Real Estate South Miami – Coral Gables and Miami Real Estate

January 15, 2018

Recently Sold by Valaree Byrne in South Miami 5840 SW 87th Street in South Miami

5840 SW 87th Street, South Miami, FL 33143 List Price: $850,000 I have always touted ‘my neighborhood’ and my neighbors as the best in the land. We have such a magical place back there behind Dante Fascell Park that nobody wants to leave! I get phone calls every week from people asking me if I […]

August 18, 2017

Just Listed by Valaree Byrne in South Miami 5840 SW 87 Street

Be one of the lucky 16 who live a charmed life in South Miami on the nature-loving Snapper Creek Canal. Even better, be one of the 7 South Miami canal-front residents that are in the Sunset Elementary School district, and best of all be only 3 wonderful neighbors away from picturesque […]

March 3, 2017

Just Listed by Valaree Byrne in South Miami 6160 SW 85th Street

The elusive five bedroom home is finally available in South Miami! It’s updated, very comfortably sized (2,626 adj. sf per an appraisers measurement), and so pretty! There are great spaces for relaxing and entertaining, a wonderful eat-in kitchen, and as you can see – a phenomenal pool & patio! This […]

June 30, 2016

Recently Sold by Valaree Byrne in South Miami 8598 SW 63rd Avenue

[su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb2JuEA69MY” width=”225″ height=”150″] 8598 SW 63rd Avenue, South Miami, FL List Price: $1,639,000 2 Bedrooms | 3 Baths This property was SO special the Buyers made the offer without ever having given the slightest thought to moving! In a happenstance moment one Sunday afternoon the Buyers, who lived in the neighborhood many […]

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, […]

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 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 […]

September 25, 2014

It’s Throwback Thursday!

Well this was a dramatic change, especially in South Miami! The original house was built in 1961 and occupied by the most wonderful family for over 50 years. Bettie and Frank may have been my very favorite neighbors, and when we sold this sweet house on the Snapper Creek Canal […]