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…
Of late, I have been shifting my professional concentration into specializing in prewar architecture – which in South Florida means pre-World War Two, not pre-Revolutionary War. There are some prewar homes here in Broward, although not as many as you would find in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. I was Read more…
You may not think this column has anything to do with real estate. But it does. In the last couple weeks we have had a primary election. Undoubtedly some are pleased with the results; others, less so. In addition, we have grieved the passings of two iconic figures in our Read more…
As I have for the last several years, I am writing my mid-August column from Orlando, site of the annual Florida Realtors convention. Election years are (or can be) a time when we should not just reflect on the past, but consider the kind of future we want to have Read more…
Last time, I ended the column with these words: “I’m not going to say it’s raining. But I see quite a few dark clouds around.” A rather sharp decline in year-over-year sales was the driver of that statement. This past week we had two articles in CNBC.com about this phenomenon Read more…
When I started taking a look at second quarter sales of single family homes in various neighborhoods in and near Wilton Manors, I thought the findings were of sufficient interest to take a break from resiliency and share some of the data with you. In 2Q18, according to MLS data, Read more…
Well folks – it’s election season. It’s also hurricane season, which means the King Tides will be here soon. In the last few days we have seen more articles in the press about the rising sea levels that, if true, could bring an end to the lifestyle we have all Read more…
Well, folks… it is Story Hour. And Daddy James (I am writing this on Father’s Day, after all), is going to deliver an impassioned “Reading.” There are certain things that keep me awake at night. (No, not those sorts of things. Not any more, anyway.) One of them is real Read more…
This week, we continue the descent into Geekery that marked my last two columns. We looked at recent sales and pricing results for the three WilMa neighborhoods, as well as for nine select neighborhoods of interest nearby. I want to change the gears a bit next. When you are a Read more…
Last time you’ll remember, I provided a recap of sales counts for single family homes in the three neighborhoods of the Island City, as well as in nine additional nearby neighborhoods of interest to you, my loyal readers. This time we will look at pricing, compared with both last year Read more…