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As interest rates are starting to climb, buyers should take a look at purchasing soon as the prices are still low, interest rates are still great, and the $8,000 tax credit for first time buyers is still here! First time buyers are defined as people who have not owned a home in the last three year [Read More]

Make sure you are prepared. Weeki Wachee Springs in Weeki Wachee, Florida (Hernando County) in cooperation with the Hernando County Emergency Management is holding the annual Hurricane Expo. It is located inthe park at SR 50 and 19 in the park. Admission is FREE and you also get to take advantage o [Read More]

The new FHA down payment assistance plan that was announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on May 12, 2009, had a few rules that needed to be finalized.  As of today, HUD has released more details in regards to the plan.  The biggest change to the plan is h [Read More]

I just got back from a trip to Orlando - and by the way let me Congratulate my niece on her accomplishment as a High School Graduate. WOW! Orlando happens to be my home of record. I am very familiar with that area and let me tell you home prices there are still UP UP UP. We here in Hernando, Citrus [Read More]

It has been non stop for achieving agents at Tropic Shores Realty for the past several weeks. Tropic Shores Realty, located in Spring Hill Florida, has in just a few short years has become the number one producing real estate brokerage in all of Hernando County. Considering its humble beginnings ju [Read More]

Existing home sales are still on the rise in the Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida area. The home prices have dropped 40.6% since 2003, and 2.7% since March of this year, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index. For two years now, the property values have consistently deprecia [Read More]

On Thursday, May 21, 2009, Senators and federal regulators met in an effort to resolve issues in regards to Chinese drywall. Nearly 50,000 homes in Florida are possibly affected by the drywall that was purchased from China during a time when building materials were in short supply. Between the Hous [Read More]

Okay you’ve made up your mind to sell your home in Hernando County Florida. Perhaps it’s time to upgrade, to downsize, or go back north to be with your family. Maybe you have thought about another way to sell your home without using a real estate agent and avoid paying commissions. Ove [Read More]

For present vacation area homeowners in Hernando County Florida especially in Hernando Beach or for future getaway home purchasers just about everywhere in our fabulous horse country to the majestic gulf surf, it is hard to avoid the new trend of a how people are going about acquiring their vacatio [Read More]

We almost all want green lush lawns for our homes. What is the cost of this in terms of the environment? Florida is semi arid for more than half the year and yet many plants thrive on much less water than the ubiquitous flora-tam sod that most folks favor. The fertilizers and pesticides have had an [Read More]