Florida Real Estate

According to the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR), sales of single family homes in Polk County, Florida have risen 46% in a yearly comparison!  Over 200 homes were purchased in Polk County during the month of November; this marks over 100 more homes sold than this time last year. Real Es [Read More]

Pasco County, Florida home sales showed a slight incline in the month of October during a yearly comparison! According to Pasco County Property Appraiser's Office, the median sales price for the month of October was $125,000 which is nearly 38% lower than the median sales price 3 years ago. Thi [Read More]

Pasco County, Florida home sales showed a slight incline in the month of October during a yearly comparison! According to Pasco County Property Appraiser's Office, the median sales price for the month of October was $125,000 which is nearly 38% lower than the median sales price 3 years ago. Thi [Read More]

Waterfront property homeowners in Florida have taken the 'big question' to the Supreme Court!  "When the government builds a wider beach, who owns it?"  The pending answer could change the fate of the beach renourishment industry, the tourist industry, insurance rates an [Read More]

The foreclosure rate in Lee County, Florida showed signs of slowing down in November to levels that haven't been seen in two years. There were 224 less foreclosures in November than in October; however that number still sits at 1,404 foreclosures for the month, according to a report released th [Read More]

The stimulis funds that Hernando county have been granted by the federal government seem to be having a hard time reaching the public at large. What is the hold up? Counties in other parts of Florida seem to have been giving assistance to these home buyers. What is happening to these funds? Do we h [Read More]

The County has reduced the impact fees back to what they were in 2001; they went from approximately w the current $9,200 to $4,800. I have to wonder though, if you are having a house built, is that enough incentive for you to have a home built by saving roughly $4,400. It is nothing to sneeze at, b [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]

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]

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]