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Curbed Miami by Sean McCaughan [ The Royal Palm Hotel] On the site of the soon to rise architectural slap-in-the-face that is the Met Square tower, archeologists have found, according to the Miami Herald, remnants of Henry Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel which, as destination for Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway and Miami’s first full-fledged hotel, was basically the single building that …

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WSJ By Candace Jackson Methanoia At Faena House, which is under development and shown here in a rendering, prices are expected to range from $2.3 million to $50 million. Miami’s real-estate market has been hot lately, spurred largely by an influx of wealthy foreign buyers purchasing second homes with cash. The latest data, released Thursday …

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THE MIAMI HERALD BY MARTHA BRANNIGAN MBRANNIGAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM Just as South Florida’s housing market is steaming ahead, new data from Zillow raise a troubling trend that has been masked by low interest rates. According to the Seattle-based real estate information firm, as South Florida home prices have risen, median income hasn’t kept pace. In the fourth …

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The New York Times By LAUREN SCHUKER BLUM, MATTHEW DOLAN and CANDACE JACKSON   Sillicon Valley execs flock to Lake Tahoe, New Yorkers head south to Miami in droves, and Harbor Country, Mich., becomes the Hamptons of the Midwest. A look into why these three communities are seeing a second-home boom. Photo: Fortune International. New Yorkers Invade Miami After …

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TRD-Miami   A rendering of MAM’s new building In the last show before the move, artwork that Miami real estate developer Jorge Perez donated to the Miami Art Museum is on display at the museum’s old building, at the Miami-Dade Cultural Center, Curbed reported. The show will run until June 2. After a $40 million …

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CURBED MIAMI by Sean McCaughan [Via Curbed Miami Flickr Pool/Phillip Pessar] Hot damn! County Commissioners are considering an expansion of the Brickell Loop of the Downtown Peoplemover (which is officially called the Metromover, but who calls it that?), according to a county memorandum posted on exMiami.org. This is in response to increased development in Brickell, the obvious need for convenient mass …

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The Miami Herald BY MARTHA BRANNIGAN MBRANNIGAN@MIAMIHERALD.COM Miami Beach’s 33139 ZIP code ranked among the nation’s top luxury real estate markets in 2012, logging eight sales of $10 million or more, according to Coldwell Banker. Miami’s 33156 ZIP, which includes Pinecrest, chalked up six sales in the $10 million or higher category, according to the …

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Submitted by Deborah Boza Miami, FL – The Miami real estate market continued to strengthen in February, as sales again increased despite limited inventory, according to the 25,000-member MIAMI Association of REALTORS and the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system.  Strong demand coupled with dwindling supply continues to fuel significant price appreciation. Miami-Dade County residential …

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The New York Times By LIESL SCHILLINGER We stood on the Everglades boardwalk, an hour south of Miami Beach, squinting in the sun, looking like fools. He was as white as milk and as gangly as Napoleon Dynamite, with a gaudy beach towel we’d bought at a Kmart tied around his neck. I was dressed head-to-toe …

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