south miami realtor – Page 2 – Coral Gables and Miami Real Estate

November 24, 2015

So Much in SOMI!

Wow, what a difference a couple of weeks makes! I am a great fan and advocate of South Miami, aka “The City of Pleasant Living”, and am so excited when I see new families moving into the neighborhood. Five great luxury homes went on the market near the heart-of-South […]

June 3, 2015

Val Byrne Just Sold These Two Charmers in South Miami!

7130 SW 55th Terrace in Bridgepoint 3 Bedrooms | 2.5 Baths List Price:$458,495 6250 SW 62nd Place 4 Bedrooms | 3 Baths List Price: $510,000 Congratulations to the two lucky Buyers who’s perseverance and tenacity paid off! The new Buyer in Bridgepoint spent almost two years looking for the right home, […]

February 26, 2015

Will We See The End Of Controlled Choice?

Brief background: In the 1980’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools established “Controlled Choice,” a system whereby the school system selected the school that a student would attend. It was intended to desegregate the schools. Fast forward to 2015 and Coral Gables is the county’s only remaining city to have Controlled Choice, […]

December 4, 2014

A Bright Star Has Dimmed in South Miami…Goodbye Hans Huseby:(

Hans Huseby, proprietor of FootWorks, father of the Mercedes Benz Corporate Run, a fixture in South Miami for the past 40 years, and THE most wonderful man passed away this past Saturday. So wonderful and loved was he that Sunset Drive from Red Road to SW 59th Avenue was closed […]

November 13, 2014

What a Difference a Decade Makes!

I’ve sold this flagship building on Red Road in South Miami twice! In 1999 Sunhouse Construction and the developers of Downtown Dadeland purchased the property for $465,000 and when they relocated in 2003 the building was purchased and completely renovated by the very talented Jorge Blanco, DDS, and his dental […]

October 31, 2014

Too Tired to Walk On Halloween?

I’ve had a couple of clients who recently moved to Miami ask me where they can relax and enjoy a Halloween Party with their kids. If you live in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Miami, Pinecrest, or Palmetto Bay you are in SO much luck! These communities are so exceptional, […]

October 29, 2014

Miami Home Prices Up 10.5% in August!

That was tucked away on page 3 of the Business Section in the Miami Herald today (had it been bad news it would have been plastered across the front page!). That 10.5% increase is reflective of the Miami real estate market since August 2013. I have been selling residential real […]

October 23, 2014

Trick or Treat on “Happy Street”!

I put my Halloween wares out last night. Actually, we carved a pumpkin about 10 days ago but with all the rain and heat it didn’t fare so well – it had a melt-down so to speak. Our house on “Happy Street” is ready for the Halloween Parade, which is […]

October 16, 2014

It’s Throwback Thursday!

In 1997 I sold this home in South Miami to very good friends (seems like a lifetime ago). It wasn’t the ‘dream house’ we had been looking for but it had all the makings for it: a beautiful half-acre on a quiet winding street, good floor plan, a giant detached […]