Posts with tag miami real estate

Tennis star Anna Kournikova's 6,600-square-foot house in Miami Beach has volleyed onto the market with a price tag of $9.4 million. The waterfront home on high-end Sunset Island has seven bedrooms. Typical of Sunset Island homes, great emphasis is placed on what's outside, which in this case is a heated pool and spa... Continue Reading »

Rapper Lil Wayne wants to, or maybe just needs to, unload his Miami mansion on La Gorce Island, Fla., that he purchased early last year for $14 million. He is asking $12.9 million for a possible quick sale given he has an Internal Revenue Service tax lien hanging over his head. The IRS says the rapper, whose real name is... Continue Reading »

Would you buy a condo at a book signing? I pondered that very question the other day after attending one for Laurie David, ex-wife of Larry David, who has written The Family Dinner, a how-to guide on reclaiming the family dinner hour. It was an intimate event, held in a posh highrise apartment near Wall Street in... Continue Reading »

The housing market's continual funk may be helping landlords, but not when it comes to Miami rentals. Take Beatriz Carrazana, tenant in Miami's Vue condominium in the Brickell area. She recently re-signed her lease for another year with no raise in rent. And if there's an area that's hot for rentals, it's the trendy,... Continue Reading »

LeBron James, who joined the Miami Heat this season with friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, has sunk $9 million for a 12,178-square-foot estate in Coconut Grove, Fla., in the same Miami-area market where Antoine Walker and Shawn Marion are trying to unload homes. James' 6-bedroom, 8.5-bath home spans three stories, with... Continue Reading »