South Florida Real Estate

WASHINGTON – Children, living either with their families or on their own, are the fastest-growing segment of the nation’s homeless populations, according to new federal housing data. And schools still struggle to find many of them. A new study in the journal Educational Researcher suggests districts could find anywhere from a third to nearly five … Read more

Agents who use an attorney during real estate transactions can protect themselves and their assets. NEW YORK – If you own real estate property that you rent out to tenants, being in compliance with the latest regulations and laws is crucial. Doing this is not only cost effective, but it can help you in the … Read more

Chapter 475 oversees real estate licensees, but Florida licensees also have other obligations under Chapter 455. It’s a growing problem for licensees called before the FREC because “I didn’t know I had to report that” doesn’t carry much weight. ORLANDO, Fla. – Are you aware of your obligations under Chapter 455 of the Florida Statutes? … Read more

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Coastal cities and communities will face more frequent major hurricanes with climate change in the coming years. To help prepare coastal cities against future storms, MIT scientists have developed a method to predict how much flooding a coastal community is likely to experience as hurricanes evolve over the next decades. When hurricanes … Read more

Some novel ideas to generate leads include integrating QR codes and chatbots into social media to provide potential buyers and sellers with immediate responses.    NEW YORK – Real estate professionals are always looking to generate leads. Rather than rely solely on third-party advertising, experts agree that organic leads can help firms break the pay-for-leads cycle. … Read more

A soft landing – inflation falling back to the Fed’s target without a recession – could make it easier for the Fed to cut its key interest rates. WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy kept growing briskly, a trend sure to be welcomed at the … Read more

Microsoft and other large companies are making new tools to help small businesses utilize artificial intelligence to expand their operations. NEW YORK — The influx of generative artificial intelligence software is transforming small businesses. Small business owners are using A.I. tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and others to check grammar in emails, punch up … Read more

NAR is projecting a 13% increase in existing-home sales in 2024 (from 2023) to 4.62 million and a 15.8% increase in 2025 (from 2024) to 5.35 million and said interest rates will be cut four times. WASHINGTON – Pending home sales in December elevated 8.3%, according to the National Association of Realtors®, with the South, … Read more

BOSTON – It took seven years for Abigail Judge to see what success looked like for one Boston homeless woman. The woman had been sex trafficked since she was young, was a drug user and had been abused, neglected or exploited in just about every relationship she’d had. If Judge was going to help her, … Read more