Keyes Luxury Report Gives Insights into High End Markets in South Florida

From the Sun Sentinel 

The luxury market in South Florida is unique in many ways. The defining characteristics of this rarified set of properties have led to "what luxury real estate agents are happily calling one of South Florida's best price and sales surges in recent memory."

Leading the way in bringing this information to the public eye, The Keyes Company's Luxury Market Report demonstrated a few of the reasons for this boom - when other cities might not be undergoing the same increase in sales of their own high-end listings.

Check out insights into the mind of Keyes' Vice President of Luxury, Kevin Leonard, and why this trend might continue here.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-south-florida-luxury-home-market-spikes-20180718-story.html#

SoFla luxury condo sales to stay slow as single-family market grows in ’18, experts say

Condo developers to pull back after years of sky-high appreciation

With a large number of luxury condos remaining available paired with low sales, it can be expected to see many projects be cancelled in the 2018 year. However, this may prove beneficial to buyers as some sites may start reducing their prices. Mike Pappas, along with several other Miami real estate figures speak to The Real Deal about what to expect in the coming 2018 year.

“In the luxury market, they set prices too high.”

- Mike Pappas, Keyes Company CEO & President

Mike Pappas, president of the Keyes Company, said the double-digit appreciation new condos experienced between 2013 and 2015 created a false perception about what those same units could sell for in 2016 and 2017. “Over the last two years, we have seen that greater appreciation coming back to down to reality,” he said.

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