Opinion

Sales in the decimated Hernando County Florida re-sale housing market may finally be hitting bottom, but you shouldn’t see the price of a house to stop dropping before the middle of 2010 at best, economists are saying. It is true, prices in the beleaguered housing market in Spring Hill, Broo [Read More]

MORTGAGE BROKERS: ARE THEY OBSOLETE? Being a mortgage broker myself this is a difficult question for me to answer but it’s also one that is now out there on the table because of Barak Obama’s financial reform package, which contains a measure that will create a new agency called the Con [Read More]

Local real estate professionals in  the Brooksville, Spring Hill areas of Hernando County Florida aren’t saying for certain that the end of tumbling house prices is at the bottom; however, market activity is increasing in all areas of the Tampa Bay region and affordability continues to b [Read More]

"Please hold and I'll transfer your call." This is the response that many homeowners looking for foreclosure relief are hearing over and over again. After being stuck on "terminal hold" and transferred from one department to the next for hours only to find out at the end of [Read More]

In this type of market when you are competing with under-appraised value - bank owned properties, you must be very careful to think through an offer that is presented to you by your Realtor. Have your Realtor do a CMA of currently Sold Homes. This will be an eye opener to what is going on around y [Read More]

Short Sales, Foreclosures and even straight home sales in Hernando County Florida are far below the Florida coastal market of real estate prices. So offering 15%+ below the listing price if it's a desirable home will get you only chuckles in our declining priced, and as of late a high volume re [Read More]

A buyer is usually making the biggest purchase of their life and for some reason, they hesitate when their realtor strongly suggests they get a home inspection. It is usually because they don't want to spend the money. It costs approximately $300 (depends upon the size of the house) and the ins [Read More]

The Hernando County Florida housing market is chock full of bank owned foreclosed properties. The first thing you must accomplish when thinking about a foreclosure is to have it inspected by a licensed home inspector. Be certain that the property is available for inspection with live utilities or y [Read More]

Here in Hernando County, especially in the Spring Hill and Brooksville areas, the increase in home buying power is very amazing. Compared to last year, the average family can spend much less in lending expense for the same house, or purchase a bigger home without the need in increasing their monthl [Read More]

Florida pre-owned home sales jumped 18 percent in April 2009 with a total of 13,111 homes sold statewide compared to 11,133 homes sold the same time last year. April’s statewide existing home sales were slightly higher than statewide activity in March but in Hernando County sales are up over [Read More]