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Archive for June 2011

Silly Monkeys Playhouse – Coconut Grove Icon

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Silly Monkeys Playhouse has become an overnight success that some may call an Instant Icon.

We have needed something like this for a LONG time.  Everyone knows Coconut Grove is an entertainment mecca with the new digital movie theater & abundance of restaurants.  If you have ever just sat & watched, you may have noticed a constant stream of baby strollers & new families as well.  Now there is a beautiful, safe & sanitary place where parents, grandparents & care-givers can take their young loved-ones.  Let them crawl around on the floor without worry.  Attendees must remove shoes when entering & the place is kept amazingly clean. 

If you are new to Coconut Grove and a parent or just a new parent, you should visit Silly Monkeys Playhouse.  It is a fusion of Music, Art, Discovery & Play directed exclusively at Newborns to 4-year olds.  Accompanied by their parents, caregivers or nannies, the tykes lucky enough to visit Silly Monkeys Playhouse will have so much fun they won’t want to leave.  Don’t worry, they can come back week-after-week or celebrate their Birthday party here.  You won’t regret it.

Silly Monkeys Playhouse is located at 3310 Virginia (Between CocoWalk & The Fire Station).

Silly Monkey Playhouse  (305)444-4448

www.SillyMonkeysPlayhouse.com

CASH INCENTIVES TO SHORT SELLERS?

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Are you ready for this?

Wells-Fargo & Chase are offering $10,000 – $20,000 CASH incentives to sellers who short sell their homes.  That is right?  If you have a Wells-Fargo or Chase Mortgage, they may pay you to short sell your home & save them the time, effort & expense of foreclosing on your home.  Details are sketchy but if you contact your mortgage servicer, they may be able to offer more details.

See article in Sun Sentinal

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/housekeys/blog/2011/06/chase_borrowers_getting_cash_t_1.html

Miami Housing Rebounds As Inventories Decline & Prices Increase

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

WOW, what a difference a few months make!

If you blink you may miss what is left of the Real Estate Opportunities in South Florida.  Miami Home Sales have increased 20% over last year & Miami Condo Sales has increased 46% and what is this… Prices are up from the beginning of the year!  If you have been thinking about buying OR selling, this is the time.  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to sell while the market is moving & don’t miss out on the opportunity to get in at the bottom when there is no place to go but up!

 Miami Home & Condo inventory levels are at 5.5 months (6 months are considered healthy.  Anything less than 6 months inventory generally indicates an appreciating market.  But that’s not all, the first 5 months of 2011 has turned out to be one of the strongest in history for South Florida with over 23,000 properties changing hands.  All this in contrast to the rest of the country that is still slumping & can’t quite get going.

Why is South Florida in such demand?  Many factors:

  • Prices are so distressed that there is no place to go but up.
  • Florida has no state income tax.
  • Florida has strong ties with Latin America where the economies are booming (especially Brasil).
  • everyone wants their little piece of sunshine.

Read more in the Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/21/2277801/south-florida-real-estate-paradox.html

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