Miami Beach Might Crack Down Harder on Airbnb, Spend Fines on Affordable Housing

Miami Beach — a paradise for both tourists and the people who cater to tourists — remains one of the most repressive cities in America when it comes to room-sharing. In most of the city’s residential zones, short-term rentals have long been illegal. Lately, the city has dropped the hammer on Airbnb users, jacking up fines to $20,000 a pop this year. The city has levied more than $3.2 million in fines since March.

LAB Miami Co-Working Space Sues Wynwood Lab for Copying Name

If you’ve spent any time with out-of-towners during Art Basel, you’ve probably sighed deeply as they referred to Wynwood as “Miami’s Brooklyn.” At this point, “Brooklynization” is a worldwide scourge: Whether you travel to Miami, Portland, Paris, or Istanbul, you’ll see the same “third-wave” coffee locations, 1920s-style speakeasies, and twee childcare facilities full of parents in beanie hats. Hipster creativity is dead.

Miami Has the Most “Cost-Burdened” Renters in America, Study Says

Two things Miamians are tired of: Paying exorbitant amounts of money for rent, and hearing New Times complain about it. Nary a week goes by without some real-estate analyst looking at our housing prices and collapsing with an aneurysm. This week, the analysts turned their attention to Miami’s renters — and the…

Five Reasons Regular People Can’t Afford Miami Real Estate

Could another real-estate crash hit Miami sometime soon? Some analysts think think so. More than 3,000 condo units became available in the past few years, and a mind-blowing 11,000 are set to hit the market within the next two years. Miami’s housing market took a beating in the past three…

Study: Nobody Wants to Live in Miami, Including Miamians

Perhaps the most cliche thing you can do in this town is stick your head through a hotel-room window or luxury-car sunroof and scream something dumb, like “I love Miami!” or “Here’s to the life!” into the warm night air. It’s pretty much a rite of passage in South Beach, and…