Repaint Watson Island red flags as public green space
Categories: Front Page, In The News
hiWeek of November 5, 2009
Even before this week’s election picture clarifies, Miami’s new leaders face an immediate test with vital long-term coloration: What to do about a long-awaited Watson Island showcase that’s clearly painted red?
A developer who variously says he has put $49 million or $54 million into a mega-yacht marina/luxury hotels project but has [...]
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Best Time Ever To Downsize, Upsize Or Buy First Home
Categories: As Heard on the Street, In The News, Real Estate News
hiMost of us will never have an opportunity like this in our lifetime. Imagine a time when property values are low; interest rates are low and the added benefit a tax credit plus tax benefit portability.
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Homebuyer Tax Credits Extended and Expanded!
Categories: In The News, Real Estate News
hiBoth the Senate and House have now passed the homebuyer tax credit bill and the White House said President Barack Obama would sign it Friday.
The bill not only continues the first-time homebuyer tax credit, but expands the credit to any homebuyer who purchases a primary residence.
To be clear, here is what the bill allows:
First-time homebuyes [...]
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Tax credit extension passes House and Senate
Categories: In The News, Real Estate News
hiThe House and Senate have passed the tax credit extension. It still needs Obama signature, which he says he’ll sign. New buyers get 5 more months to sign a contract; existing owners win too. Read more.
Click here to view/print a one-page PDF document that outlines the final changes that were approved. All changes made to the [...]
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Senate passes bill extending and EXPANDING tax credit for home buyers
Categories: Buying Real Estate, In The News, Real Estate News, Real Talk
hiFirst-time home buyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year. With the program scheduled to expire at the end of November, the Senate voted Wednesday to extend and expand the tax credit to include many buyers who already own homes.
Buyers [...]
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Living in South Miami, High Pines and Coral Gables -Furniture Drive for Charlee Homes For Children
Categories: Community Information, In The News, Real Estate News
hiCHARLEE Homes For Children is a foster care agency providing comprehensive services to more than 800 children ages 0 to 23 in Miami-Dade County. CHARLEE provides its children with everything a parent does from diapers in infancy to furniture when they become older and move to their first place. On November 7th the Coconut Grove Gallery [...]
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Why was commission blindsided on Marlins garage cost?
Categories: Front Page, In The News
hiWeek of October 29, 2009
When Miami commissioners held their noses, if not tempers, and voted last week to permit $120 million bonding for Marlins stadium garages that were supposed to cost $94 million, most were shocked.
After all, when they’d approved the parking in March, City Manager Pete Hernandez had agreed to a $94 million cap [...]
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Fall Back This Saturday
Categories: In The News, Real Estate News
hiBefore you go to bed this Saturday, October 31, 2009 remember to turn your clocks back. We officially “fall back” at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday November 1, 2009.
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Better Business Bureau – Be cautious regarding 2010 Census
Categories: In The News, Real Estate News
hiThe 2010 U.S. Census process is beginning and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers to be careful when providing information to census workers. The BBB advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under [...]
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To survive, arts must advance from edifices to endowments
Categories: Front Page, In The News
hiWeek of October 15th
Even as Miami-Dade irons out its budget cuts for struggling cultural groups, the arts put forth their construction plans.
In this sole respect the arts and professional sports are curiously similar: each seeks a new building.
For sports, it will have a very short life.
As we know, our first professional basketball arena was used [...]
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