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At 11:00 AM today Hands Across the Sand has organized a  gathering along Fort Lauderdale Beaches, from SE 17th , to Las Olas, to Birch State Park and North. A gathering of people who will stand as one voice against off shore drilling off our coasts.

Groups of all walks of life, friends, neighbors, co-workers, charity groups, and people we will meet along the way will stand together at 12:00 to draw our line in the sand to tell our governement and oil companies that we know we can do better.

Personally, as somone who selected Fort Lauderdale as the the place I wanted to live, and has a career as a Fort Lauderdale Realtor which allows me to share the place I call home with others. I  find great solice in seeing the turnout and knowing that if oil…

Ft. Lauderdale Statistics are Looking Good  

If you are thinking of looking for Homes for Sale in Ft. Lauderdale you may want to speak to a local expert with local numbers. 

Yesterday people who follow national real estate trends heard a number that housing starts had dropped 10% last month and reacted with gloom and doom.  I know that the housing starts number is a reflection of employment in the construction industry and we need employment to start growing. However, wouldn't it also make sense that for exsisting housing inventories  to shrink, housing resales to pick up, and prices to stablize, starts would have to drop. In the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate Market the housing starts number has never been a measure of the health of our market. With…

Incredible Short Sale Opportunity

The Tides at Bridgeside Square, 3020 NE 32nd Ave, Fort Laudedale Fl 33308

This beautiful apartment is the north corner of The Tides at Bridgeside Square, in Fort Lauderdale.

It is the most popular floor plan in the building and is immaculate condition.

The condo consists of 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, and even though it is only 1510 sq. feet feels open bright and spaciaous, with two balconies.

This Fort Lauderdale Condo is in one of the most popular buildings in the area.

The Tides sits across from four waterfront restaurants on the intracoastal and is a a short distance from one of the quietest beaches in the area.

This short sale was approved by the bank at a prior point, but the prior buyer had moved on.

As…

Short Sales in Fort Lauderdale - What buyers and sellers need to know - Patience is the Key !

We have all heard over and over again that "short sales don't work", "they never close", "banks don't approve them", and my personal favorite, "I'm going to lose the house anyway so why even try".

I can always seem to find a buyer of Fort Lauderale Real Estate willing to tell the story of the Ft. Lauderdale Short Sale he tried to buy that just did not happen. To all those people I can assure you of only two things, first, if you don't attempt a short sale it will never be approved. Secondly, short sales do take patience.

80% of the people losing their homes in the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate market never attempt a short sale. As of late banks have been moving…

Venezia Condo - One of Fort Lauderdale's Finest is located at 111 SE 8th Ave, 33301. This boutique building of only 49 units stands 17 storeis tall just a short distance off Las Olas Boulevard, and all downtown Fort lauderdale has to offer.

At Eric Miller and Associates, Keller Williams Realty Professionals,  we are proud to be offering for sale a unique home of over 3000 sq. feet, with expansive views in every direction.  

Beautiful marble floors and leaded glass doors tell you from the moment you enter this residence you are in one of the finest custom homes in Ft. Lauderdale.

In addition to the huge livingroom there is a den which is large enough and formerly was a billards room.

The balcony has views all the way to Fort Lauderdale Beach, and will…

Anyone who reads my blog posts knows that I have remained optomistic about the real estate market in South Floirda for many months. About 4 monhts back we started to see some trends in the FT. Lauderdale Real Estate market that indicated our market had bottomed out.

Notice I say trends because the timing of the real estate market, with every property and transacton being unique,  would be totally impossible. There is never going to be point where we can say definitely that a certain time and date represented the bottom of the Fort Lauderdale Real Estate market, no matter how hard the media tries.

Some things to ponder, sales of both Fort Lauderdale Condos and Fort Lauderdale Single Family homes rose last month by over 10%. For the same period the…