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The extension passed the Senate and the House pass it today - it is now waiting for the President to sign it. Buyers don't miss out on this opportunity!! I will keep you posted once it is signed and I have all the details! Have a great day and enjoy!

According to the latest survey at the University of Florida, uncertainty and fear is holding back the recovery of the real estate market. Florida is facing the highest unemployment rate in 35 years, at a whopping 11% during the month of September; many economists believe that the state will recover [Read More]

We have your stone crab,blue crabs,coquinas,shrimp, oysters and (smoked,fried and yes!! pickled) fish festivals. Ribs, Chili, fry bread, garlic,oranges and Yellow rice with black beans are big, as are Tomatoes, Kumquats, rattlesnakes, opossums and your elusive cooters. All of these have popular fet [Read More]

Can you believe it?  We will be counting the shopping days left until Christmas.  We have 7 weeks & 2 days or 50 days until the holiday is here!  Remember that saying; "Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today!" and that goes for shopping too! For man [Read More]

If you closed on a home this year, In order to file for the homestead exemption, you must do it by December 31st. The feedback from industry sources is that the tax credit will be extended - but don't believe anything until you see it! Call you realtor today for updates. Have a great day and [Read More]

The weekend of Nov. 20 and 21 is the Citrus Stampede. This is a professional rodeo with the cowgirls and cowboys coming from all across the country to compete in Inverness.The exciting thing is that all proceeds will benefit The Citrus County 4-H foundation. Do you remember the purpose of a 4-H?? I [Read More]

Over the last year, a majority of the homes that are in the foreclosure process or have foreclosed have been on the middle to lower end of the price range. Here in Lee County, Florida however, we are beginning to see a wave of high-end foreclosures being filed. This wave is pulling down the prices [Read More]

More and more as time passes and this recession appears to me to be turning into a depression, I am constantly looking for answers as to why this crisis has happened and I believe that overwhelmingly, it is due to a failed system; Capitalism, and those that "own" it, in that, at least her [Read More]

As they say, "seeing is believing". I was at the Hernando Beach Club for a Tropic Shores party, that our broker very generously threw for us. It is located on the Hernnado Channel and sure enough, the dredging barges were out there. It was a perfect day - sunny and about 75 degrees with a [Read More]

There is a lot of controversy on the lowering of  Residential Impact Fees for Hernando County where the builders have been hit hard by our economic times.  Here's both sides of the coin: The builder's in this County have been at a stand still since the market decline and are hang [Read More]