Miami real estate & lifestyle
Miami News files the day's local record: commission and county votes, zoning and permit decisions, transit and roadwork, flooding, storms and public safety. Items name the agenda item, the vote count and the date something takes effect, so residents can separate announcement from action.
City and county government, zoning votes, transit projects, flooding, policing and storm response, filed daily with the documents behind each decision.
Buildings three stories and up must fully fund structural reserves under the post-Surfside statute — and Miami's older condo stock is repricing as the first assessments arrive.
Two overlapping requirements, one county and one state, are adding real dollars to condo ownership in Miami-Dade. Here's what triggers each one and what it costs.
Miami prices were essentially flat in the quarter ending June 2026, with a $650,000 median sale price per Redfin, rising inventory, and about 82 days on market per Realtor.com — a market where buyers gain leverage and sellers wait.
A 131-acre, privately funded district around Inter Miami CF's 25,000-seat stadium plans more than 1 million square feet of retail, dining, and entertainment — the first tenants are announced, and the rent questions start with the airport-adjacent neighborhoods.
Miami Beach's stormwater program carries an estimated $658.9 million total cost per a 2025 city resolution, with a third $100 million tranche tied to another rate increase — the fees flow through condo budgets and rents.
Bulk condo buyouts keep pulling older Miami buildings out of the sales market and into the rental pool — under Florida law, an 80% ownership stake can terminate a condominium regime unless 10% of owners object.
Voters backed rapid transit expansion in an August 2024 straw poll, the Better Bus Network relaunched Miami-Dade bus service in November 2025, and the county is seeking a larger federal share for a Metrorail extension — here is what is actually moving for commuters.
When a shopping mall near Doral or Dolphin Mall territory is pitched for apartments and retail, the rent effects arrive in stages — this is how to read a mall-to-mixed-use proposal before it changes your budget.
Citizens Property Insurance has proposed an average 2.6% rate decrease for 2026, per December 2025 reporting — a turning point after an 8.6% average increase in 2025, and one that reaches condo budgets and rents.
The city's 2025 approvals skewed residential — led by the 184-unit Crystal Residences — while an office complex hit the market at $125 million, a mix that shapes Coral Gables rents for years.