Flanked by flocks of plastic pink flamingos, faux-grass walls and Instagram-friendly neon, Throw Social opens to the public this week on Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue with a cornucopia of games and cocktails aimed at nightclubbing adults.
“Lost Daughter” writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s work with her actors is quietly spectacular, and she takes the best of novelist Elena Ferrante’s fearlessness while letting Colman and Buckley shine.
Here are some of the best places to bid farewell to 2021 from West Palm Beach, Delray Beach and Boca Raton to Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach, many in the open air.
Selling your house is no simple task. And when you sell on your own – known as a FSBO (or For Sale by Owner) – you’re responsible for handling some of the more difficult aspects of the process without the expert guidance you need.
The 2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) surveys homeowners who recently sold their house on their own and asks what difficulties they faced. Those sellers say some of the biggest headaches are prepping their house for sale, pricing it right, and handling the required paperwork.
Working with an agent is the best...
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Andrés Jiménez, known as “El Jíbaro,” the greatest exponent of folk Puerto Rican music, comes to Miami to celebrate the most special day of the Puerto Rican Christmas season: the Three Kings Day.
As omicron surges across South Florida, restaurants are again in the uncomfortable position of playing mask police, cutting back operating hours – and even closing – thanks to ailing employees and persistent staff shortages.
As we move into 2022, both buyers and sellers are wondering, what’s next? Will there be more homes available to buy? Will prices keep climbing? How high will mortgage rates go? For the answer to those questions and more, we turn to the experts. Here’s a look at what they say we can expect in 2022.
Odeta Kushi, Deputy Chief Economist, First American:
“Consensus forecasts put rates at about 3.7% by the end of next year. So, that’s still historically low, but certainly higher than they are today.”
Danielle Hale, Chief Economist, realtor.com:
“Affordability will increasingly be a challenge...
As a buyer in a sellers’ market, sometimes it can feel like you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. When you’re ready to make an offer on a home, remember these five easy tips to help you rise above the competition.
1. Know Your Budget
Knowing your budget and what you can afford is critical to your success as a homebuyer. The best way to understand your numbers is to work with a lender so you can get pre-approved for a loan. As Freddie Mac puts it:
“This pre-approval allows you to look for a home with greater confidence and demonstrates to the seller that you are a serious...
Start the new year with a newcomer and a veteran. Stacy Willingham’s strong debut, “A Flicker in the Dark,” is to be adapted for HBO Max. Laura Lippman marks 25 years as a published author with a cohesive collection of short stories, “Seasonal Work.”