Miami Short-Term Rentals Spur Condo Boom, South Florida Commercial Deals Drop 55% And Fort Lauderdale Contractor Busted For Fraud Discussed On Miami Reporters Roundtable

In Episode 172, Condo Vultures® podcast host Peter Zalewski discusses the top real estate and economic new stories for the week with former business reporters John Fakler, Jean Gruss of Gruss Communications and Brian Bandell of the South Florida Business Journal. In Segment 2, the panel discusses the following headlines: 1. New condo boom feeds off short-term rentals (South Florida Business Journal) 2. This is not another banking crisis, analysts say — it’s ‘sentiment contagion’ instead (CNBC) 3. Miami Beach city officials taking steps now to cancel Spring Break in 2024 (Local10.com) In Segment 3, the panel discusses the following headlines: 4. Fort Lauderdale contractor’s victims ‘have been left with pool-sized holes,’ cops say (Miami Herald) 5. Florida Legislature Approves Affordable Housing ‘Live Local Act’ (Commercial Observer) 6. South Florida commercial real estate sales plummet 55% in Q4 (South Florida Business Journal) In Segment 4, the panel of Zalewski, Fakler, Gruss and Bandell provide final thoughts on the real estate market at the start of the second quarter of 2023. To send a comment, please email the podcast at [email protected] Please direct all questions to [email protected] or 305.865.5859