# Real estate insights for sellers and investors: market notes, costs and practical guides

> Market notes, closing costs and practical guides for selling in South Florida or buying villas in the Dominican Republic. By Ilkania Baez, Realtor®.

Page: https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/insights · Español: https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/es/blog

Short, useful and written from closed transactions, not from press releases. These real estate insights cover what a seller pays at closing in Florida, how to price a home in Weston, Fort Lauderdale or Miami, and what a vacation rental in the Dominican Republic really returns. New notes arrive with the monthly market update.

## What you will find here

Each note answers one question a client actually asked me, with the numbers I used to answer it. When rules change, the note is updated and the date is shown at the top, so you always know how current the information is.

## The monthly market update

Once a month I email what closed in Weston, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, how long it took to sell and at what price against the asking price, with a note on the Caribbean. No advertising and no filler listings: the data I would use to advise a client that month. Subscribe with the form on this page.

- [CONFOTUR Law in the Dominican Republic: Buyer Tax Benefits](https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/insights/confotur-law-dominican-republic-tax-benefits): What the CONFOTUR law (Law 158-01) exempts when you buy in the Dominican Republic, how long it lasts, what changed in 2026 and how to verify a project.
- [How to Buy Property in the Dominican Republic (2026 Guide)](https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/insights/how-to-buy-property-in-the-dominican-republic): Step by step for US buyers: title checks, contracts, the 3% transfer tax, CONFOTUR, closing costs and the 2026 tax changes. By Ilkania Baez, Realtor®.
- [Seller Closing Costs in Florida: What You Pay (2026)](https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/insights/seller-closing-costs-florida): What a seller pays at closing in Florida: brokerage fees, doc stamps, title, prorated taxes, HOA estoppel and FIRPTA, with a worked example in Weston.

## You may also want to read

- [Sell your house in South Florida](https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/sell-your-house)
- [Buying in the Dominican Republic](https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/dominican-republic-real-estate)
- [Vacation rental ROI calculator](https://ilkaniabaezrealestate.com/dominican-republic-real-estate/vacation-rental-roi-calculator)

## Contact

- Phone: +1 (305) 742-3444
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/13057423444
- Email: Info@ilkaniabaezrealestate.com
- Ilkania Baez · Realtor® · RE/MAX PowerPro Realty · Florida License 3207105