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It is so confusing & imposible to predict what and how the market will turn in the year 2011. Hopes are the home sales continue to rise not prices. According to an article i read, the predictions on the rates is that they will stay low till at least the third quarter of the year wich will be ve [Read More]

As none of us here at Tropic Shores has a crystal ball, we can only go by what the news is telling us and what we are seeing. House closings have increased for Julie and I in the last two months and according to what we hear, it is going to keep doing so, but slowly, which is the better alternative [Read More]

I know this last blizzard has made many northerners think about moving to Florida. Why not Hernando County. Our towns are Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee and Brooksville. There is no snow; but plenty of sunshine and home sales are at their lowest and bountiful! We have a lot to offer - less than an hour [Read More]

Applications for mortgage loans fell to the lowest level in almost a year, according to The Mortgage Bankers Association.? The seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications revealed a decrease of 18.6%, which reflects the lowest level seen since the first week in January of 2010. The seasonal [Read More]

According to MSNBC, during the month of November, more homebuyers purchased previously owned homes than new homes. Although this rise reflects the 3rd increase in 4 months, 2010 is turning out to be the worst year for homes sales in over a decade.The national median sales price of homes sold in Nove [Read More]

I love to read about the history of grand hotels. If you ever visited St. Pete, you have had to see the grand Vinoy looking over Tampa Bay. The article I read gave some history about how it was started, what it went through and how it ended up being grand again! Some of the celebrities that have [Read More]

They provide a free Christmas meal on Friday, Christmas Eve from 10 - 2 p.m. and they need volunteers. They will be serving the meal at the First United Methodist Church, 109 S. Broad Street in Brooksville (Hernando County). They are also looking for food donations which besides canned goods, can [Read More]

Imagaine a Christmas Concert and admission is only anew unwrapped toy, game or gift certificate for a family in need. Hear wonderful music and feel good about giving. The United Way of Hernando County's Holiday Concert features the Potter's Clay Bank and it will be SUnday, December 19, at S [Read More]

I hate electronics and hate even more the fact that I have to depend upon them. In the last two days, my computer had an error and I couldn't get onto the Internet. If I can't get onto the MLS, I can't work. So I head to the office, guess what? It was down there too but our wonderful Ge [Read More]

As an older adult who does not have children in the schools in Hernando County (Spring Hill, Brooksville and Weeki Wachee area), I was shocked to find out that children who are in the breakfast and lunch program were not given food to sustain them when school is out during the holidays. There are t [Read More]