Federal regulators have seized the South Dakota bank foreclosing on a nearly $12 million oceanfront condo development site in Greater Miami Beach.
BankFirst of Sioux Falls, S.D., was shut on Friday, July 17, less than a month after the 14-year-old institution filed to foreclose on a 1.1-acre site development site located between Collins Avenue (State Road A1A) and the Atlantic Ocean.
A 43-story tower featuring one unit per floor is proposed for the site located in the northeast Miami-Dade County city of Sunny Isles Beach, according to a CondoVultures.com article.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. estimates losses of $91 million from BankFirst's failure. Prior to shuttering the two-branch bank with assets of $275 million, regulators entered into a purchase agreement for BankFirst's $177 million loan portfolio to be acquired by Beal Bank Nevada in Las Vegas.
BankFirst filed the foreclosure action, also known as a Lis Pendens and/or Notice of Default, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on June 17 seeking repayment of $11.7 million on a predevelopment loan originated in 2006, according to the Condo Vultures® Foreclosure Database™.
Originally purchased for $9 million, or $181 per square foot, in July 2001, the 49,830-square-foot development site is now assessed for tax purposes at $15.7 million, or $315 per square foot, by Miami-Dade County. BankFirst's loan was made at $235 per square foot.
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Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ or our Video Gallery. Interested in buying multiple units from developers or banks? Be sure to visit the Condo Vultures® Bulk Deals Database. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
South Dakota Bank Files $12M Foreclosure On Oceanfront Site In Miami Beach Area
A $12 million foreclosure action has been launched against an oceanfront development site in Sunny Isles Beach that is to house a proposed 43-story luxury condominium tower featuring only one unit per floor, according to the Condo Vultures® Foreclosure Database™.
BankFirst of Sioux Falls, S.D., filed the foreclosure action, also known as a Lis Pendens and/or Notice of Default, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court seeking repayment of $11.7 million on a predevelopment loan originated in 2006. BankFirst's loan is secured by a 1.1-acre development site located between Collins Avenue (State Road A1A) and the Atlantic Ocean.
Originally purchased for $9 million, or $181 per square foot, in July 2001, the 49,830-square-foot development site is now assessed for tax purposes at $15.7 million, or $315 per square foot, by Miami-Dade County. BankFirst's loan was made at $235 per square foot.
"This is not the first oceanfront development site to go into foreclosure in Greater Miami Beach," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "A courthouse auction is scheduled for September on a slightly larger development site also located between Collins Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean. The judgment amount on that site, however, is twice as much."
A few miles south on Collins Avenue, a 1.4-acre oceanfront property zoned for a high-rise condo tower in Sunny Isles Beach is scheduled to be auctioned off in the next 60 days to the highest all-cash bidder, according to CondoVultures.com.
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Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ or our Video Gallery. Interested in buying multiple units from developers or banks? Be sure to visit the Condo Vultures® Bulk Deals Database. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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BankFirst of Sioux Falls, S.D., filed the foreclosure action, also known as a Lis Pendens and/or Notice of Default, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court seeking repayment of $11.7 million on a predevelopment loan originated in 2006. BankFirst's loan is secured by a 1.1-acre development site located between Collins Avenue (State Road A1A) and the Atlantic Ocean.
Originally purchased for $9 million, or $181 per square foot, in July 2001, the 49,830-square-foot development site is now assessed for tax purposes at $15.7 million, or $315 per square foot, by Miami-Dade County. BankFirst's loan was made at $235 per square foot.
"This is not the first oceanfront development site to go into foreclosure in Greater Miami Beach," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "A courthouse auction is scheduled for September on a slightly larger development site also located between Collins Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean. The judgment amount on that site, however, is twice as much."
A few miles south on Collins Avenue, a 1.4-acre oceanfront property zoned for a high-rise condo tower in Sunny Isles Beach is scheduled to be auctioned off in the next 60 days to the highest all-cash bidder, according to CondoVultures.com.
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Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ or our Video Gallery. Interested in buying multiple units from developers or banks? Be sure to visit the Condo Vultures® Bulk Deals Database. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Condo Resale Inventory Drops Below 50,000 In South Florida
The number of resale condos available in South Florida has slipped below the 50,000-unit threshold, representing more than a 18 percent drop in total inventory since November, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
As of June 8, there are a combined 49,746 condos and townhouses on the resale market in the tri-county South Florida region. A week prior on June 1, there were 50,071 condos available. A month ago on May 11, there were 51,581 condos for sale. Back in November, there were 60,928 condos for resale, according to the Condo Vultures® report created using Florida Association of Realtors data.
"Before the South Florida condo market can stabilize, the overall inventory must first be reduced," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "It is significant psychologically for the region to see the condo resale inventory slip below 50,000 units. Going forward, we see the resale inventory being depleted at a more rapid pace in the coastal submarkets of South Florida compared to the western suburbs, which are far removed from the ocean. "
Condos represent 60 percent of the total South Florida residential resale inventory of 82,792 residences as of June 8, according to Condo Vultures®. South Florida's total inventory of condos, townhouses, and single-family houses is down 23 percent, or 24,735, since Thanksgiving week in November when there were 107,527 residences for resale.
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Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ , Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ and First-Time Home Buyers Guide To South Florida™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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As of June 8, there are a combined 49,746 condos and townhouses on the resale market in the tri-county South Florida region. A week prior on June 1, there were 50,071 condos available. A month ago on May 11, there were 51,581 condos for sale. Back in November, there were 60,928 condos for resale, according to the Condo Vultures® report created using Florida Association of Realtors data.
"Before the South Florida condo market can stabilize, the overall inventory must first be reduced," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "It is significant psychologically for the region to see the condo resale inventory slip below 50,000 units. Going forward, we see the resale inventory being depleted at a more rapid pace in the coastal submarkets of South Florida compared to the western suburbs, which are far removed from the ocean. "
Condos represent 60 percent of the total South Florida residential resale inventory of 82,792 residences as of June 8, according to Condo Vultures®. South Florida's total inventory of condos, townhouses, and single-family houses is down 23 percent, or 24,735, since Thanksgiving week in November when there were 107,527 residences for resale.
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Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ , Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ and First-Time Home Buyers Guide To South Florida™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
$14 Million In South Beach Foreclosures Filed In May
Nearly three-dozen residences in Miami Beach's South Beach neighborhood slipped into foreclosure in May for nonpayment on nearly $14.3 million in combined mortgage financing, according to the Condo Vultures® Foreclosure Database™.
The most expensive foreclosure action filed in May was against a waterfront single-family house with an outstanding loan amount of $4.3 million. A few doors down a bank filed to foreclose on a $1.1 million loan, which ranks as the third highest foreclosure action filed in May in South Beach.
A luxury condo with an outstanding loan of $1.6 million in Miami Beach's South of Fifth neighborhood ranked as the second highest foreclosure action filed in May, according to the Foreclosure Database™.
"Single-family houses accounted for two of the 34 foreclosure actions filed in South Beach in May," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures. "For the year, condos have accounted for more than 90 percent of the 176 foreclosure actions filed in South Beach through the end of May."
Nearly half of the May foreclosures in South Beach are located on four streets: West Avenue (7 filings); Collins Avenue (4 filings); Ocean Drive (2 filings), Lincoln Road (2 filings). The remainder of the foreclosure actions are spread throughout the barrier island neighborhood.
Overall, lenders moved to foreclose 81 properties in Miami Beach in May, up from efforts to repossess 112 properties in April. For the year, lenders have filed 463 actions against Miami Beach properties, according to the Condo Vultures® Foreclosure Database™.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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The most expensive foreclosure action filed in May was against a waterfront single-family house with an outstanding loan amount of $4.3 million. A few doors down a bank filed to foreclose on a $1.1 million loan, which ranks as the third highest foreclosure action filed in May in South Beach.
A luxury condo with an outstanding loan of $1.6 million in Miami Beach's South of Fifth neighborhood ranked as the second highest foreclosure action filed in May, according to the Foreclosure Database™.
"Single-family houses accounted for two of the 34 foreclosure actions filed in South Beach in May," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures. "For the year, condos have accounted for more than 90 percent of the 176 foreclosure actions filed in South Beach through the end of May."
Nearly half of the May foreclosures in South Beach are located on four streets: West Avenue (7 filings); Collins Avenue (4 filings); Ocean Drive (2 filings), Lincoln Road (2 filings). The remainder of the foreclosure actions are spread throughout the barrier island neighborhood.
Overall, lenders moved to foreclose 81 properties in Miami Beach in May, up from efforts to repossess 112 properties in April. For the year, lenders have filed 463 actions against Miami Beach properties, according to the Condo Vultures® Foreclosure Database™.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tax Assessor: Miami Condo Values Down As Much As 40%
Condominium owners in Greater Downtown Miami can expect to see their assessed real estate values for property tax purposes drop by as much as 40 percent in the upcoming year based on early indications from Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Pedro J. Garcia.
Garcia's office is currently assessing the value of every property in the county for 2008 property tax purposes, which are in arrears. Once these values are computed on July 1, government officials will then begin the process of levying taxes against every property owner in order to generate revenue to operate the county, school system, and local municipalities.
"Property taxes generally work out to be about 2 percent of the assessed value determined by Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures® LLC. "For the property appraiser to suggest that condo values have fallen by as much as 40 percent is great news for our buyers who are already accumulating heavily discounted units. A property tax break should only improve the situation for our buyers."
Garcia told the Miami Herald that property values have plummeted throughout the county, especially in the overbuilt condominium market.
''Some will be down 20, 30, 40 percent,'' Garcia told the Miami Herald. ``I hope it won't hurt police and fire departments, but we'll have to really tighten our belts.''
In Greater Downtown Miami, for instance, developers constructed nearly 23,000 units between 2003 and the present. In the four decades prior between 1961 and 2002, developers constructed about 11,500 units, according to the Condo Vultures® Official Condo Buyers Guide To Miami™.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Garcia's office is currently assessing the value of every property in the county for 2008 property tax purposes, which are in arrears. Once these values are computed on July 1, government officials will then begin the process of levying taxes against every property owner in order to generate revenue to operate the county, school system, and local municipalities.
"Property taxes generally work out to be about 2 percent of the assessed value determined by Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures® LLC. "For the property appraiser to suggest that condo values have fallen by as much as 40 percent is great news for our buyers who are already accumulating heavily discounted units. A property tax break should only improve the situation for our buyers."
Garcia told the Miami Herald that property values have plummeted throughout the county, especially in the overbuilt condominium market.
''Some will be down 20, 30, 40 percent,'' Garcia told the Miami Herald. ``I hope it won't hurt police and fire departments, but we'll have to really tighten our belts.''
In Greater Downtown Miami, for instance, developers constructed nearly 23,000 units between 2003 and the present. In the four decades prior between 1961 and 2002, developers constructed about 11,500 units, according to the Condo Vultures® Official Condo Buyers Guide To Miami™.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
South Florida Housing Inventory Falls Below 90,000
South Florida's residential real estate market has less than 90,000 single-family houses, condominium units, and townhouses for resale, a drop of 16.6 percent since November, according to a new housing inventory report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
The number of available resales in the tricounty South Florida area of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties dropped by 0.8 percent, or 708 residences, in the last week ending April 27 on a week-over-week basis, according to Condo Vultures®.
In the last seven days, single-family house resale inventory dropped 1.1 percent, or 396 residences, to 36,658 in South Florida. Condominium unit and townhouse resale inventory dropped by 0.6 percent, or 312 units, according to the report.
"Single-family houses are coming off the resale market at a slightly greater pace - in total numbers - than the condominium and townhouse inventory," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures® LLC. "Buyers are realizing that the single-family house market was not overbuilt to the same extent as the condominium market, especially in coastal South Florida."
Zalewski is scheduled to discuss inventory and foreclosure trends in the Greater Miami Condo Market at an upcoming seminar scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel just north of Downtown Miami.
Pending sales jumped by 1.4 percent, 195 contracts, as of April 27 on a week-over-week basis in South Florida, according to the report.
Single-family house contracts increased by 1.7 percent to 7,446 existing contracts on April 27 compared to 7,325 on April 20.
Contracts on condo units and townhouses increased by 1.1 percent to 6,932 pending sales on April 27 compared to 6,858 deals on April 20, according to the report.
On a county-by county basis, Miami-Dade is experiencing the greatest pending sales activity with 6,372 contracts, or 44 percent of the regional total. Broward is second with 5,472 pending contracts, or 38 percent of the deals. Palm Beach is third with 2,533 pending sales, or 18 percent of the contract activity.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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The number of available resales in the tricounty South Florida area of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties dropped by 0.8 percent, or 708 residences, in the last week ending April 27 on a week-over-week basis, according to Condo Vultures®.
In the last seven days, single-family house resale inventory dropped 1.1 percent, or 396 residences, to 36,658 in South Florida. Condominium unit and townhouse resale inventory dropped by 0.6 percent, or 312 units, according to the report.
"Single-family houses are coming off the resale market at a slightly greater pace - in total numbers - than the condominium and townhouse inventory," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures® LLC. "Buyers are realizing that the single-family house market was not overbuilt to the same extent as the condominium market, especially in coastal South Florida."
Zalewski is scheduled to discuss inventory and foreclosure trends in the Greater Miami Condo Market at an upcoming seminar scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel just north of Downtown Miami.
Pending sales jumped by 1.4 percent, 195 contracts, as of April 27 on a week-over-week basis in South Florida, according to the report.
Single-family house contracts increased by 1.7 percent to 7,446 existing contracts on April 27 compared to 7,325 on April 20.
Contracts on condo units and townhouses increased by 1.1 percent to 6,932 pending sales on April 27 compared to 6,858 deals on April 20, according to the report.
On a county-by county basis, Miami-Dade is experiencing the greatest pending sales activity with 6,372 contracts, or 44 percent of the regional total. Broward is second with 5,472 pending contracts, or 38 percent of the deals. Palm Beach is third with 2,533 pending sales, or 18 percent of the contract activity.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
7 Luxury South Beach Condos Being Foreclosed
Miami Beach's exclusive South of Fifth neighborhood in South Beach isn't even immune from the foreclosure epidemic hitting South Florida.
Lenders since January have initiated foreclose proceedings worth a combined $7.4 million against five luxury Miami Beach condominium units in the exclusive South of Fifth neighborhood of the barrier island city, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC based on data from its Foreclosure Database™.
Lenders are owed more than $4.1 million on two units in the bayfront Murano Grande condominium, and $3.3 million on three units in the oceanfront Continuum on South Beach project.
"Many people will be surprised to learn that foreclosures are an issue even at two of South Beach's most exclusive addresses," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "After all, the Continuum and the Murano Grande are high-end luxury towers where celebrities, dignitaries, and successful business leaders have a second, third, or fifth residence."
Zalewski is scheduled to discuss inventory and foreclosure trends in the Greater Miami Condo Market at an upcoming seminar scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel just north of Downtown Miami.
In the first four months of 2009, lenders have filed to foreclose on nine luxury condominiums in Miami Beach valued at more than $1 million each. In addition to the foreclosures at the Continuum and the Murano Grande, lenders have filed foreclosure actions against borrowers in the gated island community of Aqua and the boutique oceanfront tower Mosaic, according to the Foreclosure Database™.
Overall, there have been 25 foreclosure actions filed against Miami Beach properties valued at more than $1 million.
Aside from the nine condos with a combined outstanding loan amount of $12.1 million, lenders are moving to foreclose on 16 single-family houses and condo projects valued at more than $37 million, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
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Lenders since January have initiated foreclose proceedings worth a combined $7.4 million against five luxury Miami Beach condominium units in the exclusive South of Fifth neighborhood of the barrier island city, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC based on data from its Foreclosure Database™.
Lenders are owed more than $4.1 million on two units in the bayfront Murano Grande condominium, and $3.3 million on three units in the oceanfront Continuum on South Beach project.
"Many people will be surprised to learn that foreclosures are an issue even at two of South Beach's most exclusive addresses," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "After all, the Continuum and the Murano Grande are high-end luxury towers where celebrities, dignitaries, and successful business leaders have a second, third, or fifth residence."
Zalewski is scheduled to discuss inventory and foreclosure trends in the Greater Miami Condo Market at an upcoming seminar scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel just north of Downtown Miami.
In the first four months of 2009, lenders have filed to foreclose on nine luxury condominiums in Miami Beach valued at more than $1 million each. In addition to the foreclosures at the Continuum and the Murano Grande, lenders have filed foreclosure actions against borrowers in the gated island community of Aqua and the boutique oceanfront tower Mosaic, according to the Foreclosure Database™.
Overall, there have been 25 foreclosure actions filed against Miami Beach properties valued at more than $1 million.
Aside from the nine condos with a combined outstanding loan amount of $12.1 million, lenders are moving to foreclose on 16 single-family houses and condo projects valued at more than $37 million, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Thursday, April 23, 2009
4.4% Surge In South Florida Pending Sales In Week
Pending sales for South Florida condominium units, townhouses, and single-family houses surged by more than 4 percent in the last week, reaching 14,183 existing contracts, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
In a seven-day period ending April 20, nearly 600 residential properties on the market in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties changed in status from "available" to "pending sale" in the Florida Association of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service. This most recent contract volume works out to an average of 86 deals per day being executed.
As the number of pending deals is on the rise, the number of available residential properties is falling. On a week-over-week basis, the number of residential resale properties on the market in South Florida decreased by 1.6 percent, or 1,438 residences, to 90,382 condos, townhouses, and single-family houses, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
"South Florida inventory is down nearly 16 percent and pending sales are up more than 52 percent since Thanksgiving week," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "As we enter into the last weeks of the winter tourism season, it appears as if inventory will continue to tighten despite the lack of financing available for residential product. Several buyers, rightly or wrongly, are deciding that the time to purchase is upon us."
Zalewski is scheduled to discuss inventory and pending sales trends in the Miami Condo Market at an upcoming seminar scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel just north of Downtown Miami.
Broward County, where Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood Beach, and Pompano Beach are located, is leading the surge in pending deals in the tri-county region with 295 properties going under contract in the past week. Broward's increase in pending deals represents a 5.8 percent week-over-week increase, according to the report.
Miami-Dade County, where Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Aventura are located, experienced a 4.3 percent increase in pending sales on a week-over-week basis reaching 6,274 deals. Buyers entered into 260 pending deals in the week long period ending April 20 for an average of 37 contracts per day.
Palm Beach County, where Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and Delray Beach are located, continues to experience an increase in pending sales, but at a much slower pace. Pending sales increased by 1.7 percent in Palm Beach County in the last week, reaching 2,521 deals. Palm Beach County represents 18 percent of the total number of South Florida pending sales, according to the report.
Palm Beach County may have the smallest number of pending sales, but it also has the fewest residential properties on the market. There are 26,808 residential properties are on the market, representing 30 percent of the regional total.
Miami-Dade County has the greatest number of properties for resale with 33,676, or 37 percent of the regional total.
In Broward, there are 29,898 residential properties for sale, which represents 33 percent of the total market, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
In a seven-day period ending April 20, nearly 600 residential properties on the market in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties changed in status from "available" to "pending sale" in the Florida Association of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service. This most recent contract volume works out to an average of 86 deals per day being executed.
As the number of pending deals is on the rise, the number of available residential properties is falling. On a week-over-week basis, the number of residential resale properties on the market in South Florida decreased by 1.6 percent, or 1,438 residences, to 90,382 condos, townhouses, and single-family houses, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
"South Florida inventory is down nearly 16 percent and pending sales are up more than 52 percent since Thanksgiving week," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "As we enter into the last weeks of the winter tourism season, it appears as if inventory will continue to tighten despite the lack of financing available for residential product. Several buyers, rightly or wrongly, are deciding that the time to purchase is upon us."
Zalewski is scheduled to discuss inventory and pending sales trends in the Miami Condo Market at an upcoming seminar scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel just north of Downtown Miami.
Broward County, where Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood Beach, and Pompano Beach are located, is leading the surge in pending deals in the tri-county region with 295 properties going under contract in the past week. Broward's increase in pending deals represents a 5.8 percent week-over-week increase, according to the report.
Miami-Dade County, where Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Aventura are located, experienced a 4.3 percent increase in pending sales on a week-over-week basis reaching 6,274 deals. Buyers entered into 260 pending deals in the week long period ending April 20 for an average of 37 contracts per day.
Palm Beach County, where Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and Delray Beach are located, continues to experience an increase in pending sales, but at a much slower pace. Pending sales increased by 1.7 percent in Palm Beach County in the last week, reaching 2,521 deals. Palm Beach County represents 18 percent of the total number of South Florida pending sales, according to the report.
Palm Beach County may have the smallest number of pending sales, but it also has the fewest residential properties on the market. There are 26,808 residential properties are on the market, representing 30 percent of the regional total.
Miami-Dade County has the greatest number of properties for resale with 33,676, or 37 percent of the regional total.
In Broward, there are 29,898 residential properties for sale, which represents 33 percent of the total market, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Monday, April 20, 2009
South Florida Residential Rental Inventory Stands At 27,000
More than 27,000 condos, townhouses, single-family houses are actively available for rent in South Florida at a median asking price of $1.25 per square foot per month, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
The attractive rental prices have spurred strong leasing activity at an average of 110 residences per day since January in the tri-county South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
At this pace, the available inventory stands at approximately 246 days, or eight months, of rental supply, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
"South Florida's rental activity is surprisingly strong," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "Today's tenants, some of which have lost their homes in foreclosure, are actively leasing up condos, townhouses, and single-family houses throughout the region, especially in the more expensive coastal areas."
Rental leasing trends, including a white paper examining the ratio of primary users versus tenants in Greater Downtown Miami's 83 new condominiums, is a trend that Zalewski is scheduled to address at an upcoming real estate seminar scheduled for 5.30 pm April 28 in Greater Downtown Miami.
Much like on the purchase and sale side of the real estate business, rental rates can vary dramatically depending upon the submarket where the property is located.
For example in Miami Beach's popular South Beach neighborhood, the median monthly rental rate is $2,200, or $2.34 per square foot, for a 940-square-foot apartment that was built more than 20 years ago.
Across the causeway in the overbuilt Greater Downtown Miami market, the median asking price for the never-lived-in-product is $1,825, or $1.65 per square foot, for a 1,105 square foot apartment, according to the report.
By comparison, the median asking price for a rental in the middle-class western suburb of Kendall is $1,425, or $1.15 per square foot, for a 1,260 square foot apartment. In the Northeastern Miami-Dade suburb of Aventura, the median asking price is $1,850, or $1.42 per square foot, for a 1,302 square foot condo, according to the report.
Overall, the median rental asking price in South Florida is $1,575, or $1.25 per square foot, per month.
On a county-by-county basis, the median asking price per month is $1,750, or $1.46 per square foot, in Miami-Dade; $1,300, or 95 cents per square foot, in Broward; and $1,600, or $1.21 per square foot, in Palm Beach, according to the report.
"The unanswered question is, will rental rates remain steady given the amount of available inventory?" Zalewski said.
South Florida has 27,027 residential properties for rent, with 10,891 located in Miami-Dade County, 7,876 situated in Broward County, and 8,260 properties in Palm Beach County.
Miami-Dade represents the largest chunk of available inventory with 40.3 percent of the regional total. Palm Beach County is second with 30.6 percent of the inventory, and Broward County is third with 29.1 percent of the inventory.
On a city-by-city basis, Fort Lauderdale has the greatest amount of available rentals with 1,694 properties. Greater Downtown Miami is second with 1,604 properties, and Miami Beach's popular South Beach neighborhood is third with 1,414 properties.
Rounding out the top five are Boca Raton with 1,405 rental properties and West Palm Beach with 1,302 properties.
Condo Vultures® Featured On CNBC's Squawk On The Street
CNBC's popular Steals and Deals segment featured Condo Vultures® on April 15 during the financial news network's Squawk On The Street program. The Steals and Deals segment focused on bank-owned condo units in Greater Miami that are now available at discounts as deep as 81 percent.
Miami Condo Trends Subject of Upcoming Seminar
Condo Vultures® is relaunching its seminar series on Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel in Miami with a presentation by real estate consultant and broker Peter Zalewski. The agenda will include a discussion of proprietary research collected by Condo Vultures® regarding the South Florida condo market and the official launch of the firm's recently published eBooks, the the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™. For more information about attending, please visit the Upcoming Events section of CondoVultures.com.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
The attractive rental prices have spurred strong leasing activity at an average of 110 residences per day since January in the tri-county South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
At this pace, the available inventory stands at approximately 246 days, or eight months, of rental supply, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
"South Florida's rental activity is surprisingly strong," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "Today's tenants, some of which have lost their homes in foreclosure, are actively leasing up condos, townhouses, and single-family houses throughout the region, especially in the more expensive coastal areas."
Rental leasing trends, including a white paper examining the ratio of primary users versus tenants in Greater Downtown Miami's 83 new condominiums, is a trend that Zalewski is scheduled to address at an upcoming real estate seminar scheduled for 5.30 pm April 28 in Greater Downtown Miami.
Much like on the purchase and sale side of the real estate business, rental rates can vary dramatically depending upon the submarket where the property is located.
For example in Miami Beach's popular South Beach neighborhood, the median monthly rental rate is $2,200, or $2.34 per square foot, for a 940-square-foot apartment that was built more than 20 years ago.
Across the causeway in the overbuilt Greater Downtown Miami market, the median asking price for the never-lived-in-product is $1,825, or $1.65 per square foot, for a 1,105 square foot apartment, according to the report.
By comparison, the median asking price for a rental in the middle-class western suburb of Kendall is $1,425, or $1.15 per square foot, for a 1,260 square foot apartment. In the Northeastern Miami-Dade suburb of Aventura, the median asking price is $1,850, or $1.42 per square foot, for a 1,302 square foot condo, according to the report.
Overall, the median rental asking price in South Florida is $1,575, or $1.25 per square foot, per month.
On a county-by-county basis, the median asking price per month is $1,750, or $1.46 per square foot, in Miami-Dade; $1,300, or 95 cents per square foot, in Broward; and $1,600, or $1.21 per square foot, in Palm Beach, according to the report.
"The unanswered question is, will rental rates remain steady given the amount of available inventory?" Zalewski said.
South Florida has 27,027 residential properties for rent, with 10,891 located in Miami-Dade County, 7,876 situated in Broward County, and 8,260 properties in Palm Beach County.
Miami-Dade represents the largest chunk of available inventory with 40.3 percent of the regional total. Palm Beach County is second with 30.6 percent of the inventory, and Broward County is third with 29.1 percent of the inventory.
On a city-by-city basis, Fort Lauderdale has the greatest amount of available rentals with 1,694 properties. Greater Downtown Miami is second with 1,604 properties, and Miami Beach's popular South Beach neighborhood is third with 1,414 properties.
Rounding out the top five are Boca Raton with 1,405 rental properties and West Palm Beach with 1,302 properties.
Condo Vultures® Featured On CNBC's Squawk On The Street
CNBC's popular Steals and Deals segment featured Condo Vultures® on April 15 during the financial news network's Squawk On The Street program. The Steals and Deals segment focused on bank-owned condo units in Greater Miami that are now available at discounts as deep as 81 percent.
Miami Condo Trends Subject of Upcoming Seminar
Condo Vultures® is relaunching its seminar series on Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel in Miami with a presentation by real estate consultant and broker Peter Zalewski. The agenda will include a discussion of proprietary research collected by Condo Vultures® regarding the South Florida condo market and the official launch of the firm's recently published eBooks, the the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™. For more information about attending, please visit the Upcoming Events section of CondoVultures.com.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Friday, April 17, 2009
South Florida REOs Jump 54% In Q1 2009
Banks repossessed through foreclosure more than 7,300 properties in the tri-county South Florida region in the first three months of 2009, representing a 54 percent increase over the number of properties taken back in 2008, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
Lenders took ownership of a combined 2,355 properties in January, 2,432 properties in February, and 2,524 properties in March in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. At this pace, more than 29,000 properties would be repossessed in South Florida in 2009, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
"We actually expect the number of REOs to far surpass 30,000 in 2009," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "Now that the government and lenders appear to be poised to allow many of the holiday-inspired foreclosure moratoriums to expire, we anticipate an uptick in the number of Lis Pendens and/or Notices of Default filings in the upcoming months."
Surprisingly, Miami-Dade County, considered by many to be the hardest hit real estate market in South Florida, no longer holds the distinction of having the most bank-owned properties in the tri-county region.
Broward County, where Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Pompano Beach are located, wrestled away that distinction from Miami-Dade in 2009 with a 100 percent increase in REOs.
In the first 90 days of 2009, lenders took back 3,341 properties in Broward compared to 2,691 properties in Miami-Dade. In Palm Beach, lenders repossessed 1,279 properties.
By comparison, in the first quarter of 2008 lenders repossessed 2,395 properties in Miami-Dade, 1,671 properties in Broward, and 696 properties in Palm Beach, according to the report.
To repossess a property in South Florida, lenders must first file a Lis Pendens and/or Notice of Default with the circuit court in the county where the residence is located.
The filing initiates what is typically a six to nine month process that costs a lender an estimated $40,000 to $80,000.
The final step of the foreclosure process is a courthouse auction where a lender's financing position is available for purchase by the highest bidder based on a minimum judgment amount set by the court.
Many bidders often times fail to purchase a lender's financing position on a condo, townhouse, or single-family house as the debt owed on the foreclosed property by the borrower far exceeds the amount an investor would be willing to pay in today's distressed market.
It is at this point in the foreclosure process that the court formally transfers a property from the borrower to the lender, creating Real Estate Owned (REO) by a bank.
Once in control of a property, a bank settles all outstanding title issues including past-due condominium maintenance fees before ultimately selling off the REO property at a deep discount.
"REOs offer some of the deepest discounts available in the volatile South Florida real estate market," Zalewski said. "The drawback is, many of these properties are in need of work, whether it is renovating a residence damaged by a frustrated borrower or building out a never-lived-in condo unit. Still, the potential upside is great for those buyers who are willing to put in some sweat equity."
Condo Vultures® Featured On CNBC's Squawk On The Street
CNBC's popular Steals and Deals segment featured Condo Vultures® on April 15 during the financial news network's Squawk On The Street program. The Steals and Deals segment focused on bank-owned condo units in Greater Miami that are now available at discounts as deep as 81 percent.
Miami Condo Trends Subject of Upcoming Seminar
Condo Vultures® is relaunching its seminar series on Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel in Miami with a presentation by real estate consultant and broker Peter Zalewski. The agenda will include a discussion of proprietary research collected by Condo Vultures® regarding the South Florida condo market and the official launch of the firm's recently published eBooks, the the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™. For more information about attending, please visit the Upcoming Events section of CondoVultures.com.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Lenders took ownership of a combined 2,355 properties in January, 2,432 properties in February, and 2,524 properties in March in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. At this pace, more than 29,000 properties would be repossessed in South Florida in 2009, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
"We actually expect the number of REOs to far surpass 30,000 in 2009," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "Now that the government and lenders appear to be poised to allow many of the holiday-inspired foreclosure moratoriums to expire, we anticipate an uptick in the number of Lis Pendens and/or Notices of Default filings in the upcoming months."
Surprisingly, Miami-Dade County, considered by many to be the hardest hit real estate market in South Florida, no longer holds the distinction of having the most bank-owned properties in the tri-county region.
Broward County, where Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Pompano Beach are located, wrestled away that distinction from Miami-Dade in 2009 with a 100 percent increase in REOs.
In the first 90 days of 2009, lenders took back 3,341 properties in Broward compared to 2,691 properties in Miami-Dade. In Palm Beach, lenders repossessed 1,279 properties.
By comparison, in the first quarter of 2008 lenders repossessed 2,395 properties in Miami-Dade, 1,671 properties in Broward, and 696 properties in Palm Beach, according to the report.
To repossess a property in South Florida, lenders must first file a Lis Pendens and/or Notice of Default with the circuit court in the county where the residence is located.
The filing initiates what is typically a six to nine month process that costs a lender an estimated $40,000 to $80,000.
The final step of the foreclosure process is a courthouse auction where a lender's financing position is available for purchase by the highest bidder based on a minimum judgment amount set by the court.
Many bidders often times fail to purchase a lender's financing position on a condo, townhouse, or single-family house as the debt owed on the foreclosed property by the borrower far exceeds the amount an investor would be willing to pay in today's distressed market.
It is at this point in the foreclosure process that the court formally transfers a property from the borrower to the lender, creating Real Estate Owned (REO) by a bank.
Once in control of a property, a bank settles all outstanding title issues including past-due condominium maintenance fees before ultimately selling off the REO property at a deep discount.
"REOs offer some of the deepest discounts available in the volatile South Florida real estate market," Zalewski said. "The drawback is, many of these properties are in need of work, whether it is renovating a residence damaged by a frustrated borrower or building out a never-lived-in condo unit. Still, the potential upside is great for those buyers who are willing to put in some sweat equity."
Condo Vultures® Featured On CNBC's Squawk On The Street
CNBC's popular Steals and Deals segment featured Condo Vultures® on April 15 during the financial news network's Squawk On The Street program. The Steals and Deals segment focused on bank-owned condo units in Greater Miami that are now available at discounts as deep as 81 percent.
Miami Condo Trends Subject of Upcoming Seminar
Condo Vultures® is relaunching its seminar series on Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Grand Hotel in Miami with a presentation by real estate consultant and broker Peter Zalewski. The agenda will include a discussion of proprietary research collected by Condo Vultures® regarding the South Florida condo market and the official launch of the firm's recently published eBooks, the the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™. For more information about attending, please visit the Upcoming Events section of CondoVultures.com.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
South Florida Inventory Drops By 1,000 Residences In Week
Nearly 1,000 more residential properties came off the market than went on in South Florida in the last seven days, dragging the total resale inventory down 1 percent to 91,000 condos, townhouses, and single-family houses, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
The decrease in residential inventory in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties means there are now 91,820 properties on the market as of April 13 compared to 92,792 properties on April 6. At the end of the first quarter, there were 94,526 resales on the market on March 30, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
Pending sales in the last week increased by 2.2 percent to 13,585 transactions on April 13, compared to 13,298 contracts on April 6 and 12,985 deals on March 30, according to the report.
On Nov. 24, 2008, when Condo Vultures first began tracking active listings and pending sales on a weekly basis, South Florida had 107,527 residential properties on the market and 9,302 pending sales, according to the report.
"In the last five months, we have experienced a 14.6 percent decrease in available inventory and a 46 percent increase in pending sales," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®.
Single-family houses represent the biggest drop in overall residential inventory, dropping to 37,779 residences on the resale market on April 13 compared to 38,323 homes on April 6 and 39,233 available houses on March 30, according to the report.
Pending sales of single-family houses have climbed to 6,987 deals on April 13, compared to 6,879 on April 6 and 6,713 deals on March 30, according to the report.
The resale condominium and townhouse inventory has fallen to 54,041 units on April 13 compared to 54,469 on April 6 and 55,293 on March 30, according to the report.
Pending sales of condominium units and townhouses are up to 6,598 units on April 13 compared to 6,419 units under contract on April 6 and 6,272 units on March 30, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
The decrease in residential inventory in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties means there are now 91,820 properties on the market as of April 13 compared to 92,792 properties on April 6. At the end of the first quarter, there were 94,526 resales on the market on March 30, according to the Condo Vultures® report.
Pending sales in the last week increased by 2.2 percent to 13,585 transactions on April 13, compared to 13,298 contracts on April 6 and 12,985 deals on March 30, according to the report.
On Nov. 24, 2008, when Condo Vultures first began tracking active listings and pending sales on a weekly basis, South Florida had 107,527 residential properties on the market and 9,302 pending sales, according to the report.
"In the last five months, we have experienced a 14.6 percent decrease in available inventory and a 46 percent increase in pending sales," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®.
Single-family houses represent the biggest drop in overall residential inventory, dropping to 37,779 residences on the resale market on April 13 compared to 38,323 homes on April 6 and 39,233 available houses on March 30, according to the report.
Pending sales of single-family houses have climbed to 6,987 deals on April 13, compared to 6,879 on April 6 and 6,713 deals on March 30, according to the report.
The resale condominium and townhouse inventory has fallen to 54,041 units on April 13 compared to 54,469 on April 6 and 55,293 on March 30, according to the report.
Pending sales of condominium units and townhouses are up to 6,598 units on April 13 compared to 6,419 units under contract on April 6 and 6,272 units on March 30, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report™ for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami™ and Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust™ are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database™.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
$23 Million Paid For 6 Waterfront Miami Beach Area Condos
Buyers paid a combined $23 million in March for six waterfront condominium units located on the Barrier Island just east of Downtown Miami, according to a new condo report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
There were four deals worth $13.2 million that occurred in Miami Beach, and two transactions worth $10 million that closed in Sunny Isles Beach, according to the condo report.
"Investors seem to be saying with these purchases that new waterfront housing on Miami's Barrier Island is a great hedge against a volatile real estate market," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®.
In trendy Miami Beach, Buyers closed on three transactions in the Capri South Beach for a combined $9.4 million, and one deal at the Apogee for $3.75 million.
Buyers in Sunny Isles Beach paid $5.25 million for a 5,030-square-foot penthouse at the Sayan, and $4.75 million for a two-story unit in the newly opened Jade Beach, according to the condo report.
Four of the transactions closed with cash but two involved financing.
A balloon mortgage for $4 million was provided on the $5.25 million unit at the Sayan, and an Adjustable Rate Mortgage in the amount of $500,000 was extended on a $2.36 million purchase at the Capri South Beach, according to the condo report.
Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter's blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database . Our new book Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust is now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
There were four deals worth $13.2 million that occurred in Miami Beach, and two transactions worth $10 million that closed in Sunny Isles Beach, according to the condo report.
"Investors seem to be saying with these purchases that new waterfront housing on Miami's Barrier Island is a great hedge against a volatile real estate market," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®.
In trendy Miami Beach, Buyers closed on three transactions in the Capri South Beach for a combined $9.4 million, and one deal at the Apogee for $3.75 million.
Buyers in Sunny Isles Beach paid $5.25 million for a 5,030-square-foot penthouse at the Sayan, and $4.75 million for a two-story unit in the newly opened Jade Beach, according to the condo report.
Four of the transactions closed with cash but two involved financing.
A balloon mortgage for $4 million was provided on the $5.25 million unit at the Sayan, and an Adjustable Rate Mortgage in the amount of $500,000 was extended on a $2.36 million purchase at the Capri South Beach, according to the condo report.
Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter's blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database . Our new book Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust is now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database.
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Miami's Condo Crash Subject Of New eBook
Miami's great condominium crash of the 21st Century is the subject of a new 350-plus page eBook scheduled for release in April by Condo Vultures® LLC.
The soon-to-be-published eBook provides a running chronicle - in words and photos - of Greater Miami's condominium boom and bust since 2006.
This eBook is a compilation of more than 100 chapters written by a variety of South Florida industry professionals including:
- Peter Zalewski, a consultant, real estate broker, and former South Florida financial journalist;
- Mark Zilbert, a Miami Beach broker and creator of CondoFlip.com;
- Jim Freer, a veteran South Florida banking journalist;
- John Fakler, a veteran journalist who covered public companies;
- Lucas Lechuga, a real estate agent and creator of a popular Miami real estate blog;
- and Dennis Kleinman, a veteran mortgage banker with a Coral Gables-based financial institution.
The eBook cover price is $9.99 plus tax, and will be available for purchase at CondoVultures.com.
Anyone interested in attending the eBook launch party should contact John Fakler, executive editor of CondoVultures.com at 800-750-0517 or by email at JFakler@CondoVultures.com
Condo Vultures® LLC is a Bal Harbour, Fla.-based consultancy and publishing company focused on collecting, analyzing, and communicating intelligence on the South Florida real estate market.
Some of Condo Vultures® brands include the weekly Market Intelligence Report™, the Vultures Database™, the Official Condo Buyers Guide™, and the soon-to-be-launched Foreclosure Database™.
Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter’s blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ .
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
The soon-to-be-published eBook provides a running chronicle - in words and photos - of Greater Miami's condominium boom and bust since 2006.
This eBook is a compilation of more than 100 chapters written by a variety of South Florida industry professionals including:
- Peter Zalewski, a consultant, real estate broker, and former South Florida financial journalist;
- Mark Zilbert, a Miami Beach broker and creator of CondoFlip.com;
- Jim Freer, a veteran South Florida banking journalist;
- John Fakler, a veteran journalist who covered public companies;
- Lucas Lechuga, a real estate agent and creator of a popular Miami real estate blog;
- and Dennis Kleinman, a veteran mortgage banker with a Coral Gables-based financial institution.
The eBook cover price is $9.99 plus tax, and will be available for purchase at CondoVultures.com.
Anyone interested in attending the eBook launch party should contact John Fakler, executive editor of CondoVultures.com at 800-750-0517 or by email at JFakler@CondoVultures.com
Condo Vultures® LLC is a Bal Harbour, Fla.-based consultancy and publishing company focused on collecting, analyzing, and communicating intelligence on the South Florida real estate market.
Some of Condo Vultures® brands include the weekly Market Intelligence Report™, the Vultures Database™, the Official Condo Buyers Guide™, and the soon-to-be-launched Foreclosure Database™.
Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter’s blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ .
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
South Florida Residential Inventory Drops Below 97,000
South Florida's residential resale inventory has fallen 1.3 percent in the last week to 96,841 single-family houses, townhouses, and condominium units in the tri-county region of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.
A month ago on Feb. 2, there were 99,033 residences for sale in the region, and three months ago on Dec. 1 there were 106,420 single-family houses, townhouses, and condominium units for sale in South Florida, according to Condo Vultures®.
In the last seven days, the number of actively available South Florida resale properties declined by 187 residences per day or 1,312 single-family houses, townhouses, and condominium units.
For the last 90 days, the residential inventory has been on a reduction pace 106 properties per day for a total of 9,579.
"The fact that inventory continues to drop by more than 1 percent a week in a market where financing is nonexistent is worth monitoring," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based consultancy Condo Vultures® LLC. "Inventory is falling nowhere near the rate of the peak of the market in 2005 when housing was challenging to find. At the same time, if the available South Florida resale inventory continues to slip by a net of 106 properties or more a day, the total drop for the year would be nearly around 39,000 residences.
"That is assuming there isn't an surge in buyers if and when financing is restored to the market."
On a county-by-county basis, Broward County led the region in terms of the fastest falling inventory with a decrease of 1.5 percent to 32,500, down from 33,010 on Feb. 23.
Miami-Dade County was second with a 1.4 percent drop in inventory to 36,191 on March 2 compared to 36,706 resale properties on Feb. 23. Palm Beach County's inventory slipped by 1.0 percent to 28,150 on March 2 compared to 28,437 properties on Feb. 23, according to the report.
As inventory drops, the number of pending sales continues to ramp up, increasing by 1.4 percent in the last week. On March 2, South Florida had 11,556 pending sales compared to 11,397 on Feb. 23, and 10,362 a month ago on Feb. 2, according to the report.
Palm Beach County is leading the region, in terms of percentage growth, in the number of pending sales. In the last week, Palm Beach County experienced a 1.7 percent surge to 2,216 pending sales on March 2 compared to 2,178 on Feb. 23.
Miami-Dade and Broward counties both experienced growth of 1.3 percent in pending sales.
Miami-Dade has 5,146 pending resales as of March 2 compared to 5,080 on Feb. 23 and 4,755 on Feb. 2. Broward has 4,194 pending resales compared to 4,139 a week ago on Feb. 23 and 3,698 on Feb. 2, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter’s blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ .
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
A month ago on Feb. 2, there were 99,033 residences for sale in the region, and three months ago on Dec. 1 there were 106,420 single-family houses, townhouses, and condominium units for sale in South Florida, according to Condo Vultures®.
In the last seven days, the number of actively available South Florida resale properties declined by 187 residences per day or 1,312 single-family houses, townhouses, and condominium units.
For the last 90 days, the residential inventory has been on a reduction pace 106 properties per day for a total of 9,579.
"The fact that inventory continues to drop by more than 1 percent a week in a market where financing is nonexistent is worth monitoring," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based consultancy Condo Vultures® LLC. "Inventory is falling nowhere near the rate of the peak of the market in 2005 when housing was challenging to find. At the same time, if the available South Florida resale inventory continues to slip by a net of 106 properties or more a day, the total drop for the year would be nearly around 39,000 residences.
"That is assuming there isn't an surge in buyers if and when financing is restored to the market."
On a county-by-county basis, Broward County led the region in terms of the fastest falling inventory with a decrease of 1.5 percent to 32,500, down from 33,010 on Feb. 23.
Miami-Dade County was second with a 1.4 percent drop in inventory to 36,191 on March 2 compared to 36,706 resale properties on Feb. 23. Palm Beach County's inventory slipped by 1.0 percent to 28,150 on March 2 compared to 28,437 properties on Feb. 23, according to the report.
As inventory drops, the number of pending sales continues to ramp up, increasing by 1.4 percent in the last week. On March 2, South Florida had 11,556 pending sales compared to 11,397 on Feb. 23, and 10,362 a month ago on Feb. 2, according to the report.
Palm Beach County is leading the region, in terms of percentage growth, in the number of pending sales. In the last week, Palm Beach County experienced a 1.7 percent surge to 2,216 pending sales on March 2 compared to 2,178 on Feb. 23.
Miami-Dade and Broward counties both experienced growth of 1.3 percent in pending sales.
Miami-Dade has 5,146 pending resales as of March 2 compared to 5,080 on Feb. 23 and 4,755 on Feb. 2. Broward has 4,194 pending resales compared to 4,139 a week ago on Feb. 23 and 3,698 on Feb. 2, according to the report.
Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter’s blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database™ .
Copyright © 2009, Condo Vultures® LLC
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