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U.S. Cities With The Most Home Equity - While the nation's homeowners grapple with shrinking property values, those in these spots are doing just fine.
America's Most In-Debt Households - Twenty spots where property owners have the least equity in their homes. Plus, Freddie Mac is still hurting.
America's Most Overpriced ZIP Codes - Ten spots where buyers pay a huge premium to own relative to how much it would cost to rent.

This shop has lightbulbs for all occasions - If you haven't seen the light after visiting Ashley Hennings' store in Pinecrest, chances are you never will. At Light Bulbs Unlimited on South Dixie Highway and 124th Street, Hennings runs a light bulb emporium with thousands of bulbs of every conceivable shape, size, color, wattage and use.
Palm poised for once-in-a-lifetime bloom - The arboreal centerpiece of a five-acre luxury Coral Gables estate overlooking Biscayne Bay -- an exotic and rare talipot palm tree standing about 50 feet tall and boasting about 40 mature years -- is about to give life for its first and only time, and then succumb to it.
Look for flowery show from Jatropha - Name: Jatropha, peregina. Botanical name: Jatropha integerrima (in-te-JER-i-ma). Description: A large shrub or small tree that is native to the West Indies. It features clusters of flowers at the ends of its branches. The flowers are small and vary from rosy red to vermilion, with golden stamens. These blossoms occur year round but look especially brilliant in August's heat. Jatropha is in the spurge family, and its cousins include poinsettia, crown-of-thorns, croton and copperleaf. It has a milky...
When is entry into a unit allowed? - Q: Recently we had a few incidents at our condominium where it appears one of our board members was entering units using the association keys to do favors such as deliver packages or check on suspicious noises, albeit unknown to the owner. Other members were upset that a board member might use association keys to allow themselves entrance to units at any time. Does such an act constitute trespassing? What should the policy be for entering units?
Grow allamandas under full Florida sun - Q: I love purple allamanda. Could you tell me more about it? A: Purple allamanda (Allamanda violacea) is a purple flowered vine, which is originally from Brazil. The size of the plant is dependent on the size of the support or can be trained as a shrub. It is fairly fast growing, can be grown in zones 10-11 (South Florida), and flowering peaks in summer. Grow this vine in full sun in most soil types; however, it is not salt tolerant. This plant is poisonous and should not be used in areas where young...
Country stars go beachfront - Let's tip our 10-gallon hats to king and queen of country Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood, who just bought a house along the Malibu beachfront that originally had been listed at $5.45 million and then dropped to $4,950,000. Public records did not disclose the purchase price.
Sweet-smelling toxins: Are they making us sick? - Fumes that waft from top-selling air fresheners and laundry products contain dozens of chemicals, including several classified as toxic or hazardous, says a University of Washington study.
One man's junk is their `dream home' - Michael and Denise Pfalzer's new home will have walls made of old car tires, recycled bottles and cans. Rainwater gathered from the rooftop will be used for drinking, washing dishes and flushing toilets before it trickles back out to nourish the gardens.
Consult a specialist to assess cat's tumor - Q: My 8-year-old cat's name is Boomer. He has a tumor between his shoulders and I think it came from a vaccine he received there. My vet wants to remove it but I keep reading on the Internet that this kind of surgery needs to be done by a specialist. She says that if it's a bad tumor called a sarcoma, Boomer will die no matter what we do. My whole family is devastated and money isn't the issue, we just want to do the best thing for him. Please help.
Skip paperware, shop locally, recyle - Here are tips for having a green party from Fine Living. Skip the theme: Themes are cute, but those specialized paper plates, streamers, banners and decorations end up in the local landfill.
Having lawn troubles? Try landscapers' gravel - Instead of a soft, velvety lawn in my backyard, I now have what landscape designers call hardscape, an expanse of reddish, tannish decomposed granite where the grass used to grow. Although I would prefer to see thick, green turf, I haven't seen thick, green turf back there in several years.
Board responsible for common areas - Q: I live in and belong to a residential HOA. Our Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&R) especially state that the HOA will maintain all common areas within the community, and have been since the community was formed and continued after the developer turned over the development to the homeowners. The board of directors is attempting to have homeowners with property next to a common area parcel maintain that common area, which is mainly cutting the grass. The back of my property and my...
Shady deal: Awnings take the heat out of summer sun - When the sun's beating down on your home, finding ways to keep the heat at bay can be essential not only for comfort, but also to lower your utility bill.
What's blooming in July - What's blooming in July: Brunfelsias; torch gingers; heliconias and costus; reed-stem epidendrums; terete vandas and mokara orchids provide nonstop color. Allamandas love to flower in summer's heat. Appleblossom cassias and poincianas are still wearing color in their hair. Mussaendas and Rangoon creeper vine, firebush and pentas persist with unwiltable flowers.
Crape myrtles are summer's hot flower - Name: Crape myrtle Botanical name: Lagerstroemia indica Description: Summer is in full swing when the crape myrtles are in full flower. The bees in our neighborhood are crape-myrtle crazy early in the morning, and that's all to the good of the declining bee populations. The great cotton-candy-like plumes of flowers are full and heavy enough to sway as if intoxicated by the thick, hot air. Originally from China, Japan and Korea, crape myrtles used to come down with powdery mildew in South Florida...
$2 million price cut serves Sampras well - Ah, the difference $2 million makes. Tennis star Pete Sampras has sold his Beverly Hills home after dropping the price from $25 million to $23 million, which is what the Multiple Listing Service says the place fetched.
What's in Bloom | July - White flowers on the brunfelsia shrubs appear in mass; torch and butterfly gingers; heliconias and costus; reed-stem epidendrums; terete vandas and mokara orchids.
Quartz firm goes easier on earth - Quarries have never exactly been a green endeavor. But a newly opened manufacturer of quartz and marble countertops is hoping to change that.
Hollywood cop hopes to be next 'Design Star' - Imagine Sonny Crockett, Kojak or Vic Mackey pulling you over for a traffic ticket and then popping over later to design your house.
For sale: House of spies - The house at 6312 Riviera Dr. in Coral Gables is grand by almost any measure. It has a 33-foot long living room with dragons carved into its marble fireplace, vases that once belonged to Umberto I, King of Italy, a dance patio, mini-Olympic pool, an elevator, a tidewater pond, more than a dozen bathrooms, two roomy boathouses and a pedigreed architect. Batista once considered buying it and Billy Graham left behind a signed Bible.

This is our amazing real estate world of condos and homes in South Beach and Miami. Florida has always been known as one of the best resort setting, compared to anywhere else in the world. South Florida is best-know, of course, for the exciting lifestyle of South Beach. South Beach is really just a small part of Miami Beach, which can extend up to Bal Harbour and Sunny Iles. Our condos, hotels, beaches and amenities are among the best in the world. My name is Mark Zilbert, and this is my town. We've created Team Zilbert, an amazing condo and home sales team within Zilbert Realty Group. If you are buying or selling real estate, whether in Miami, South Beach or other parts of Miami Beach, I can help you find exactly what you are looking to buy or sell. Real estate is very much alive in Miami, and we will help you discover it.

Team Zilbert sells real estate. We offer South Beach real estate, South Beach condos and residential homes. We can also help you with commercial real estate in Miami. Many people are still finding preconstruction condos in Miami, and drastically-reduced prices make many condos in Miami and South Beach and Miami Beach more affordable. Preconstruction condos in South Beach are numbering fewer than past years. That's because South Beach condos are now taking up the very last of the South Beach coastline, and there's really little room to grow.

There are some condo hotels for sale in South Beach. This is an interesting type of real estate, as there are normally rental programs built-in to the condo management. Miami also has some condo hotel preconstruction developments, and when you work with a Realtor like myself, the best of Miami and South Beach opens up to you.

Miami and South Beach Real Estate and Condos have something for everyone. Whether you are looking to buy or sell houses, condos, and residential and commercial property, our realtors are here to help you. It's all for sale in Miami, Miami Beach, and South Beach, Florida. Apartments and office space for rent or lease are very plentiful in Florida. Buy a house or condo, or find rentals. Luxury Home and office buildings for sale with an ocean view may also interest you. If you are investing in apartment and commercial office buildings. the right place may be waiting for you on the waterfront, with an ocean view or in Downtown Miami where condos and preconstruction condos are thriving. Luxury homes and living services are waiting for you, and South Beach Real Estate is now waiting for you.

In Florida, we have real estate laws designed to protect every buyer or seller of real estate. The real estate laws protect everyone, not just residents or citizens of Florida. Also, Miami-Dade County, which covers Miami and Miami Beach (including South Beach), controls the property tax structure. If you own real estate, you can apply for certain benefits that allow the real estate tax on your condo or home to be capped every year. This benefit is now offered to commercial owners, as well as non-residents of Florida.

Some of our favorite South Beach Condos (frankly, the best South Beach Real Estate) include condos such as Apogee, Continuum, Murano and Murano Grande, ICON, Portofino Tower, The Cosmopolitan, The Waverly, The Floridian and The Yacht Club. There are others, too, that we really like.

Some of our favorite Bal Harbour Condos (also, the best Bal Harbour Real Estate) include condos such as One Bal Harbour, The Bellini and The St. Regis Bal Harbour.

Some of our favorite Sunny Isles Beach Condos (these, too are among the best Sunny Isles Beach Real Estate) include condos such as Turnberry Ocean Colony, Ocean 4, Trump Towers, Jade Beach and others.