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Many parts of the United States are currently experiencing temperature extremes. This heat wave poses a potential hazard to homes and land. Making your property fire safe is one way to protect not only yourself but your neighbors. Step one, that many people do NOT take, is inspecting your smoke dete [Read More]

According to mortgage giant, Freddie Mac, mortgage rates on a 30 year fixed mortgage fell again this week to a record low of 4.57%. This marks the lowest rate ever recorded by Freddie Mac, who began keeping track of mortgage rates in 1971.Rates started dropping when the FED began pumping $1.25 billi [Read More]

If you are an active member of our military, a member of an intelligence agency or a member of a foreign service, you still have time to receive the home buyers tax credit. In order to qualify, you would need at least 90 days overseas duty last year during the time period between Dec. 31, 2008 and [Read More]

Even though my husband and I live in Weeki Wachee (Hernando County), we love to go to Tampa which only takes us 45 minutes on the Sun Coast Parkway which has no traffic. We are from Long Island, NY, so that in itself is a treat! We went to see the Tall Ships on display at the Tampa Convention Cent [Read More]

Hernando County hunting season is only a few months away. Now is a good time to stock up on some excellent equipment & supplies you need. Or just the things you want to have with you for those long days in the woods. You are in luck because this weekend the Southern Trophy Hunter [Read More]

I love when a new restaurant comes to town. My husband asked me if I saw the English Tea Room on Northcliffe, off of 19, across from Pinch A Penny. He said it is next to the Irish store where the pizza place was. I actually couldn't picture a tea room in a prior pizza parlor. Anyhow, I am on l [Read More]

My buyers wanted a house in Spring Hill (Hernando County) and they are from New Jersey, so through an automatic e-mail, we notify them of homes coming on. I am not a big fan of short sales and always tell my buyers that. However, there was a house that my buyer really wanted; they put in an offer [Read More]

The U.S. Green Building Council is working closely with the Bank of America Corp in an effort to release a new grant program that will serve to encourage neighborhood projects that are environmentally friendly.The Affordable Green Homes Grant Program offers $20,000 and other resources that will help [Read More]

The Redfish are starting to come alive off the waterways of Hernando County. Reports I have read say they are feeding on shrimp & top water plugs. For the best time to catch them, you should get out there on a high tide and fish the outgoing tide. They hang out on or near hard bottoms like oyst [Read More]

According to online real estate tracker, Zillow.com, in an annual comparison the average home price in Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida has dropped 10.2% to $116,900. Since the housing boom in 2005, the average home price in the Tampa real estate market has dropped nearly 46%.The decline has [Read More]