Recent Posts
- Fla. No. 5 nationally as ‘best for business’
- Lakewood Ranch Ranked as Top 10 Selling Community in US
- Foreclosures made up 20 pct. of home sales in 3Q
- Florida’s housing sales activity higher as 2011 ends
- Internationals buying more FL Real Estate than ever!
- Luxury Sarasota Home Sales Dec 2011
- Short Sale tax rules to change in 2013
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Buyer Advise
The monthly cost of owning a home is more affordable now than in the past 15 years, and is less expensive than renting in numerous cities, according to The Wall Street Journal’s third-quarter survey.
Low home prices mixed with low mortgage rates – hovering at 4 percent or lower – create an appealing buyer’s market, analysts [...]
Real Estate
Florida’s existing home and condominium markets reported higher sales in 2011 compared to the previous year, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. It was the third consecutive year for statewide home and condo sales activity to end the year on a positive upswing – higher year-over-year sales also were reported at [...]
International
International buyers love Florida!
When it comes to foreigners looking to plant roots in the United States, Florida is the hot spot.
The Sunshine State is the most popular among foreign home buyers with 31 percent of all home purchases made there coming from foreign residents, according to a study by Credit Sesame, an online credit and [...]
Seller Advice
Short Sale – now is the time to act!
A short-term IRS program that ignores lender-forgiven mortgage debt ends Dec. 31; if you need to short sale your home, you should consider listing now!
You may owe federal income taxes in 2013 if you have a short sale, foreclosure after this year. Now is the time to [...]
Bradenton
Lakewood Ranch ranked as a top-10 selling community by national real estate consulting firm.
California-based John Burns Consulting has ranked Lakewood Ranch as one of the top selling master planned communities in the United States with 391 new home sales in 2011. Coming in at number 9, Lakewood Ranch outpaced many other well-established and iconic communities. This is the [...]
Sarasota
Luxury Sarasota Home Sales Dec 2011
Sarasota – Connecticut residents Neal and Sandra DeFeo bought the most expensive luxury property in Sarasota County in December – a 4,239-square-foot house off Shell Road on Siesta Key. The DeFeo’s paid $3.015 million, or $1.1 million less than Kevin D. Cogan paid in May 2006.
All told, 18 luxury homes [...]

