In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, David Podein of Haber Law discusses how Milestone Inspections and construction defects in new towers will spark endless restoration and costly litigation.

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 Sept. 16, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews David Podein, an equity partner at Miami-based Haber Law, to examine how post-Surfside safety mandates and the wave of defect lawsuits bound to follow the recent surge in new construction threaten to turn South Florida into an uninterrupted, decade-long highrise job site.

The pair digs into the brewing structural and financial collision unfolding across two distinct segments of the condo market in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

On one side are the Vintage condo towers—that are at least 30 years old—racing against the clock to meet mandatory Milestone Inspections and reserve requirements, only to discover decades of deferred maintenance that demand costly fixes.

On the other side are the new condo towers delivered during the 2021–2023 building boom, where the sheer volume of construction will inevitably trigger an increase in defect claims as association boards race to beat statutory warranty deadlines.

During the 64-minute episode, the conversation addresses the looming labor bottleneck, debating how a finite pool of licensed structural engineers and qualified concrete contractors will manage simultaneous restoration projects across thousands of units from Greater Downtown Miami north to Downtown West Palm Beach.

The discussion then turns to Florida’s Chapter 558 statutory pre-suit process, exploring how associations in new towers must move aggressively to document developer flaws and file defect claims before statutory warranty clocks run out, while anticipating protracted defense battles with general contractors and their insurance carriers.

From there, the conversation tackles the mounting carrying costs facing unit owners, examining how the collision of rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance premiums will push cash-strapped owners to head for the exits.

Finally, the talk shifts to the macro fallout across the South Florida skyline, questioning whether endless scaffolding, shuttered amenities and relentless construction noise will depress resale values, force struggling associations into terminations or simply reset coastal property valuations for a generation.

Click play above to watch the analysis, and use the Top 10 Takeaways below to navigate the program on demand.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts detail how pending sales tumbled in the Summer Buying Season, dragging down the Little Havana Overall Condo Cliff Index™ by 48%.

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 Aug. 31, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examine why condo buyers crossing I-95 from Greater Downtown Miami into Little Havana are hitting the brakes as pending sales plunge.

Sellers holding out for peak pricing are running into buyer resistance midway through the 2026 Summer Buying Season of May through October.

While deal velocity has cooled across the board, the market has fractured into two distinct markets of Vintage units at least 30 years old and Modern units no more than 29 years old.

Miami’s Little Havana territory is defined as all condos situated between Southwest Eighth Street north to Florida State Road 836 (Dolphin Expressway) and/or the Miami River, and 37th Avenue east to the Miami River and/or I-95.

During the 53-minute episode, Huertas and Zalewski drilled down into the widening gap between Vintage and Modern inventory.

Vintage condos are currently in a Sellers Market with 4.9 months of supply. In the first eight months of 2026, buyers purchased 34 Vintage condos at an average price of less than $199,545 per unit or $287 per square foot, according to CVRRealty.com.

Zalewski pointed out that this $200,000 closing figure perfectly hits the classic 1% Rule of real estate investing when measured against Little Havana’s prevailing $2,000 monthly median rental rate.

By contrast, Modern condos are in a Deteriorating Buyers Market saddled with 16.4 months of supply.

Sellers of Modern units are asking an average of about $403,470 but actual completed sales averaged less than $292,770 between January and August of 2026.

Unsold Modern units have languished on the market for an average of 171 days without a contract.

Combined, the Little Havana Overall condo market has 9.3 months of supply, placing it squarely in a Buyers Market.

Broader momentum has cooled dramatically.

Miami’s Little Havana Overall Condo Cliff Index™ tumbled nearly 48% between April 29, 2026, and Aug. 27, 2026, dropping from 18.75 points down to 9.76 points, pulled down by a 47% drop in pending sales.

Conversely, the Little Havana Vintage Condo Cliff Index™ dropped nearly 41% during the same stretch, sliding from 22.58 points to 13.33 points.

External pressures continue to mount.

Zalewski noted that 30-year fixed mortgage rates have climbed past 7%—up sharply from 5.99% immediately prior to the war with Iran—while inflation pushes daily costs higher, from $4 per gallon gas to pricey $35 lunches in South Florida.

Huertas observed that buyers are increasingly floating creative financing terms, including seller financing and adjustable-rate mortgages, to cope with borrowing hurdles.

The hosts also checked the rental market to see if sidelined sellers could find a profitable fallback, but the statistics show little room to maneuver.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts detail how falling listings and rising pending sales stem from buyers driving average contract prices down 19% for Vintage units and 12% Overall.

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 Aug. 31, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examine why Aventura condo listings on the mainland in Northeast Miami-Dade County are dropping while pending sales tick up.

Cash-strapped sellers are finally conceding and accepting deep price cuts to exit at the halfway point of the 2026 Summer Buying Season of May through October.

The hosts weigh this shift in momentum in the Aventura condo market against a broader Deteriorating Buyers Market, according to the Miami Condo Supply Tracker™.

A much-hyped FIFA World Cup brought 450,000 fans to nearby Hard Rock Stadium this Summer Buying Season without generating actual unit sales. Now Vintage buildings are feeling the squeeze of hefty special assessments resulting from repairs identified during mandatory inspections instituted in the post-Surfside era.

Zalewski said conditions will likely get worse with mortgage rates hovering around 6.87% on Aug. 31, 2026. That is a steep climb from the 5.99% rate on Feb. 27, 2026, immediately before the Iran War began.

Add to that a nervous Wall Street bracing for a possible Federal Reserve rate hike as early as September 2026 to fight stubbornly high inflation. New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled exactly that at the recent 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Wyoming. The Aventura market is defined as the mainland community in Northeast Miami-Dade County stretching from Northeast 163rd Street north to the Broward County line, and Biscayne Boulevard east to the Intracoastal Waterway.

During the 75-minute episode, Huertas and Zalewski drill down into the state of the Aventura market based on the age of units.

Vintage condos that are at least 30 years old have 14.5 months of resale supply sitting on the market. Modern condos that are up to 29 years old are saddled with 18.1 months of supply, according to the Miami Condo Supply Tracker™.

The two sectors—Vintage and Modern—together make up the Overall market. That combined market holds 15.5 months of supply to also qualify as a Deteriorating Buyers Market.

The Florida Legislature mandated strict inspections after the Surfside condo collapse on June 24, 2021. Yet Vintage condos have emerged as the smart play for today’s buyers thanks to prime locations, larger floor plans and the ability to park your own car.

Zalewski said Vintage condos also significantly benefit from a massive discount. They are priced 33% cheaper than the Overall market and about 59% lower than Modern units. Vintage units carry an average asking price of less than $459,000. Modern condos are listed for sale at an average price of more than $1.1 million.

The Aventura Overall market commands an average asking price of nearly $682,000.

Huertas pointed out that reality is forcing sellers to concede to price cuts.

This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm featuring Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™.

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 Aug. 28, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:

1. We’re Still In 1st Inning Of Brand Partnerships For Condos

2. Building Is Easier In Miami (Versus Rest Of World)

3. Neumann’s Unlimited Cash Flowing Into Miami

4. If Ken Builds It, They Will Come

5. Miami = Wall Street Of South Or Cruise Capital Of World

This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.

Episode Overview

In this Aug. 28, 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 debate each topic and declare whether it is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold. They do not always agree. The friction is the point.

For this episode, Hernandez and Zalewski are joined by special guest Henrique Driessen, founder and CEO of the real estate branding agency Elephant Skin, to decode the madness behind Miami's condo branding craze.

During the 84-minute episode, the conversation touches on the broader macroeconomic headwinds facing the South Florida housing market after new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled incoming interest rate hikes at the 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Wyoming.

The trio also dissects the influx of West Coast money and out-of-town developers trying to plant their flags in a South Florida market notorious for chewing up rookies.

The hosts and Driessen debate whether Miami’s obsession with branded condos—from hospitality heavyweights to luxury cars—is a sustainable business model or just a crutch for builders who lack street credibility to sell out a planned project.

The discussion also unpacks Adam Neumann’s pivot into South Florida condo development, hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin’s reported buyout of Moishe Mana’s Wynwood acreage and a wild proposal to transform the cargo side of PortMiami on the south side of Dodge Island into a massive waterfront tourist attraction.

Click play above to watch the analysis, and use the Top 10 Takeaways below to navigate the program on demand.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts examine the Deteriorating Buyers Market gripping the barrier island in Northeast Miami-Dade County at the midway point of the Summer Buying Season.

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 Aug. 24, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examine why Vintage condo listings in Sunny Isles Beach are priced 77% below the Overall market at the halfway point of the 2026 Summer Buying Season of May through October.

The hosts evaluate the Vintage unit discount against a broader Deteriorating Buyers Market, driven by a disappointing FIFA World Cup that filled South Florida with visitors this Summer Buying Season without translating into unit sales, and Fannie Mae's decision to eliminate limited review underwriting for condo loans on Aug. 3, 2026.

Zalewski said the conditions are likely to deteriorate further with mortgage rates hovering around 6.75% today compared to 5.99% on Feb. 27, 2026, before the Iran War.

Added to that, Wall Street is bracing for a possible Federal Reserve rate hike as early as September 2026 to fend off inflation.

The Sunny Isles Beach market is defined as the barrier island community in northeast Miami-Dade County stretching from Haulover Park north to Golden Beach, and the Atlantic Ocean west to the Intracoastal Waterway.

During the 72-minute episode, Huertas and Zalewski drilled down into the the state of Sunny Isles Beach market based on the age of the units.

Vintage condos that are at least 30 years old have 14.1 months of resale supply sitting on the market. Modern condos that are up to 29 years old are saddled with 21.6 months of supply.

The two sectors—Vintage and Modern—together comprise the Overall market, which has 17.5 months of supply to qualify as a Deteriorating Buyers Market, according to the Miami Condo Supply Tracker™.

Despite mandatory inspections instituted by the Florida Legislature after the Surfside condo collapse on June 24, 2021, Vintage condos have emerged as the most popular option for today’s buyers thanks to more square footage, better locations and self-parking.

Zalewski said Vintage condos also greatly benefit from being priced 77% cheaper than the Overall market and 85% lower than Modern units.

Vintage units have an average asking price of about $440,000 compared to Modern condos that are listed for sale for an average price of more than $3 million.

The Sunny Isles Beach Overall market has an average asking price of nearly $1.9 million.

Huertas said it is no surprise that the Vintage sector—which is in a Deteriorating Buyers Market—has the smallest amount of supply available for resale given the pricing.

Conversely, the premium-priced Modern units are stuck in a Severe Buyers Market based on 21.6 months of supply available for purchase.

Huertas and Zalewski also weighed the rental market as a fallback for sellers, finding little relief there either, with landlords asking a median monthly rent of $5,300 compared to the $2,950 that leases were completed at in the first half of 2026, according to CVRRealty.com.

This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm featuring Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™.

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 Aug. 21, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:

1. Mana Mañana’s Day is Now

2. Park Problems

3. Brickell Needs Its Own Brand

4. City Hall Blues

5. Putting the Upzoning Cart Before the Transit Horse

This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.

Episode Overview

In this Aug. 21, 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 debate each topic and declare whether it is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold. They do not always agree. The friction is the point.

During the 65-minute episode, Hernandez and Zalewski examine topics that range from Moishe Mana's decades-long land assembly in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood and along the Central Business District's Flagler Street corridor to a possible reverter clause fight over Allen Morris' Brickell Avenue tower ambitions.

They also discuss Miami’s enduring “Wall Street of the South” branding and a proposal that could turn the Miami City Hall bayfront site and surrounding Dinner Key Marina surface parking lot into a cluster of condo towers.

The conversation touches on Miami-Dade County’s rapid transit zoning push along corridors that still lack promised rail service, and the unresolved fate of the half-penny transit sales tax approved back in 2002.

Miami-Dade County officials have upzoned dense corridors like Northwest 27th Avenue to chase federal transit funding but the Metrorail extensions those dollars were meant to fund, including a northern line whose cost has ballooned from $1.9 billion to $4.2 billion, remain years from completion.

Click play above to watch Zalewski’s analysis, and use the timestamped timeline and the Top 10 Takeaways below to navigate the program on demand.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts examine why Downtown Fort Lauderdale and the Beach remains mired in a Buyers Market with 10.8 months of resale condo supply sitting on the market.

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 Aug. 10, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examine why Downtown Fort Lauderdale and the Beach remains stuck in a Buyers Market with 10.8 months of resale condo supply weighing on sellers.

The hosts trace the stall to a disappointing FIFA World Cup—which filled Fort Lauderdale hotels with visiting teams and fans during the six-week tournament in Miami between June and July 2026 without translating into condo sales—and to a tightening mortgage landscape after Fannie Mae eliminated limited reviews for condo loan applications.

Rather than easing, Huertas and Zalewski said the conditions in the market have only hardened as the 2026 Summer Buying Season of May through October wears on.

The Downtown Fort Lauderdale And Beach market is defined as Oakland Park Boulevard south to Marina Mile Boulevard and/or State Road 84, and the Atlantic Ocean west to Interstate 95.

During the 66-minute episode, Zalewski drew a sharp line between Vintage condos that are at least 30 years old and Modern condos that are no more than 29 years old.

Vintage units are priced 63% below the Overall market on a per-unit basis, yet even that discount has failed to move buyers off the sidelines.

Modern condos told the opposite story, with overly optimistic sellers still anchored to pricing from the 2021-2023 buying frenzy despite a market that has since turned decisively toward buyers.

Huertas and Zalewski also weighed the rental market as a fallback for sellers, finding little relief there either, with landlords asking top dollar sitting vacant far longer than those willing to price to lease quickly.

Huertas and Zalewski closed with different outlooks.

Huertas said she would continue watching the market and submitting lowball offers rather than committing capital.

Zalewski said sellers should not expect relief soon, pointing to a stretch of slow months ahead including the midterm elections in November 2026 that could keep buyers on the sidelines.

Click play above to watch the full analysis, and use the timestamped timeline and the Top 10 Takeaways below to navigate the program on demand.

In this episode of Condo Capitalism™, Peter Zalewski Peter Zalewski analyzes the Boca Raton condo market where pending sales have fallen 44% and listings have dropped 15% between May and July 2026.

Condo Capitalism™ is a weekly podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ that provides data-driven analysis on distressed real estate—foreclosures, shortsales and bank-owned REOs—in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

The program tracks the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff, where rising maintenance fees, special assessments and insurance costs are squeezing cash-strapped owners.

On the show, experts analyze how the national “two-sided risk”—rising inflation and falling employment—magnifies these local pressures, potentially forcing a capitulation by owners who can no longer afford condo living.

Join Peter Zalewski at MiamiCondo.Club for a livestream every weekday at 4 pm (Miami time). On-demand recordings of all shows are available here.

Episode Overview

In the Aug. 6, 2026, episode of the Condo Capitalism™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski examines whether the Downtown Boca Raton And Beach condo market—long overshadowed by the troubles facing the bigger markets in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach—is beginning to show signs of unraveling.

In the first three months of the 2026 Summer Buying Season of May through October, the Boca Raton Condo Cliff Index™ has fallen by nearly 35% Overall and 30% for Vintage condos that are at least 30 years old.

The Boca Raton Indices have both tumbled as a result of pending sales plummeting 44% in the Overall market and 42% in the Vintage sector between April 29, 2026, and July 30, 2026.

Simultaneously, the Downtown Boca Raton And Beach condo listings are down about 15% Overall and more than 17% for Vintage units during the same three-month period.

The Boca Raton analysis comes ahead of the August 2026 Monthly Meeting of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

Boca Raton has largely escaped scrutiny this year as it is a smaller market overshadowed by the recalibration underway in its larger neighbors to the south, including the Greater Downtown Miami, Miami Beach and Downtown Fort Lauderdale And Beach markets.

The episode opens with the story of Addison Mizner, whose vision for Boca Raton helped define South Florida’s look of the 1920s land boom with a focus on Mediterranean Revival architecture featuring red clay barrel-tiles, stucco walls and open courtyards.

Unfortunately for Mizner, his firm—like many development companies of the era—ultimately collapsed after the Great Miami Hurricane made landfall between today’s Greater Downtown Miami and South Miami on Sept. 18, 1926.

The episode also examines the current disconnect between condo prices and rental rates in Downtown Boca Raton And Beach.

Asking rents in Boca Raton have separated far enough from rents actually collected that the 1% Rule of real estate investing—a metric private lenders and investors use to value a property—increasingly points to condo sellers asking more than the market can support.

As a result, buyers are sitting on the sidelines waiting out sellers. The average number of Days on Market for a Boca Raton condo is now 124 days for the Overall units and 114 days for Vintage units.

During the 68-minute episode, Zalewski also focuses on the marketing disconnect in Boca Raton, which brands itself as an upscale, modern community, yet 76% of the condos listed for resale are Vintage units.

Besides representing the bulk of the condo resale market in Boca Raton, the Vintage units are not good for sellers seeking premium prices.

Vintage condos traded at a steep 42% discount to the broader Overall condo market in the first six months of 2026 in Boca Raton, according to data from CVRRealty.com.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts explore the Mar-a-Lago effect as buyers flock to Downtown West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Island seeking proximity to the nation's power structure.

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 Aug. 4, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ examine why Downtown West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Island stands alone as a Sellers Market for condos while every other major market in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties remains a Buyers Market.

The hosts credit the divergence to what Zalewski first identified in February 2026 as the "Mar-a-Lago effect," the pull exerted by President Donald Trump's near-weekly visits to his Palm Beach Island estate, located across the Marjorie Merriweather Post Memorial Causeway from Downtown West Palm Beach.

During the 66-minute episode, Huertas and Zalewski identify two additional forces driving condo sales in the Downtown West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Island market, a planned Vanderbilt University campus in Downtown West Palm Beach and an active push by New York Developer Stephen Ross—who owns the Miami Dolphins football team—to reinforce the corridor as "Wall Street South."

The election of Zohran Mamdani—a self-described Democratic Socialist—to Mayor of New York City has reportedly only bolstered interest in South Florida and especially the Downtown West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Island market.

Pundits are referring to the New York-to-South Florida relocations as the “Mamdani Migration.”

The Downtown West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Island market is defined as Southern Boulevard (including a portion of the road known as President Donald J. Trump Boulevard) north to Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard (on the mainland) and/or Dunbar Road (on the barrier island), and the Atlantic Ocean west to I-95.

Huertas frames the underlying dynamic bluntly, arguing that money and power tend to gather in the same place, and that a limited supply of land on Palm Beach Island only sharpens the effect.

The hosts provide examples of the trend with the latest statistics, pointing to months of supply well under equilibrium and a wide gap between asking prices and closed sales prices.

Zalewski also flagged an unusual reversal in which Vintage condos that are at least 30 years old are commanding higher sale prices than Modern units that are no older than 29 years, along with a rental market where landlords asking top dollar are waiting far longer than those who price their units to lease.

Huertas and Zalewski close divided on where the Downtown West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Island market heads next.

Huertas said she would wait until after the midterm elections in November 2026 before committing capital, wary that a shift in the nation’s power structure could unwind the very dynamic driving demand.

Zalewski countered that he remains skeptical of buyers paying such steep premiums for condo units in the Downtown West Palm Beach - Palm Beach Island market regardless of the electoral outcome in Washington.

In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the hosts analyze the "2026 Global Liveability Index" of 173 cities, debating whether South Florida’s ranking captures market reality or hides weaknesses.

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 July 27, 2026, co-hosts Jenny Huertas of CVR Realty and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ evaluate whether South Florida’s real estate market can continue to command premium prices in light of global quality-of-life rankings.

The hosts examine the “2026 Global Liveability Index” report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that assesses 173 cities worldwide based on the five core categories of stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

While South Florida real estate marketers pitch the region as a world-class destination, the numbers collected by the EIU report outline a far more modest standing.

Globally, Denmark’s Copenhagen claimed the top spot with an overall score of 98.0 out of 100, while Miami came in at 44th place worldwide, holding the exact same rank as in 2025.

Domestically, Miami ranked eighth among U.S. metropolitan areas with an overall “Liveability” score of 90.4.

Miami finished behind top-ranked Honolulu at 93.2, Atlanta (No. 2) at 92.3, Pittsburgh (No. 3) at 92.1, Seattle (No. 4) at 91.8, Washington, D.C. (No. 5) at 91.2, Chicago (No. 6) at 91.1 and Boston (No. 7) at 90.5.

Miami, however, outranked San Francisco (No. 9) at 90.3, Minneapolis (No. 10) at 90.2, Los Angeles (No. 11) at 87.6 and New York City (No. 12) at 87.0.

During the 77-minute episode, the hosts trace Miami’s performance by the specific subcategories and discuss the EIU results.

On Stability, Miami logged an 85.0 score, matching Boston, Chicago and San Francisco, yet trailing Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis at 90.0.

Miami recorded standard U.S. baseline scores of 91.7 for health care and 100 for education.

In culture and environment, Miami posted an 88.9 score, beating Los Angeles and New York City at 87.5, but falling short of Seattle at 96.5, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco at 94.4 and Atlanta, Chicago and Boston at 91.7.

On infrastructure, Miami achieved a score of 92.9, matching Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis and Los Angeles but lagging Honolulu, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Washington D.C., Boston and New York City at 96.4.

Huertas notes the study contains a critical methodology blind spot for local buyers and renters because the Index excludes housing affordability, tailoring data toward corporate expatriates who typically receive relocation subsidies.

The hosts tie civic fundamentals directly to macro headwinds, noting geopolitical conflict in the Middle East disrupting competing hubs like Dubai, while 10-Year Treasury yields near 4.65% push 30-year fixed mortgage rates toward 7.6%.

Huertas and Zalewski close the episode divided on the South Florida market’s outlook, with Huertas bullish on Miami’s long-term international trajectory and Zalewski bearish on buyers paying premium prices for eighth-place domestic fundamentals.