South Florida On The Market

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2014) – Existing-home sales increased for the first time this year in April, while inventory meaningfully increased and home price growth moderated, according to the National Association of Realtors® . Monthly sales gains in the West and South offset a modest decline in the Midwest while the Northeast was unchanged. Total existing-home sales 1 , which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 1.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.65 million in April from 4.59 million in March, but are 6.8 percent below the 4.99 million-unit level in April 2013. Lawrence Yun , NAR chief economist, expected the improvement. “Some growth was inevitable after sub-par housing activity in the first quarter, but improved inventory is expanding choices and sales should generally trend upward from this point,” he said. “Annual home sales, however, due to a sluggish first quarter, will likely be lower than last ye

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As the temperature begins to rise, so do the numbers on our electric bill. Greater energy output = greater dollar output. It's a frustrating reality of summer. But there are a few tips and tricks that can help you keep your energy usage - and costs - down. Take care of the air The air conditioner, that is. This energy sucker can account for as much as 50 percent of your electric bill in the summer, according to Woman's Day . Setting and maintaining it correctly can help. "An air conditioner set at 70 degrees can cost twice as much to operate as one set at 78 degrees," said Houselogic . Setting it for a higher temp when you're out of the house is a given for keeping costs down. But turning it off altogether may backfire. "It's less efficient to cool the house back down than to leave it set at a higher temperature." If you don't have a way to automatically program the temperature (or if it's time for an upgrade), a small investment

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Miami is boarding an exciting railway journey that could transform down-town’s west side into a thriving urban hub with commerce to complement the residential and office zone nearer Biscayne Bay. The trick will be for the engineers to wear bifocals that focus on big-picture benefits while simultaneously spotting flaws in the tracks that could derail the express. As a reader of Miami Today, you know that these changes center on a railway station district whose zoning and control are being hashed out by the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County, with the aim of handing the throttle to the county but brakes to the city. The next stop is the county commission April 8. The nearly 10-acre district is owned by Florida East Coast Industries, whose All Aboard Florida is to link Miami and Orlando in a private venture that should let rail travel compete in speed, comfort, safety and revenues with aviation. The railroad’s depot zone near county hall is also geared to attract almost every use

P ort of Miami intends to tear down and relocate or remodel several of its warehouses. “Nearly every warehouse is destined to be knocked down and relocated in the next five years,” said Kevin Lynskey, assistant port director. One warehouse was used by a stevedoring group, two are used by customs, one was an old refrigerated warehouse, and another is the Marine Spill Response Corp.’s facility. The marine spill facility is required at the port to respond to and cleanup a marine spill. “There isn’t a priority list, but almost every one of them we’re going to let [go of] in the next few years,” Mr. Lynskey said. The reasons behind the relocation of each, he said, vary – the stevedoring building is in disrepair, the refrigerated warehouse is no longer used for its original purpose because there are refrigerated shipping containers, the customs buildings are outdated and the marine spill building has six times more space than it needs – but what it comes down to is that as the port