Broker Steve Hall and his mother, Betsey HallPower broker Betsey Hall, who has brokered a pair of eight-digit Palm Beach home sales in the last two years, has left her post at Fite Shavell & Associates to take a roll with Hall and Hall Real Estate, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. Her new firm was established by her son, Steve, and his wife, Renee, last month after they left Fite Shavell.

In July 2009, Betsey Hall brokered the county’s biggest transaction of the year, a $17.4 million sale of Casa Andanda at 710 S. Ocean Boulevard. She represented the buyer, best-selling mystery novelist James Patterson. [more]

It’s that time of year again, when the temperature falls and the northern snowbirds come down South to roost. Brokers say they’re seeing increased movement in the snowbird sector early on in the season especially from Canadian buyers, with the season already a few weeks underway.  “We’re certainly seeing increased activity, with more buyers coming through,” said Bill Yahn, the Corcoran Group’s regional senior vice president for South Florida. “It’s manifesting itself in all the markets we serve.” While snowbirds, Northeners who have second homes or long-term vacations in Florida for the winter, tend to look for homes in a fairly broad range of prices; right now it’s the higher end that’s seeing the most interest. [more]

The hottest months in South Florida are typically the coolest for real estate brokers, and it seems last month was no different — with two exceptions: the region’s high-end niche, which has performed consistently well in a s [more]

While LeBron James made news this weekend by reportedly looking at the NBA-sized homes in Gables Estates in Coral Gables, if he really wanted a lot of space he’d head to [more]