Miami Home Sales Statistics

Miami home sales are suffering according to the latest statistics. This past October there were 15,422 single family homes for sale in Dade County, according to information supplied by the Coral Gables, Homestead-South Dade, Kendall-Perrine, and Northwestern Association of Realtors or their MLS. Only367 homes sold during that period. In contrast, in October of 2006, when home sales were already under heavy pressure, there were 11,103 single family homes for sale, with 826 closed sales. The statistics are alarming. There is more, because we also should take the condo market into consideration. This past October saw 25,267 condos on the market for sale in Dade County, of which the City of Miami is a large part, with 406 closed sales. In contrast, just one year earlier, in October of 2006, there were 18,974 condos on the market for sale, with 907 sales. It looks like things are beginning to bottom out in the Miami area. Buyers should be focusing in on making great deals right now, and picking up properties they could have never bought just a few years ago.

The Wedding Story

Late last year

Two individuals

decide to get married

And the rest,

As they say,

Is history!

The Build up:

32 weekends devoted to shopping

Guest lists tuned and fine tuned nth number of times

Wedding venues seen, rejected and finally one selected

Wedding dress all ready in August for a December wedding

Strict instructions to the bride-to-be to maintain exact weight and measurements

8 trips up and down Delhi, Mumbai and London

'Project' plans created in excel sheets and shared across families

Cards specially designed by the couple in London

Got printed in Mumbai and

Then shipped to Delhi

Before they were finally couriered to the fine tuned guests

A week before the wedding :)

Family averaged one minor emotional or logistical storm every two weeks

Every one week as the day drew closer...

But,

we waited in anticipation

for the..

The Wedding

Lights

Thousands of them

Flowers

White and Yellow

Satin and organza cloth streamers

The wedding venue looked like a dream

And the dream also had

Unexpected high velocity winds

(that helped nicely done hairdo's and sarees to go to places they aren't supposed to)

And some rain

But they say,

Rain on a wedding day is lucky

So we rejoiced

for the happy couple :)

And then

After some hours of ceremonies in the wee hours of the morning

the aforementioned Two individuals

were pronounced

Man and Wife

Congratulations to my dearest lil sis and friend-turned-bro-in-law!!

As we wait for the professional photographer's pictures to come in,

Sharing with you some beautiful photos taken by my uncle...

Decoration. You can 'see' the wind..specially in the second snap on right

Waiting eagerly for the 'Baraat' (Groom's party) to arrive

Glimpses of the bride...

From the 'pheras' (ceremonies)

And, a snapshot of absolutely beautiful colors, textures and fabrics that lit up the wedding

And, now that the wedding is all nicely done

I shall be back with a vengeance to blogging :-)

[P.S: I am open to be hired as a wedding planner....but this time, I better be paid! ;-)]