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Notes froma working market.
Market reports, neighborhood guides, and short notes from Mariana, published when there is something genuinely worth saying. Roughly twice a month.
Market Reports · April 2026 · 6 min read
Miami's spring inventory: quiet entries, faster closes.
Why a market that looks slow on the headline is actually compressing on time-to-close.
Read the lead story- 02ReadNeighborhood Guides · Mar 2026Why the new South of Fifth no longer feels new.
- 03ReadNotes from Mariana · Mar 2026What a fifteen-year career in finance taught me about a five-month transaction.
- 04ReadNew Developments · Feb 2026Pre-construction in 2026: who is buying, and at what tier.
- 05ReadThe Buyer's Brief · Jan 2026The buyer's brief: a quiet primer on the Brazilian buyer in Miami.
- 06ReadNeighborhood Guides · Jan 2026Coconut Grove, twenty years on: a residential map redrawn.
- 07ReadMarket Reports · Dec 2025Brickell or Edgewater: where the next decade compounds.
- 08ReadNeighborhood Guides · Nov 2025Bal Harbour and Surfside: the quiet-luxury corridor.
- 09ReadNeighborhood Guides · Oct 2025Island living: from Key Biscayne to Fisher Island.
- 10ReadNew Developments · Sep 2025The branded-residence wave, read soberly.
- 11ReadThe Buyer's Brief · Aug 2025How a top-tier closing actually works.
- 12ReadThe Buyer's Brief · Jul 2025Banking access and financing for foreign nationals.
- 13ReadThe Buyer's Brief · Jun 2025Reading a pre-construction contract before you sign it.
- 14ReadNotes from Mariana · May 2025Why so much luxury inventory never reaches the market.
- 15ReadNotes from Mariana · Mar 2025The trilingual advantage in a cross-border deal.
- 16ReadMarket Reports · Jan 2025Condominium or estate, at the very top of the market.
- 17ReadNeighborhood Guides · Oct 2024Coral Gables and the case for Mediterranean stock.