Let Christmas and 2015 Rock!

Wishing all my friends, clients, to-be-clients 🙂 and family a great Christmas and an amazing 2015! Let us all cherish the most valuable asset each of us posses…which is not health, nor happiness, nor love…but time. And because I won’t pretend to be the Pope nor a Zen Master, I’ll leave it at that.

Again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Miami Home Prices Cool As We Exit 2014

In summary, number of sold properties continue to decline back to levels seen at the beginning of the year, and prices barely remain flat if you look back to Jan 2014.

What’s the outlook? Not much until we get passed the holiday season. History dictates low activity during this time of the year, and 2014 shows no exception with 390 properties sold in Nov at an average price of $479,000 throughout southern neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County.

price trend single fmaily homes

 

Average Single Family Home Price – Below graph details the comparison between the average home price YTD Nov 2010 versus YTD Nov 2014 by city.

price comparison single family homes

 

Days On Market For Single Family Homes – It’s taking approximately 123 days for a property to sell from the moment it enters the market YTD Nov 2014. This figure has virtually remained unchanged throughout 2014.  Surprisingly, homes located in “luxury areas” such as Coral Gables (115 days) or Pinecrest (138 days) have sold at a not so distant pace compared to more affordable locations such as Sweetwater (120 days) or Westchester (120 days).  Typically, luxury homes tend to stay in the market for sale for a longer period of time relative to middle income single family residences.

days on market single family homes

 

Transaction Type – Single Family – The below graph details the type of sales taking place by city YTD Nov 2014.  Coral Gables, Pinecrest, and Coconut Grove lead the pack with the lowest levels of short sales and foreclosure activity at just under 15% of total sales. This is pretty significant considering each of the other areas command short sales and foreclosure transactions at no less than about 30% of total units sold.  That’s double the amount!

type of sale single family homes

Happy Thanksgiving Video

 

You’d think asking a toddler to stay still for a 20-second video would be a walk in the park.

Not really 😛

But somehow we managed.  On behalf of my family (Angie, Jake, Daniel and I), we wish you an amazing Thanksgiving and only the best for the remaining 5 weeks in 2014.

Yup. Only 5 weeks left.  So, remember those goals you set on 1/1/14 around 12:02 AM while on a heavy buzz from that New Year’s party?  You only have 5 weeks to achieve them!

Sunday Outdoors At The Redland Riding Academy


Two thumbs up for the Redland Riding Academy.  So my wife and I wake up on a Sunday morning and decide to take our 3-year old out to the open. So I suggest to get him on a horse?

My wife then reminds me that our son, Jake, is 3 years old. So I counter back…lets get him on a pony.  Score!

So we Google a few places and wala….Redland Riding Academy comes up.  We spoke to a kind lady to confirm time and price. Everything worked out way too smooth. They were ready for my son on demand and for only $20 per 20 minutes. You can’t beat that.

In addition, they gave us animal feed for the pigs, ducks, etc.  Talk about bang for buck. Strongly recommend this place.

Warning: have a toddler that’s always going at 100 miles per hour like mine and will run fearlessly towards anything? Lookout for animal poop.  What the heck. It’s a farm right. You can’t complain.