Thursday, October 25, 2012

'Old South' in Central Florida

This lakefront home in Mount Dora, Fla., has an 'old South' charm about it, the owner says, as well as a 1920s-era boat house.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Florida’s housing market continues upswing in Sept. 2012

ORLANDO, Fla. – Oct. 19, 2012 – Florida’s housing market had higher pending sales, higher median prices and a reduced inventory of homes for sale in September, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=282536

Friday, October 12, 2012

What to expect when you’re inspecting…

Many home-buyers don’t understand how a home inspection works. Buyers should first understand an inspection isn’t adversarial. Everyone involved in the purchase – the buyer, the buyer’s agent and the listing agent – have the same goal, which is to move forward with a clean sales transaction. Read more…http://65.117.180.225/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=282212

Friday, October 5, 2012

Study: Trulia, Zillow less effective than Realtors

The WAV Group, an independent real estate industry research analyst, studied 33 zip codes in 11 U.S. markets to analyze the accuracy of website listing services.

According to the study funded by Redfin, online listing services such as Trulia and Zillow didn’t have the same accuracy as broker-owned websites, in large part because licensed agents have direct access to a local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Read more…
http://65.117.180.225/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=281967