A new home sales measure says Florida prices hit a soft bottom in 2009, years earlier than what some experts have declared as the low point for real estate. The measure, similar to the respected national Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller price index, was created by Florida Realtors Chief Economist John Tuccillo to be a more accurate […]
The land has been vacant for five years, ever since the remaining residents packed up and the Bali-Hi Mobile Home Park closed for good. McLean, Va.-based JAG-Star Development Co. last month paid $6 million in cash for the 9-acre tract along Federal Highway in Pompano Beach, and is in the early stages of planning a […]
Home prices and sales surged in July across Palm Beach County as confidence grows that the once-crippled housing market is recuperating. The median price for existing homes last month was $217,500, up 15 percent from July 2011, the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches said Wednesday. There were 1,247 homes sold, a 21 percent jump. […]
A South Florida doctor wanted to bury a bad online rating of his services. A Boca Raton jeweler needed positive reviews about his business to rank higher on Internet searches. And a Miami Beach restaurant looked to downplay negative comments about the lack of decor before it was remodeled. All were clients of South Florida […]
More than 250 people have signed up for this weekend’s free AT&T Mobile App Hackathon taking place in Miami. Prizes will be offered, and Latin American locations also will partic More than 250 computer programmers, graphic designers, and entrepreneurs have signed up for this weekend’s free AT&T Mobile App Hackathon taking place at the University […]
Florida International University students, alumni and local residents will soon have th chance to learn business tips directly from professionals, thanks to a new partnership between FIU and SCORE Miami Dade. FIU”s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center joined forces with the local chapter of SCORE-a national organization of business retired professionals – in May and began […]
There’s something contagious about entrepreneurship, and like epidemics, it’s often misunderstood or feared. But if other innovators can channel that negative energy into something positive, then you have the kind of radiant enthusiasm capable of igniting an entire industry. Last week you read about the Pino Center, and read Dr. Haar and Dr. Borkowski’s insights […]
In occurrences as rare as a total eclipse of the sun or a DUI-free week of motoring by Lindsay Lohan, Congress suspended its partisan political warfare once during the past three months and came together to support job creation and entrepreneurial firms. This development provides rays of hope and optimism amid an all too bleak […]
Clear Channel resurrects some familiar call letters, but the song does not remain the same. SHE’s back. That’s WSHE 103.5-FM, the name and dial position long associated with the legendary South Florida station that became a rock lover’s haven for 25 years by playing Aerosmith, Van Halen and Bob Seger. But this new WSHE rocks […]
South Florida home values show ‘dramatic’ increase, but rollercoaster may not be over compared to the same time in 2011, and are forecast to make another 6 percent leap by mid-2013, according to a Zillow report to be released today. The increases, which one Florida International University economist called “dramatic,” make South Florida the second […]
