AVENTURA REAL ESTATE, INC.
AVENTURA, FLORIDA

Coldwell Banker Previews International, the leading luxury REALTOR in South Florida is the home of the award winning realtor Stuart Berger. Stuart’s business approach merges the attitude of a boutique brokerage firm with a high-tech infrastructure. His very special working relationship along with his ability to stay on the leading edge of the latest technology available have made him a noticeable force in the South Florida real estate market for over 25 years. Stuart's specialty is giving people the kind of personal care and attention to detail that has been traditionally lacking in the industry. Stuart recognizes that buying and selling is often an emotional process and strives to make it an easy one for his clients. He also recognizes that in these fast paced times he needs to stay ahead of the game. He has a personal commitment to stay on top of the latest and best ways to market and locate properties. Stuart simply knows how to find buyers for your home or find the perfect home for you to buy. When asked about his philosophy, he responded, “I am devoted to providing superior service and I care about the people that I serve. I want to earn referrals, and to become the agents that my clients choose for life.” What an amazing year 2015 was for home sellers, and 2016 promises to be even better. By December of 2015, with 5.26 million sales, we had seen a more robust housing market than we've seen since 2006. In fact, as of early 2016, America's housing market had spent 43 consecutive months as a seller's market. Lawrence Yun, the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) chief economist chalks up the heavy sales volume to "the prospect of higher mortgage rates in coming months and warm November and December weather." Get Very Excited if You Plan to Sell Your Home This Year The combination of high demand for homes and shrinking inventories produces a seller's market and typically signals rising home prices. While many forecasters expect home prices to continue rising this year, they caution that they won't climb as quickly or as much as they did last year. "The NAR is calling for a 4.4 percent increase in existing home prices this year and 3.4 percent in 2017; other economists and strategists also put 2016 price growth in the 4 percent to 5 percent range," claims NAR's Adam DeSanctis. In addition, inventories of available homes rose slightly last month. Whether or not this signals a trend toward a more balanced housing market remains to be seen. So, yes - although it sounds trite - the best time to sell your home is right now, while inventory is still low. If you will be selling a home priced in the low-to-middle price tier for your market, expect it to go quickly and for top dollar. You will have little competition and the demand in this price range is strong, according to Shu Chen of CoreLogic. While this type of market makes it easy for home sellers to become complacent, if you expect to get top dollar for your home and want it to sell quickly, do the work required to ensure that it's in move-in condition. Yes, there is still a lot of competition from other homebuyers. This makes it more important than ever to have all your ducks in a row before making an offer on a property. Ensure you know exactly how much you can spend and that you've obtained a preapproval letter from your lender. Make your offer stand out from the others by keeping it lean and mean, with the shortest time periods for contingencies as possible. While we're still in a seller's market, come in with your highest and best offer. The market moves too quickly right now to assume the seller will negotiate over price. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of the company. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of the company. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of the company.