Ophthalmologist’s pending sale of Venetian Islands house tops slow week of signed contracts

The summer slowdown hit especially hard last week for luxury residential properties across Miami-Dade County.  Buyers signed nine contracts between Aug. 11 and Aug. 17, according to the latest Eklund-Gomes report, which tracks listings of homes and condos asking $4 million and up in Miami-Dade that are included in the Multiple Listing Service. The properties spent 101 days on the market, on average.  Thirty-one luxury listings were added to the market, for a total of 1,153 listings.  The previous week, buyers signed contracts for nine properties in Miami-Dade, asking a combined $109.7 million.  The asking dollar volume for the six […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.