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Oakland Park Real Estate First Quarter Report 2022

Desiree Avila May 11, 2022

How High Can It Go? When I analyzed the Oakland Park real estate market last quarter, I found that the number of sales had pretty much remained the same compared to the last quarter of 2020. What had changed was the price at which homes were selling. A dwindling inventory, coupled with a very

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Move with Caution: South Florida An Epicenter of Moving Scams

Desiree Avila April 11, 2022

South Florida’s peak moving season is from May 15th to September 15th. Despite previous federal and state crackdowns, complaints about scams perpetrated by South Florida-based moving brokers show no signs of abating, in fact there are more than ever making South Florida an epicenter of moving scams. Moving brokers are not your typical moving company. […]

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City of Oakland Park Picks Developer for Downtown Redevelopment Project

Desiree Avila March 10, 2022

Oakland Park A Destination In Its Own Right Oakland Park has historically been a pass-through City, a small enclave part of Greater Fort Lauderdale without any particular significance or identity of its own – until now. For many years, City leaders have envisioned Oakland Park as a destination in its own right. Toward that end […]

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New River Castle is Designated as a Fort Lauderdale Historic Landmark

Cassidy Webb February 28, 2022

A castle located on the New River near Ann Murray Greenway Park, in Fort Lauderdale’s Tarpon River neighborhood, sold last year for $1.5 million. More interestingly, it was recently designated as a historic landmark by the Fort Lauderdale City Commission. What is now known as New River Castle comes with a lot of elegance and […]

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Oakland Park Real Estate Fourth Quarter Report 2021

Desiree Avila January 25, 2022

And The Race Goes On! In the last quarter of 2021 quarantine shut downs remained in place but we began to see a gradual, but careful re-opening and relaxation of policies. The vaccine had been administered to a great majority of the population and we began to see a light at the end of the […]

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Oakland Park Real Estate Third Quarter Report 2021

Desiree Avila November 20, 2021

To Infinity and Beyond In the second quarter of 2020 the entire country shut down and there was a sharp decline in real estate sales. It was anyone’s guess which way the market would go. The Fed lowered interest rates to stimulate the economy and it worked. It set off a home buying spree that […]

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Oakland Park Real Estate Second Quarter Report 2021

Desiree Avila August 13, 2021

Last year, in the second quarter of 2020, just months after quarantine shut down the entire country, there was a sharp decline in real estate sales from the year before. The decline was to the tune of 36% but despite the slump, property values held strong. Now, one year later, with a real estate market […]

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Rickards Middle School Scores a Priceless Win

Desiree Avila July 26, 2021

And The Roof Comes Tumbling, Tumbling Down On March 5, 2021 the roof over the media center at Rickards Middle School in Oakland Park came tumbling down in the middle of the school day. The media center, thankfully, was empty and nobody was hurt. The collapse brought to the surface the dire condition in which […]

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Demand for New Homes Outpaces Construction

Desiree Avila July 23, 2021 3

When the country shutdown in March of 2020 because of the pandemic, there was much speculation about what would happen to the real estate market. Millions of homeowners went into forbearance and all of a sudden there was a lot less money in circulation. To stimulate the economy and compensate for the temporary loss of […]

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4 Current Trends in Florida Real Estate

Joseph Giannell July 9, 2021

The Florida housing market continues to be one of the hottest in the country. While this might be great news for sellers, many buyers are having a difficult time finding a property especially with the ever increasing prices. Here are four of the current trends in Florida’s real estate market. Increase in Sales The most […]