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In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, the host explores the real estate repercussions of people leaving the tricounty region at a time when prices are falling and costs are rising. The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy. The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts. The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Episode Overview In the April 22, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski delivers a solo deep dive into why the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach experienced a drop of nearly 67,000 residents on a Year-over-Year basis. The latest U.S. Census Bureau data estimates the South Florida population at 6.39 million as of July 2025, down more than 1 percent from the 6.46 million people projected to be living in the tricounty region in July 2024. It is worth noting that the latest Census numbers reflect the period before the Trump Administration ramped up its aggressive immigration enforcement policy that was locally reinforced by Florida opening the Alligator Alcatraz popup detention center on Southwest 8th Street, some 50 miles west of the Brickell City Centre shopping center in Greater Downtown Miami. During the 44-minute episode, Zalewski argued that while the population drop is not massive, it contradicts the marketing hype consistently promoted by sellside brokers that Miami is one of the hottest destinations in the United States. He said that local news headlines and social-media influencers have repeatedly hyped the fact that tech billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Larry Page of Google and Jeff Bezos of Amazon relocated to South Florida as proof of Miami’s popularity. The Wall Street Journal blames affordability as the primary reason for the population drop in an article entitled “Florida’s Population Boom Fizzles As High Costs Drive Away Middle Class” published on April 19, 2026. “Florida’s migration patterns are changing dramatically,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “Residents in their prime working years are heading to other states, often citing affordability concerns. Meanwhile, an influx of wealthy people from other states—turbocharged during the pandemic—has helped drive up home prices. “Inflation in parts of Florida outpaced the national average over the past decade and home-insurance rates soared.” Zalewski said the affordability issue has only intensified since July 2025, and he expects an even deeper drop in the South Florida population when the Census Bureau publishes its July 2026 estimate. A contracting population is the last thing that cash-strapped condo sellers struggling through the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff want to hear at the end of the all-important South Florida Winter Buying Season that concludes at the end of the month. The reason is, the heat, humidity and hurricane warnings of the Summer Buying Season—May through October—typically thin out the buyer pool, leaving only data-driven investors looking for discounts. In anticipation of the Summer Buying Season, condo sellers have already cut their average asking prices by 6.5% on a per square foot basis, according to a recent report. It is unclear how much lower asking prices will go as this Summer Buying Season has the potential to be a dud for sellers and a boon for buyers given an unusually crowded calendar of competing distractions beyond the usual heat, humidity and hurricane warnings that traditionally thin the pool of visitors.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts debated whether a 90% price premium in Coconut Grove and 5 bulk deals at the Flow House signal a coming collapse or a market recalibrating. Miami Condo Mondays™ features Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com in a weekly deep dive into South Florida condo real estate. Recorded in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast delivers an hour of high-level analysis on preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies for the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The show leverages more than 60 years of combined institutional knowledge as Zalewski provides the macro perspective and Huertas offers on-the-ground micro insights from her daily experience in the trenches. The show streams live every Monday at 4 pm on the social media accounts of both hosts to provide an authoritative look at the latest shifts in the condo market. Episode Overview In this episode of the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on April 20, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examined whether wealthy newcomers are walking into a classic Miami real estate ambush as the South Florida Winter Buying Season closes at the end of the month. The conversation explored how out-of-towners and investment funds are pouring money into the South Florida real estate market at a time when local buyers—who recognize the traditional signs of a downturn—have moved to the sidelines, especially in overhyped markets such as Coconut Grove and Greater Downtown Miami. During the 64-minute episode, the hosts discussed how the warning signs are increasingly obvious to those familiar with Miami’s past cycles of booms and busts that date back to the Great Florida Land Boom of the 1920s and the South Florida Condo Boom of the 2000s. The latest data for this analysis was collected for the upcoming Coconut Grove Condo Correction Walking Tour™ scheduled for 10 am Saturday, April 25, 2026. Coconut Grove is defined as the Eddie Rickenbacker Causeway west to LeJeune Road, and U.S. 1 south to Biscayne Bay. The massive discount in Coconut Grove condo prices was highlighted, where an average price of $3.5 million per unit is currently being asked by sellers on April 20, 2026. This represents a 90% markup from the $1.8 million average transaction price set during the 2025 Summer Buying Season. Traditionally, condo shopping occurs during the Winter Buying Season and the respective transactions eventually close in the Summer Buying Season. In Coconut Grove, a Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) anxiety is being displayed by newcomers who are rushing into “luxury, wellness condos” that carry a significant price tag while “Vintage” condo units that are at least 30 years old are on the resale market at a 62% discount. Zalewski described this Wellness Vs. Vintage condo price disparity as a clear sign that out-of-town investors are overly optimistic that “trees will grow to the moon” while locals—who have been through the violent swings of the South Florida condo market before—are heading to the sidelines. Another example of this retreating of the locals is on full display at Adam Neumann’s 466-unit Flow House condo conversion in the Central Business District (CBD) of Greater Downtown Miami. The 41-story tower has successfully sold 58% of the units but government records compiled by the Condo Ratings Agency™ show that sales are being propped up by bulk deals for multiple properties rather than individual unit transactions. At least five bulk deals—ranging in quantity from 11 units to 25 units each—have transacted even though the project has only been for sale for six months, according to a recent report. These bulk deals account for about 30% of the building’s total transactions since launching in October 2025.

This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm featuring Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate, Peter Zalewski of MiamiCondo.Club and special guest Benji Power of Procida Development Group. Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions. Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies. Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions. We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold. Episode Topics For the April 17, 2026, podcast, Hernandez, Zalewski and special guest Benji Power of Procida Development Group give their take on the following five topics: The RAD Program Is RAD Lobbying The State Is Easier Than Lobbying Municipalities The Urban Development Boundary (UDB) Should Be Abolished Attainable Condos Are The Answer To Affordable Housing The Affordability Outlook In South Florida Is Looking Better Than Ever This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski. Episode Overview In this April 17, 2026, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate, longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and special guest Benji Power—the Miami director of real estate development for Procida Development Group—cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors. The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic. During the 81-minute discussion, Hernandez, Zalewski and Power examined the shifting landscape of South Florida real estate as developers and officials use state mandates and public-private partnerships to tackle a deepening affordability crisis against the backdrop of an overextended market cycle. Power described the mechanics of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program and its role in redeveloping aging public housing. The conversation identified the friction between state-level mandates and local zoning control, specifically how the Florida Live Local Act allowed developers to bypass municipal hurdles. Zalewski examined the historical cycles of the Miami market, arguing that the current run since 2012 has ignored the inevitable correction that follows a decade-long bender. Hernandez cited the economic importance of the ornamental plant industry as a reason to maintain the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) against suburban sprawl. The hosts debated whether attainable condos can bridge the gap for residents earning 80% of the area median income or if such projects are too complex to finance without heavy subsidies. Power pointed to the upcoming 2026 delivery of thousands of units as the true test for Florida’s new housing laws. This episode is a must-watch for anyone with questions or concerns about the future of housing affordability in Miami-Dade County.

In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, veteran analyst Jack McCabe points to the Mercedes-Benz Places foreclosure in Miami as a possible symbolic end to the pandemic-era condo boom. The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy. The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts. The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Episode Overview In the April 16, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviewed veteran analyst Jack McCabe of McCabeResearch.com about a South Florida condo market he described as at a precipice as the Winter Buying Season ends and a high-stakes Summer begins next month. During the 63-minute episode, McCabe pointed to the foreclosure filing against the Mercedes-Benz Places tower in Greater Downtown Miami as a mile marker for what he contended could be the symbolic end of the pandemic-induced condo boom that ran from 2021 through 2023, and raised the question of how many other projects would follow. On the resale side, the numbers told a similar story. Zalewski cited South Florida closed sales statistics that showed the average price per square foot for a condo had dropped roughly 2% Year-over-Year across the broader tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Vintage units—that are at least 30 years old—were down nearly 4%. McCabe and Zalewski discussed whether these statistics were the first real crack in pricing and whether the declines would intensify in the upcoming months as more units sold at lower valuations. McCabe cautioned sellers not to expect lower mortgage rates any time soon, describing the current inflationary environment as leaving the Federal Reserve—and its new chair—no room to cut. The conversation turned to the Summer Buying Season, and how the heat, humidity and hurricane warnings that define the period from May through October thin the buyer pool and could accelerate that drop. Zalewski asked whether the FIFA World Cup matches scheduled for South Florida in June and July would divert attention away from the condo market entirely. Zalewski pointed to the 1.25% decline—rather than a projected 8.5% gain—in overseas passenger traffic at Miami International Airport in 2025, and questioned whether it signaled that the foreign investor pool of Canadians, Europeans and Latin Americans was already drying up. The two examined how some South Florida condo developers were notorious for exaggerating preconstruction sales figures and predicted the pressure to do so would only grow as demand slowed. McCabe shared a story about one of his developer clients whose presales showed 20% of the units were under contract even though the marketing materials claimed 80% of the building was “sold.” The episode closed with a discussion of why some veteran bulk buyers were reportedly sitting on the sidelines rather than negotiating with sellers directly, preferring instead to wait for the courts to set pricing after two South Florida condo associations recently filed for bankruptcy.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts mark 20 years of Condo Vultures® while sizing up the prospects of unit owners on Brickell Key as a developer prepares to build two new towers. Miami Condo Mondays™ features Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com in a weekly deep dive into South Florida condo real estate. Recorded in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast delivers an hour of high-level analysis on preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies for the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The show leverages more than 60 years of combined institutional knowledge as Zalewski provides the macro perspective and Huertas offers on-the-ground micro insights from her daily experience in the trenches. The show streams live every Monday at 4 pm on the social media accounts of both hosts to provide an authoritative look at the latest shifts in the condo market. Episode Overview In this episode of the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on April 13, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examine Greater Downtown Miami’s Brickell Avenue Area—a submarket of more than 100 condo towers and 30,000 units—with less than three weeks left in the ever-important South Florida Winter Buying Season of November through April. The latest data for this analysis was collected for the upcoming Brickell Avenue Area Condo Correction Walking Tour™ scheduled for 10 am Saturday, April 18, 2026. The Brickell Avenue Area is defined as the Eddie Rickenbacker Causeway north to the Miami River, and Biscayne Bay west to I-95. During the 74-minute podcast, Huertas and Zalewski also mark the 20th anniversary of Condo Vultures®, the research and brokerage firm Zalewski founded two decades ago with the tagline "Killing comps Since 2006," a reference to using data to push back against the inflated price comparables that developers and sellside brokers routinely use to “justify” asking prices. The Brickell Avenue Area currently has 1,170 condos listed for sale at an average asking price of $842 per square foot, and those listings have been sitting on the market for an average of 167 days—nearly the entire six-month-long Winter Buying Season—without finding a buyer. That compares to the $656 per square foot that condos actually traded for during the busy Summer Buying Season of 2025, creating a premium of roughly 28% that is well above the 20% spread Zalewski uses as a benchmark for a balanced market. The Brickell Avenue Area is currently in a Deteriorating Buyers Market with 16.8 months of condo resale supply, according to the Miami Condo Supply Tracker™. With just 18 days left in the Winter Buying Season, sellers who have not cut prices are running out of time before Summer’s heat, humidity and hurricane season thin the buyer pool for another six months. For buyers willing to look past the shiny marketing of preconstruction projects, the hosts pointed to Vintage condos—units at least 30 years old—as the area of the market where the math is closest to making sense, trading at roughly a 36% discount to the Overall market. On the rental side, the median lease price of about $3,700 per month implies a market value of around $370,000 per unit under the “1% Rule” of real estate investing versus an average asking price of $1.3 million. This spread means most of today’s buyers would effectively be subsidizing their tenants at the current asking prices. The most telling sign of where the Brickell Avenue Area submarket is heading came from a cloud of dust on Sunday morning, April 12, 2026, when Huertas watched the Mandarin Oriental Hotel come down in a controlled implosion on Brickell Key.

This week’s Miami Condo Market Intelligence Report™ newsletter look backs at the firm's 2006 founding, the parallels to today's correction and the lessons learned by the characters who were there. In this week’s issue of the Miami Condo Market Intelligence Report™ newsletter, we step back from the weekly data analysis to mark an anniversary that is either a testament to institutional patience or a cautionary tale about a South Florida real estate market that refuses to correct itself in a timely fashion—possibly both. April 2006 marked the formal launch of Condo Vultures® following incorporation the previous month of March 2006 when Zalewski left the journalism that he had studied at the University of Missouri. The company name and tagline were blunt: Killing Comps Since 2006™. The full story of how that happened—and what it produced—is best told by the people who were there. The anniversary celebration occurred on the April 8, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ that aired on MiamiCondo.Club. The episode—provided below—brings many of the players together for the first time in two decades. Watch it. From Newsroom To Buyside Brokerage The origin of Condo Vultures® is, at its core, a story about recognizing when the game has changed before everyone else does. Before the pivot to buyside brokerage services, more than 13 years were spent in journalism covering the banking and real estate machinery behind the most aggressive condo construction cycle in South Florida history. The foundation for that work was laid alongside titans of the South Florida business press, including Miami Herald reporter and editor Larry Birger, whose “South Florida Business Focus” program on WLRN set the standard for cutting through the spin to deliver verifiable, defendable and actionable information to an audience that deserved better than a press release. Miami Daily Business Review columnist Charles Kimball—whose family passed down his legendary handwritten index cards cataloguing years of South Florida transactions—was another early influence in that same tradition. The analytical framework for understanding the condo market itself came from a generation of South Florida real estate experts whose rigor shaped the way the numbers were read, including Jack McCabe, Lewis Goodkin and the late Michael Y. Cannon. These were not commentators. They are analysts who built their reputations on data at a time when data was hard to get and harder to interpret. That reporting background turned out to be the most valuable asset the Condo Vultures® operation would ever have. The developers, lenders, investors and regulators who built the South Florida condo market had all been interviewed so their business models were not mysteries. When the moment came to cross from the press box to the field, the learning curve that stops most people simply did not exist. After leaving journalism in March 2006, the focus narrowed to the South Florida condo market, first as a buyside operator executing bulk transactions during the bust, then as a Wall Street consultant, market analyst and expert witness drawing on the same data discipline that had powered the brokerage work. What did exist from the start was a thesis and a name—Condo Vultures®—that the industry hated on sight. That reaction was the first confirmation the thesis was correct. Grinding Advantage The competitive edge was not technology. Big Data was not a concept in 2006. The platforms, algorithms and automated valuation tools that analysts take for granted today did not exist. Building a statistical picture of the South Florida condo market meant pulling Florida Sunshine Law public records by hand, visiting the courthouse, cross-referencing county filings manually and grinding through the numbers one building at a time. That grinding process was the advantage. Every other participant in the market was operating on instinct and marketing materials

This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm in Miami featuring real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™. Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions. Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies. Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions. We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold. Episode Topics For the April 10, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics: Bad For Branding Coastal Implosion Trickledown Condonomics PortMiami Is Cruisin’ Short-Term Rentals Having A Moment This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski. Episode Overview In this April 10, 2026, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors. The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic. During the 63-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski examine the financial tremors shaking the Greater Downtown Miami skyline, ranging from the foreclosure woes of the planned Mercedes-Benz tower to the literal implosion of the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Brickell Key. The conversation raises pointed questions about the “vig” developers pay to license luxury car and fashion brands for planned condo projects and whether these vanity plays can survive a market where interest rates and alleged legal defects are beginning to sideline even the most seasoned developers.

In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, litigator Gina Clausen Lozier of the Clausen Choquette law firm discusses changes to condo association coverage since the Surfside tragedy. The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy. The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts. The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Episode Overview In the April 9, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews litigator Gina Clausen Lozier of the Clausen Choquette law firm in Palm Beach County about how South Florida condo associations risk not being paid what they are owed when filing an insurance claim, and why it is becoming increasingly difficult for boards to fight back. The conversation explores how insurance costs are eating up a significant portion of what condo owners pay every month in maintenance fees, even as the actual coverage provided by those policies has in many cases gotten worse, not better. During the 64-minute episode, Clausen Lozier walks listeners through why the bills that arrive after a hurricane can be far larger than most condo boards ever expected, how Vintage buildings that are at least 30 years old could end up being paid less than expected to cover repair costs and why the same building inspections that were mandated to protect unit owners after the Surfside condo collapse in June 2021 could now be turned against condo associations when trying to collect on a claim. Clausen Lozier spent nearly a decade working for insurance companies before changing sides, and she brings that background and experience to every case she takes on today. After the hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, she defended insurance companies against the volume of claims that followed and learned how the industry determines which claims to pay, which ones to drag out and which ones to settle for as little as possible. She now puts that knowledge to work for South Florida condo associations, most of which are run by volunteers who probably never expected their unpaid board positions to effectively turn into full-time jobs. The episode also takes a deep dive into the financial squeeze hitting condo associations right now due to rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance premiums resulting from post-Surfside legislation. Zalewski has previously described this growing financial pressure on cash-strapped unit owners as the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff. For the first time, Florida condo associations are now required as of 2026 to start setting aside money for future repairs, and many buildings are scrambling to raise the funds through special assessments or by obtaining loans to pay for the necessary restoration work. Private lenders are increasingly offering to fill that financial gap for associations, but at interest rates of a reported 9% to 12%, further adding to the expenses of condo living in South Florida. Clausen Lozier pointed out that the condo associations unknowingly shopping for the inspection reports with the lowest estimates for necessary repairs could be creating legal complications in the future. The bottom line from this episode is that a lot of condo owners in South Florida are paying for insurance coverage that may not perform the way they expect when the time comes to actually use it.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts explore why Coral Gables is lagging the South Florida condo market where a 2% drop in the price per square foot drove a 5% increase in unit sales. Miami Condo Mondays™ features Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com in a weekly deep dive into South Florida condo real estate. Recorded in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast delivers an hour of high-level analysis on preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies for the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The show leverages more than 60 years of combined institutional knowledge as Zalewski provides the macro perspective and Huertas offers on-the-ground micro insights from her daily experience in the trenches. The show streams live every Monday at 4 pm on the social media accounts of both hosts to provide an authoritative look at the latest shifts in the condo market. Episode Overview In this episode of the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on April 6, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ explore why Coral Gables is lagging the broader South Florida condo market as the 2025-26 Winter Buying Season closes in on its final 25 days. The latest data for this analysis was collected for the upcoming Coral Gables Condo Correction Walking Tour™ scheduled for 10 am Saturday, April 11, 2026. Coral Gables is defined as Southwest 8th Street south to Southwest 72nd Street, and Douglas Road (37th Avenue) west to Red Road (57th Avenue). During the 69-minute podcast, Huertas and Zalewski discuss how the numbers are finally saying out loud what they have been warning about for months. South Florida condo sales rose 5% during the first five months of the Winter Buying Season of November through March but do not mistake that for strength. Sellers generated those sales by cutting their average price per square foot 2% to $400, according to the data from CVRRealty.com. Strip out the highend deals that skew the averages and the median price per square foot tells a harder truth with Overall prices down 4% and Vintage units—at least 30 years old—down 7%. Many Vintage condo owners are scrambling for the exits as rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance premiums have made the costs out of reach in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse in June 2021. Zalewski has called this the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff since coining the phrase in June 2024. The duo agreed that the unit owners who saw it coming quickly moved to cut their price to get out. The sellers who refused are running out of time in the Winter Buying Season to find a buyer. The latest statistics served up a fresh reminder of what happens to sellers when the momentum changes. A preconstruction condo development in the Brickell Avenue Area of Greater Downtown Miami that was marketing itself under the Mercedes-Benz brand was hit with an $80 million foreclosure lawsuit, according to the South Florida Business Journal. Zalewski said the foreclosure action shows that the trees in Miami do not actually grow to the moon as the sellside brokers would suggest. If the broader South Florida market is bending under the Condo Cliff, Coral Gables is a market that is already showing signs of breaking. In the first five months of the Winter Buying Season, Coral Gables condo sales dropped 23% and the average price per square foot fell 8.5% Year-over-Year, according to the data. The Vintage segment did not fare any better. Vintage condo sales plunged nearly 32% and the average price per square foot fell 9.4%, according to the data. Huertas said the statistics show that buyers can do the math to find the best value when shopping for a South Florida condo.

This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm in Miami featuring real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™. Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions. Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies. Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions. We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold. Episode Topics For the April 3, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics: Trump Trumps Coral Gables Has PR Problem Perils In Preconstruction Now This Is Infill! One Intersection To Rule Them All This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski. Episode Overview In this April 3, 2026, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors. The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic. During the 61-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski examine the political and financial implications of the Trump brand planting its flag in Greater Downtown Miami, from the free land valued at over $360 million to renderings of a vertical development that looks more like condo and hotel tower than a presidential library. The conversation broadens to include the renaming of Palm Beach International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport, raising questions about cost, timing and whether concentration of brand equity in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties is a stroke of genius or an overreach. The duo turns toward Coral Gables, where the once-vibrant Miracle Mile shopping district has been hollowed out by high rents, an aging demographic and the slow exodus of the affordable businesses that once gave the corridor its energy and foot traffic. A sobering assessment of Miami’s preconstruction condo market follows, as Hernandez and Zalewski warn that developers who borrowed heavily at high interest rates and failed to hit their sales targets this Winter Buying Season are now staring down canceled projects or even foreclosures. With private lending default rates tripling from 2% to over 7% in Southwest Florida, Zalewski argues that the next 30 days represent a make-or-break moment for some of the most recognizable projects in the pipeline. An innovative infill development strategy south of Miami International Airport—one that involves filling in an artificial lake to create workforce housing—is held up as a model for the kind of creative thinking the region needs. The episode closes with a street-level examination of the Greater Downtown Miami intersection of Northeast 36th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, a chokepoint born from Henry Flagler’s 19th-century railroad grid that is now surrounded by billions of dollars in planned development with no clear solution to the gridlock that already paralyzes the neighborhood daily.

In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, Olga Rogers—in-house sales agent for the Square Hallandale office and retail condo project—explains why some businesses are ditching their landlords. The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy. The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts. The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Episode Overview In the April 1, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews in-house sales agent Olga Rogers about the new eight-story Square Hallandale office and retail condo being developed in Southeast Broward County. The conversation centers on a simple but compelling idea that business owners in South Florida no longer have to write a rent check every month and can instead buy their own commercial space, build equity and control their own future. During the 32-minute episode, Rogers—a veteran of South Florida preconstruction sales who is making her first foray into commercial condo space—walks listeners through the Hallandale Beach project's location, pricing and amenities. The two also discuss the project’s preconstruction deposit structure and monthly expenses while exploring the notion that owning commercial space is not as complicated or out of reach as many small business owners might think. The episode also touches on the trends shaping South Florida’s commercial real estate landscape, including a wave of wealthy individuals and corporations relocating from the Northeast and Latin America in search of a more business-friendly environment. Many longtime residents of Southeast Broward County will recognize the nearly two-acre development site on the north side of Hallandale Beach Boulevard, which for years served as a popular pop-up location for Christmas tree sales during the holiday season. Situated between I-95 and Dixie Highway, the project offers easy access to the major roadways that connect the beachfront communities of Southeast Broward County and Northeast Miami-Dade County.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts discuss how Fort Lauderdale condos at least 30 years old are asking $503,000 compared to the Overall market asking price of $1.3 million per unit. Miami Condo Mondays™ features Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com in a weekly deep dive into South Florida condo real estate. Recorded in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast delivers an hour of high-level analysis on preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies for the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The show leverages more than 60 years of combined institutional knowledge as Zalewski provides the macro perspective and Huertas offers on-the-ground micro insights from her daily experience in the trenches. The show streams live every Monday at 4 pm on the social media accounts of both hosts to provide an authoritative look at the latest shifts in the condo market. Episode Overview In this episode of the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on March 30, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ explore why buyers in Fort Lauderdale are turning their backs on luxury condos and zeroing in on older, more affordable units as the Winter Buying Season enters its final 30 days. The latest data for this analysis was collected for the upcoming Fort Lauderdale Condo Correction Bus Tour™ scheduled for 10 am Saturday, April 4, 2026. Fort Lauderdale is defined as Oakland Park Boulevard south to Marina Mile Boulevard - State Road 84, and the Atlantic Ocean west to I-95. During the 69-minute podcast, Huertas and Zalewski discuss how the latest Fort Lauderdale condo statistics tell a story about the growing spread between the average Overall asking prices of nearly $1.3 million versus the average closed sales price of more than $623,000 recorded in the 2025 Summer Buying Season of May through October. This is a gap of more than 100% between what cash-strapped condo sellers are asking and what buyers are willing to pay for a unit in a market with nearly 1,050 units available for resale, according to the data from CVRRealty.com. The discount is even more dramatic for buyers who are focusing specifically on Vintage condos—units that are at least 30 years old—that have an average asking price of $503,000, a discount of nearly 60% compared to the Overall market asking price of $1.3 million per unit, according to the data. Zalewski said the situation is growing increasingly dire at the higher end of the Fort Lauderdale market. Condos priced above $1.2 million are not trading, resulting in more than 35 months of supply. For context, equilibrium in the condo market is between 6.0 and 6.9 months of supply. Fewer months indicates a Sellers Market and more months suggests a Buyers Market. Fort Lauderdale condos with asking prices of at least $1.2 million are in an Illiquid Buyers Market, according to the Miami Condo Supply Tracker™. An Illiquid Buyers Market is defined as being on “life support” where “a lack of liquidity and buying activity exists due to overwhelming supply and minimal demand.” As the Winter Buying Season moves closer to Summer’s heat, humidity and hurricane warnings, Zalewski expects the buyer pool to dwindle to only data-driven investors looking for discounts. Many Vintage condo owners are scrambling for the exits as rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance premiums have made it cost prohibitive in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse. Zalewski has called this the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff since coining the phrase in June 2024. Huertas and Zalewski wrap up the episode by agreeing that Fort Lauderdale condo sellers face further pricing capitulation in the coming months as the gap between asking prices and reality grows harder to ignore.

This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm in Miami featuring real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™. Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions. Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies. Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions. We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold. Episode Topics For the March 27, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics: Want A Permit? Give Up Some Land Baywalk - They’ll Get It Done City Hall Dirt Too Luxe For Bureaucrats Me Gusta More Airports A Business Case For A Tokyo Flight This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski. Episode Overview In this March 27, 2026, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors. The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic. During the 64-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski analyze the legal battles over property rights, the growing pains of the congested local airports and the sudden arrival of massive Japanese investments into the heart of Greater Downtown Miami. The conversation shifts from the courtroom to the tarmac as the duo debates the looming capacity crisis at Miami International Airport and the search for expansion sites in West Kendall or the Everglades. A recent land acquisition by Tokyo-based investors in Greater Downtown Miami provides a backdrop for a broader discussion on whether international capital is arriving late to the current real estate cycle. Historical parallels to previous investment bubbles are examined by Hernandez and Zalewski to determine if the influx of sovereign wealth signals a market peak or a new era of growth. The planned relocation of Miami’s City Hall from the waterfront in Coconut Grove to the new Inter Miami stadium complex near the airport is dissected for its impact on local influence and real estate values. Structural concerns regarding the aging condo projects in Sunny Isles Beach highlight the growing friction between legacy properties and the modern luxury towers rising along the Atlantic coast. A supply surge in Greater Downtown Miami serves as a warning from the duo for those navigating the transition between the South Florida Winter Buying Season and Summer’s heat, humidity and hurricane warnings that historically thin the buyer pool. The discussion provides a transparent look at the mechanics of the South Florida real estate market through the lens of two veteran observers who refuse to rely on industry platitudes. This briefing is essential for anyone seeking to understand the shifting landscape of property ownership and municipal power in the region.

In this Miami Condo Exchange™ episode, Peter Zalewski breaks down a week of modest but meaningful gains as the clock ticks down on the ever-important Winter Buying Season that ends in five weeks. The Miami Condo Exchange™ is a live podcast at 4 pm (Miami time) on Tuesdays covering the latest South Florida condo stats, metrics and trends hosted by expert Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™. Recorded weekly in Greater Downtown Miami, the program’s core premise is to analyze condos as commodities, no different than salty snacks, oil or pork bellies. The weekly show intends to cut through the marketing hype to focus strictly on the numbers for investors and real estate professionals. A regular feature of the Tuesday show is the Miami Condo Cliff Index™, which tracks active listings and pending sales in realtime to forecast official closed sales data that lags by 30 to 120 days. Tune in every Tuesday at 4 pm at MiamiCondo.Club or on the social media account of Peter Zalewski to watch the livestreams free. Episode Overview In the March 24, 2026, episode of the Miami Condo Exchange™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski examines a tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach that is still moving—just not sprinting. The South Florida Overall Condo Cliff Index™ posted a modest but meaningful gain of 1.62% in the week ending March 24, 2026, as sellers and investors approach the final five weeks of the Winter Buying Season with intensity before Summer’s heat, humidity and hurricane warnings thin the buyer pool. This week’s 9.42 reading is the highest ever recorded since the Overall Index launched on Jan. 1, 2025, to coincide with the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff. The South Florida Vintage Condo Cliff Index™—which tracks units at least 30 years old—more than kept pace, climbing 2.24% to a record 8.91 points on March 24, 2026, from 8.71 points the prior week, marking back-to-back-to-back all-time highs for both indices. In nine of the first 12 weeks of 2026, the Overall Index has trended upward while the Vintage Index has done so in 10 of 12 weeks, suggesting the South Florida condo market has found direction. The Condo Cliff is defined as a moment where the cost of condo living becomes unwieldy for cash-strapped owners due to rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance premiums resulting from the post-Surfside legislation. Sellers who can not afford to stay appear to be finally pricing their units to sell, prompting buyers—who have not yet been willing to chase—to step forward. The current number of active listings confirmed the tight balance with Overall and Vintage inventories both edging up about 0.07%, respectively. South Florida’s Overall listings stand at nearly 26,100 units with Vintage listings accounting for nearly 69% of the total as of March 24, 2026. Overall pending sales—a gauge of buyer confidence—rose 1.70% to nearly 2,460 contracts, of which pending sales of Vintage units climbed 2.31% to nearly 1,600. Increasing pending sales set against flat active listings is how both indices went up for the week ending March 24, 2026. The county-by-county breakdowns are where the trends are emerging in South Florida. Palm Beach County’s Overall Index surged 3.66% to a record 11.98 points, marking the highest reading in the tricounty region.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts discuss the steep pricing correction and mounting inventory currently overwhelming units at least 30 years old in Northeast Miami-Dade County. Miami Condo Mondays™ features Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com in a weekly deep dive into South Florida condo real estate. Recorded in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast delivers an hour of high-level analysis on preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies for the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The show leverages more than 60 years of combined institutional knowledge as Zalewski provides the macro perspective and Huertas offers on-the-ground micro insights from her daily experience in the trenches. The show streams live every Monday at 4 pm on the social media accounts of both hosts to provide an authoritative look at the latest shifts in the condo market. Episode Overview In this episode of the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on March 23, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ explore how tumbling Vintage prices and soaring Overall inventory are creating severe friction in Sunny Isles Beach as the Winter Buying Season winds down in less than 40 days. The latest data for this analysis was collected for the upcoming Sunny Isles Beach Condo Correction Walking Tour™ scheduled for 10 am Saturday, March 28, 2026. Sunny Isles Beach is defined as Haulover Beach Park north to Golden Beach, and the Atlantic Ocean west to the Intracoastal Waterway. The discussion centers on how this former Motel Row targeting working-class tourists has rapidly transformed following its 1997 incorporation into a corridor—dubbed Billionaires Row—featuring ultra-luxury condo towers with price tags exceeding $10 million per unit. During the 76-minute podcast, Huertas and Zalewski discuss how local officials have embraced luxury condo developers aspiring to build some of the tallest structures in South Florida. Many of these towers increasingly feature international brand names such as Armani Casa, Porsche Design and Trump licensed by developers who are hoping to achieve maximum prices from wealthy buyers. The discussion highlights how these ultra-luxury highrises are currently skewing Overall market metrics while disguising a nearly 6% drop in the price per square foot in the first three months—November 2025 through January 2026—of the Winter Buying Season, according to a recent report. The realtime metrics have exposed a fundamental imbalance in Sunny Isles Beach with more than 1,100 condo units listed for resale, representing nearly 22 months of supply. This level of condo resale supply indicates Sunny Isles Beach is in a Severe Buyers Market, according to the Miami Condo Supply Tracker™. It is worth noting that while Overall condo prices are down on a per square foot basis, the situation is dramatically different for Vintage units that are at least 30 years old. Vintage condo sales prices are down nearly 19% on a price per unit basis and about 13% on a per square foot basis in the first half of this Winter Buying Season compared to a year ago, according to the data from CVRRealty.com. Cash-strapped owners of Vintage condos are scrambling for the exits as rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance premiums have made it cost prohibitive for many in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse. We call this the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff.