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We are fortunate that the BP oil spill has not yet hit Tallahassee (not the economic effects). Last week I wrote a quick article from Cape San Blas, Florida while my family and I spent two days there. I noted that I had never seen the beach look better and there was absolutely no oil [...]

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The 2010 Census is in the mail, and your Country needs you to take part. It only takes a few minutes for you to fill out the Census data and return it in the mail, so please do your part! Tell us how many people in your home are part of the Tallahassee population. So [...]

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In case you weren’t keeping an eye on the Market Reports page of the Tallahassee Real Estate Web Site, the new Tallahassee Home Inventory Report has been posted. This is a section of the web site dedicated to reporting “the numbers” as they occur. You might want to check out many of the daily reports that get posted there.

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If you have to sell a home, I have an important tip that is crucial for you to understand. The internet has created many changes and opportunities in the real estate market, and home sellers who do not understand the evolution in pricing strategy will find that they are chasing away homebuyers. One big questions that home sellers always want to ask is how much “negotiating room” should they include in their asking price for a home. I’m sure Google has seen the following more than once!

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Summerbrooke home sales are “fighting the fight” that we are seeing in most Tallahassee neighborhoods. Home prices are still dropping in Summerbrooke, but monthly sales are on the rise, which is a major step in moving the market towards a balance between supply and demand.

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I was contacted by a reader yesterday wanting to know if a property that we have listed for sale was also available for lease. She proceeded to inform me that she had called on the “Craigslist ad” that “we” ran and immediately thought about “real estate scams”, so she was contacting me directly. After checking on the property she was calling about, it turns out it was only for sale. The ad that she found on Craigslist really was a scam. In order to warn my readers

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There is a new leader at CENTURY 21. Richard W. “Rick” Davidson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Century 21 Real Estate on February 19, 2010 after the resignation of Tom Kunz. Mr. Davidson takes the helm of the real estate industry leader after four of the worst years the housing market has [...]

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The number of homes labeled as “Distressed Property” continues to grow in the Tallahassee real estate market. A quick search of the Tallahassee MLS for homes that are short sales, foreclosures, bank owned or relocation shows that 22% of the active listings for condos, townhouses, and single family homes are in this category!

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“We are going to have to wait until next year to sell our house,” is perhaps the concern that I am hearing most from upside-down homeowners, or those who have lost much of the equity in their homes. Perhaps they hope to rent the house out to a tenant for the next year or so, and then put the home on the market when it will sell for the values found back in 2006.

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Southwood is one of the most active neighborhoods in Tallahassee, thus we are often asked to provide updates on Southwood home sales and values. For those readers who have followed the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog for any period of time, this report will not be surprising. Home values continue to fall in Southwood, though unit [...]

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