Florida Real Estate

Under the current policy of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, when a homeowner rids themselves of their home through a short sale, the homeowner must than wait four years before being eligible for another loan through Fannie Mae.  A new policy was created giving homeowners the opportunity to obtain a [Read More]

The existing home sales in Florida showed an incline of 24% during the month of March in an annual comparison, according to Florida Realtors (once known as Florida Association of Realtors or FAR).  The median sales price for existing homes was $137,000 in March, only 3% lower than last year at [Read More]

Close your eyes and picture Fairway Park in Miramar, Lee County, Florida.  Now picture it full of rows of crunchy fresh veggies and aromatic fresh herbs basking in the sunlight. Well, that's exactly what the future of Fairway Park holds!  By the end of next month, the city plans to br [Read More]

The ballots are in and vote was unanimous, the City of Ft. Lauderdale has officially declared a 344 acre area of central Ft. Lauderdale as "blighted"!  Oh NO, you say?  Oh YES! And this, my fellow apes, is great news!  Now this area is a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) [Read More]

Hey Space Apes!  President Barack Obama was here at the Space Coast last week talking up his new space program at the Kennedy Space Center!  Obama expects that by the year 2025 a new spacecraft will be designed for deep space missions! Astronauts can begin preparing to be sent to an aster [Read More]

Here in Jacksonville, the unemployment rate is dropping, existing home sales are on the rise, pending sales and house start applications are also seeing a jump! According to Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan, "Financial conditions are improving as seen by the unwinding of various progra [Read More]

A cool $30 million from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program has been given to Pasco County, Florida to be used to purchase distressed or foreclosed properties, make necessary repairs and resell the homes to lower income families.  This marks the second set of Federal monies that has been gi [Read More]

Next week AskZenRealEstate.com will be hosting live webinars on the topic "What is the Fort Myers, Florida, real estate market telling us right now?”  The webinar will contain detailed data, statistics and an opportunity to get the answers that you are looking for from real estate e [Read More]

According to an economic forecast conducted by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competiveness, wages are expected to grow quicker in Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida, than most metropolitan areas in the state within the next 3 years. The forecast predicts a num [Read More]

Pasco County, FL - The Pasco County Community Development at (727) 834-3445 , is hosting its first Homebuyer Fair scheduled for Saturday, April 17th.  The event is free and will be held between 8 a.m - 5 p.m. on US 19. The address is 3214 US 19 for directions to the event if you [Read More]