series on predicting major moves in real estate prices here in South Florida. Over the last 45 years, there have been four major trends in south Florida real estate prices – down/up/down/up – and three readily identifiable inflection points – late 1997 (down turned up), Read more…
For the last couple columns I’ve been talking about whether we might be able to predict where housing prices are headed, based on the long term history of pricing here in Broward County. But something has come up in the news on a related issue, that I think merits a Read more…
Last time, you will recall I looked at whether recent trends in prices could indicate future price trends. We saw that, in general, an established trend will persist for another nine to 12 months unless “something” happens. This time, let’s look at prices over the very long term and see Read more…
I have chosen to begin my 2019 oeuvre with an inflammatory question: Can we predict where real estate prices may be heading over the short term? There are two, related reasons for investigating this. First, should the overall economy continue to expand through July 2019, it will represent the longest Read more…
In this final installment of my 2018 Wilton Manors real estate review, I will share my impressions on the levels of inventory we are seeing in the market. In simplest terms, available inventory should be low when sales in the next few months are anticipated to be low, and high Read more…
They might still be counting votes in California, and the Broward election supervisor doesn’t appear to have found those missing 2,000 ballots yet, but the numbers are all in on the real estate activity that’ll be part of my Yearbook this year. Every year I look at pricing, sales, and Read more…
With the 2018 elections behind us (probably), that means High Season is here, the holidays are coming right up, and the Fourth Edition of my South Florida Real Estate Yearbook is well into production. Every year I look at pricing, sales, and inventory trends across specific neighborhoods (not zip codes) Read more…
Sometimes, it is amazing what you can learn by spending time on Facebook. Once you wade through pet photos, and the political ravings of that guy from high school who thinks Olive Garden is fine Italian dining, you find a discussion that helps solve a vexing riddle. It starts with Read more…
I know this is an odd title for this week’s episode. It came to me as I was walking my greyhound, Koffee, this morning at 4:00 AM, with the moon and stars still visible. I have received questions from friends and readers on ballot Amendments One and Two. As in Read more…
It is Election Season, and we will be voting on a lot of different things this cycle. Although Election Day is not until November 6th, people who requested mail ballots should have them by October 10th, with early in-person voting beginning in Broward on October 22nd. You may be thinking, Read more…