South Florida's attraction to Canadians has always been the warm climate, a refuge from the freezing winters in Canada.  Today, however, the allure of taking advantage of a weak US Dollar and declining real estate prices has Canadians making the trip south of the border for more than just sunshine.

According to the National Associatiation of Realtors (NAR), 11% of all international home buyers in the United States in 2007 were Canadians.  In Florida, .......read more about Canadians Taking Advantage of South Florida Real Estate Market and Weak US Dollar

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When it comes to investing in real estate, national indicators are just one source of data that should be considered, however, that is only the first step.   While real estate numbers being reported may be similar across the country, it is important to remember to turn your focus locally.  You've heard it before, and worth repeating again, real estate is local.

Even when turning your focus locally, there are vast differences between city to city, neighborhood to neighborhood and condominium to condominium.

Keep your focus market specific, researching price trends, volume and inventory levels.....

Read more about Investing in Real Estate | Local Knowledge is Key at the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate Blog.

Florida has seen an increase of tropical storms over the past couple of years, but there has also been a storm of lawsuits over who is to blame when damage occurs to common areas. 

The ongoing debate between homeowners, condo associations and insurance companies is whether the homeowner or the association has liability when there is damage caused by bad weather to personal items in the common areas of condominiums.

Read more about  Common Areas or Personal Property When Damage occurs on the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate Blog

Everyday more and more agents/ brokers are becoming aware of the web ranking strategies that Trulia employs to possibly dominate top positions in the search engines over local real estate agents and real estate companies. 

An article I wrote Trulias-web-ranking-strategies-come-under-fire is just one of many continuous articles discussing and exploring how Trulia may be using clever technical maneuvers to outrank the true source of it's content, real estate agents.

If you have a moment, read the article as well as many other articles on the subject (link provided in article) and form your own conclusion.

It’s always been said that the spring months are usually a new beginning and in a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, billionaire Sam Zell predicts that the Spring will be the beginning of a housing recovery for the United States. The whole subprime mortgage debacle has left a lot of people in a panic but Zell, who is the chairman of Equity Group Investments, believes that the panic will be ending soon enough.

Zell has used the textbook definition of recession in his assessment that the market has hit rock bottom and will only go up from here. He suggests that sales will start to happen again soon and the overwhelming inventory will start to decrease, perhaps allowing housing prices to come back up a bit. With a history without a first quarter…

How much do photos add to a listing?

As a Realtor® selling real estate in Fort Lauderdale, I am amazed at the number of property listings in the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) without property photos. I believe this is a missed opportunity for maximum exposure, extremely frustrating to fellow agents and potential buyers, and certainly a disservice to the client seller.

By not uploading photos to each listing in the MLS, selling agents (who are the target audience you are reaching out to) searching for properties for a buyer are at a handicap when selecting properties to show if they cannot view the photos beforehand. Because of the lack of photos, agents are less likely to include this property when showing and even less likely to email the…

Victoria Park | Fort Lauderdale

Victoria Park, Fort Lauderdale Real Estate figures for December 2007 show 11 new home listings added to the maket during the month. As of this writing, there are a total of 93 Victoria Park Fort Lauderdale homes available for sale. The average Listed Price is $860,333.

Fort Lauderdale MLS reports there were 2 pending sales and 1 closing in December. The one closing was for a 4 bedroom 4 bath pool home which sold at $710,000.

Victoria Park Townhomes and Condo Figures show 29 new property listings added to the market in November. Present inventory shows there are 266 condos / townhomes for sale. The average Listed Price is $520,991.

December 2007 figures reveal 1 pending sale for November and 8 townhome / condo…

Weston, Florida, established in 1996 is located in Southwest Broward County just 35 miles north of Miami and 20 miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale and is home to many celebrities including Dan Marino, former quarterback for the Miami Dolphins. Many of the planned urban communities were developed by Arvida/ JMB Partners building residential real estate behind gated communities all within close proximity to shopping, schools, golf courses, parks and recreational facilities.

Buyers interested in purchasing a home in a planned community are attracted to Weston Florida Real Estate because residences are set in natural settings among lakes, parks and tropical landscape. Homes are built on lots ranging in size from zero lots to several acres and all common…