South Florida Real Estate

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merchant Equity Group, developers of the luxury condo-hotel IL Lugano on Ft. Lauderdale's renowned Intercoastal Waterway, has appointed Galleria Collection of Fine Homes as the exclusive sales representative for the project. Located on Ocean Boulevard along the Galt Ocean Mile, IL Lugano is a 14-story building that combines 17 separate private condominium residences with 105 of the very best condo-hotel suites.

A boater's paradise, IL Lugano's contemporary architectural design fronts more than 250-linear feet on the Intercoastal and affords buyers waterfront luxury condominiums at fair market prices beginning in the high $300K. Delivering a new opportunity to many who could not previously afford a luxury waterfront condominium, IL Lugano is the new breed of development in today's South Florida real estate market.

MIAMI, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Life's tough these days working in the south Florida real estate industry. Put all the sellers, brokers and agents together and you'll barely find a smile in the bunch.

Miami mortgage broker, Stefan Dragitsch is on a personal, and professional, mission to change that.

As such, he commissioned award-winning graphic designer Jason Gateman to create a one-of-a-kind mural on an H2 Hummer. The mural, an artistic representation of the US "Stars and Stripes" graphic, was chosen as it was symbolic of the United States' history of fulfilling patriotic dreams.

Dragitsch, a U.S. citizen since 1992, explains his motives this way: "I came to the U.S. in the mid-1980's with 2 suitcases, $1,000 and a ton of hope. And though I have been realizing my dream on a daily basis I know a lot of folks have lost that spark.

Black's Guide announced Thursday it will no longer serve 11 of 20 markets nationally that it previously provided its commercial real estate data in print and online to.