Today’s priciest new listing

January 24, 2013 05:15PM

www.vipoceanrealty.com235 Via Palacio

Today’s priciest new listing is a five-bedroom, six-bathroom, 6,023-square-foot single-family home that is asking $2.39 million, according to Condo Vultures. Most of the house’s chandeliers are excluded from the listing, which is located at 235 Via Palacio in Palm Beach. Michael Leibowitz of Leibowitz Realty Group has the listing. (Condo vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.) 

Miami Beach Pinetree Drive home sells for $7.8M

January 25, 2013 09:00AM

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4777 Pinetree

The home at 4777 Pinetree Drive in Miami Beach has been sold for $7.75 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The property was purchased by Indian Creek II, a limited liability company. The sellers were Lewis and Laura Levey, who purchased the home in 2000 for $2.65 million, according to records from the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office.

One Sotheby’s International Realty lists nine-bed Gables Estates manse for $11 million

January 25, 2013 11:15AM

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The home’s location in Gables Estates

One Sotheby’s International Realty has listed the home at 325 Leucadendra Drive in Coral Gables for $10.9 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The nine-bedroom, nine-bathroom home (which also has two half-bathrooms) is situated on a 0.45-acre lot in the tony Gables Estates subdivision. One Sotheby’s International Realty’s Mayi De La Vega has the listing on the home, which was designed by architect Ralph Portuondo. 

Today’s priciest new listing

January 25, 2013 05:15PM

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501 Palm Drive

Today’s priciest new listing is a five-bedroom, five-bathroom, 3,119-square-foot, single-family home that is asking $5.5 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront house, which is located at 501 Palm Drive in Hallandale Beach, sits on 42,430 square feet of land and features a 237-foot seawall on canal for a yacht. Phillip Yaffa of Engel & Voelkers has the listing. (Condo Vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.) —

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Florida Realtor group doles out scholarships to brokers’ children

January 21, 2013 12:45PM

Are you a South Florida real estate agent with a college age kid? Good news, the Florida Realtors trade group is offering college scholarships to the children of brokers, the Sun Sentinel reported. The Florida Realtors Education Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation, is handing out financial aid starting at $1,000. The funds are open to high achieving Florida students whose parents are real estate agents or employees of real estate boards and will be given out based academic merit, financial need, relationship to the Realtor family and contributions to family, school and community. The program has administered more than $400,000 in 270 scholarships in the past three years, according to the Sun Sentinel.

Today’s priciest new listing

January 17, 2013 05:15PM

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9703 Collins Avenue

Today’s priciest new listing is a three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,265-square-foot condo in the St. Regis that is asking $8.5 million, according to Condo Vultures. The waterfront condo, which is located at 9703 Collins Avenue, #2500, in Bal Harbour, features white-glove service, ocean views and fitness center. Lana Bell of Sunny Realty of South Florida has the listing. (Condo Vultures data includes condos and single-family listings in the main metropolitan areas of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, as well as Monroe County, that are newly listed. Listings are taken from the South Florida MLS.)

North Bay Road spec project re-lists for $10M

January 18, 2013 09:45AM

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3114 North Bay Road

A property on North Bay Road in Miami Beach that is currently under construction has been listed for $9.95 million, according to data from real estate information firm StreetEasy. The property, which is located at 3114 North Bay Road, was purchased at the end of November for $5.7 million. It’s being listed by Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell’s Nelson Gonzalez.