Florida Real Estate

According to the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR), this is the 6th month in a row that existing home sales have shown an incline when comparing statistics from year to year! Existing home sales increased 20% in February of 2009, which is not only higher than February of 2008, but 16.7% higher [Read More]

I had a visitor from NY and wanted to take her to Pine Island Beach. We went and beside the construction which holds you up on 50, when we got to the gate it was "filled to capacity". This about the third time I have gone it is filled. Everybody was enjoying themselves. I asked if I could [Read More]

If you are a buyer in our market and the home of your dreams is priced ridiculously low, don't low ball or think that the bank will take the first offer they get....because you may not get a 2nd chance.  Most of the foreclosure homes here in Hernando County including the Royal Highlands ar [Read More]

This article mentions first that real estate is a local business. This has been true since the French sold Louisiana and thought they made a great deal. Today,  a local real estate professional will have the best information available to perspective buyers and sellers. Sure, as Josh mentioned [Read More]

You've got Zillow which pulls statistics out of the tax records and says your house is worth X regardless of whatever might be different between your house and the comparables. You've got Fishkind who uses tax records, throws them into an algorithm and spits out this is what will happen in [Read More]

Most of us have heard "when the going gets tough, the tough get going". Lately I've encountered some of the toughest. Whether you are a buyer or seller in Hernando County please realize all parties involved in making it to a successful closing today are under tremendous pressure to re [Read More]

I was up there Sunday (2/8) showing homes and there were realtors at every house showing. One house the prospective owners said "we bought this Friday afternoon". The inventory is going quick - TIME TO BUY! Call your realtor today.

Due to the Federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, $4.3 million will be granted to Hernando County as an effort to aid communities that were affected the most by the economic crisis. Hernando County ranks high on the list of communities that are need of assistance, focusing mainly on Spr [Read More]

I moved to Weeki Wachee from Long Island without much thought and then worried would I regret it? I have been here almsot five years and you couldn't get me to move back. For me, it is a "small town feeling" with all the amenities. I am no more than 20 minutes away from anything; the [Read More]

January marks five months in a row that existing home sales in Florida are on an incline, according to Florida Association of Realtors (FAR). With home sales rising 24% and condominium sales rising 13%, this could be a sign that the real estate market is coming back! Out of twenty different metrop [Read More]