Just a quick reminder that August 18th it voting day! Please remember that your Vote-by-Mail ballot must be RECEIVED by Miami-Dade Elections Department no later than 7:00 p.m. on August 18th. It does not matter when it was postmarked. If you still have your ballot, you can hand-deliver it to: Miami-Dade Elections Department Main Office […]
Who is on the Downtown Miami Ballot – the Judicial Seats
Last week, I posted a lengthy article outlining my choices for the non-judicial candidates running for various offices in Miami-Dade County. I don’t pretend to be an expert, nor impartial. But I do take voting seriously, and I do a lot of research before making my decisions. Last week’s article and this one are essentially […]
Early Voting Starts Monday. Who is on the Downtown Miami Ballot?
August 18th is Miami-Dade County’s primary election, with early voting beginning this Monday, August 3rd. So who is on the ballot for residents of Downtown Miami? It depends. Some of the races are county-wide; Miami-Dade’s Mayor and Property Appraiser, for instance. In other races, since Florida is a closed primary election state, this means that […]
Brickell in the Top 28 Friendliest Cities in the U.S.
Yes! Our Brickell! With our traffic and never-ending construction, we still ranked #23 on National Geographic Traveler magazine’s list of the “28 friendliest neighborhoods in U.S. cities”. Now, my question is: are they referring to The Roads – the residential neighborhood historically called “Brickell Hammocks” – or the section of Brickell east of I-95 between […]
Miami Real Estate Report – May 2019
According to our Miami Area Report for May 2019, the City of Miami residential real estate market is continuing to improve year-over-year. Median selling prices are up by 7.02% while median days on market have decreased by 24.32%. After hovering around a “normal, balanced” market for the past year, supply of inventory dropped dramatically in […]
Market Insider Report – 33131 – June 2019
Residential condominiums in Downtown Miami’s zip code area 33131 have a median listing price of $512,590, and median days on market of 163. There are 1903 currently active listings, with just 0.2% noted as “distressed listings”. After a dramatic drop in third quarter 2018, median sold prices are again slowly rising; but so is inventory.