We’ve just returned from filing 1,875 real estate tax appeal petitions for the 2010 tax year. If you are still interested in protesting the assessed value of your property you can file a late petition with the Miami-Dade County Value Adjustment Board, by visiting the 17th Floor of the Government Center downtown or by visiting […]
What Is The 10% Non-Homestead Cap System? All properties that are not already protecting from increases of more than 3% per year under a Homestead Exemption are now benefiting from a 10% increase cap. The is a new state laws that set a 10% per year assessment increase cap in place for the assessed values […]
In Florida this is the time of year when property owners are notified of the amount of the real estate taxes to expect on the tax bill which will be sent the first of November. This notice know as a TRIM or “Truth in Millage” notice. In some cases, for the year of 2010 it […]
Question: My parents owned their home for many years and had Homestead Exemption. I’ve been living in my parent’s house and taking care of them in their last years. But last year they passed and when I inherited the house, the Homestead Exemption was lost and now the real estate taxes have tripled. What can I do? Answer: […]
by Tom Dixon Hopefully, now that we have passed through the dark time of not knowing what the financial future holds for us, it is time to consider how things can be better in the future. It seems to me that not too many years ago the belief was that if you have more, spend […]
On Thursday June 17,th we presented the 2010 South Florida Office Market Report. If you missed the presentation or want a copy of the printed report you can find it and all the previous report under the CIASF tab of our website.
We just added a PDF version of the CIASF’s 2010 Hospitality Report compiled by Guy Trusty to our CIASF page. Check it out.
For those of us involved in real estate for over 20 years, we have experienced cycles which seldom took more than 3-4 years to work out. This one is much different with few experts able to forecast a time to return to normalcy. It has been much more personal than the past because all of […]
Last week Andrew and I presented the 2010 Miami-Dade County Industrial Market Study to over 240 members of the Commercial Industrial Association of South Florida. This is 15th year we have reported on the industrial market conditions in South Florida. The Market Trends Section reported a growth in industrial space for the year of 2008 […]
As the Great Recession of 2008-2009 continues, its effects are felt in the commercial real estate market and submarkets of South Florida in the form of increased vacancies, lower rents, reduced income and cash flow to landlords and owners of investment properties. If landlords, owners and their leasing agents are not agile enough or willing […]