Real Estate

As a Realtor one of my jobs is to make the process of buying or selling a home as smooth as possible for my clients.  By not insisting that home buyers get pre-approved I am creating a disservice to not only the home buyer but also to home sellers and other buyers that I may be working with.&n [Read More]

Closing on a house is the final step to getting those coveted keys. What exactly happens at a real estate closing and what should you be expecting? Well its nearly a given that all buyers will walk away from a closing with cramped hands from signing so many documents. Nonetheless, those pieces of pa [Read More]

Youve finally settled on the house that you want. Now what? Bidding isnt necessarily something that comes naturally, even to those who have purchased a home before. Randomly guessing at what your opening bid should be is akin to buying a car at list price without checking under the hood you could e [Read More]

Florida Realtors has issued a Call to Action for all of the association members to contact their state senator and urge them to pass CS/SJR 1254. According to Florida Realtors, this bill will allow a property tax break for qualified home buyers, in turn boosting the Florida real estate market. Flo [Read More]

When youre looking to buy or sell a home, step one is finding a real estate agent on whom you can depend. The question is, how exactly do you find this amazing individual? The best agents arent necessarily those at big brokerage firms, nor those who sell the most houses. Rather, the kind of agent yo [Read More]

Purchasing a manufactured home can be a blessing for a first-time buyer because of the low price. There are other factors to consider, however. Financing on a manufactured home can be very difficult, if not impossible, and insurance can be hard to find as well. If purchasing a manufactured home for [Read More]

What a day!! Like so many other days it was a great day for me, I had my third closing this month and another happy buyer. I love to see their excitement and the nervousness at the same time, they were First Time home buyers, and the feeling of ownership and pride was evident, and best of all the $ [Read More]

The Associated Press reported that the Federal Reserve policymakers are debating when and how they are going to tell the public that the low interest rates cannot continue indefinitely. Once the economy starts recovering, higher rates will be necessary in order to avert inflation. The central bank [Read More]

Buyers of foreclosure homes know they need to clean it up and it is "as is," but can you imagine the surprise when the buyer of a New Port Richey home went in to clean it up and found a snake over 6' long in a cage!! I think that would have made me a bit nervous. Evidently the previou [Read More]

Good News - this is the first month in a long time that the percent of foreclosures has dropped. That is a sign that we are starting to recover from this mess! Remember that you have to be in contract by April 30th to take advantage of the tax credits. You probably won't see such a great deal a [Read More]