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!
Tallahassee Neighborhoods are enjoying the beginning of the market turn, with homes selling at a faster rate today than they were a year ago. The most active neighborhood in Tallahassee is Killearn Lakes, followed by Southwood, Killearn Estates and Killearn Acres.
The following real estate graph shows the top 3 Tallahassee neighborhoods represent a very large [...]
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.
I was recently looking into home values in Unit 2 of Killearn Lakes Plantation and figured that my results would make for an interesting blog post at the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. Killearn Lakes is the most active subdivision in Northeast Tallahassee, so I knew that whatever I found would be an important representation of current activity in the Tallahassee housing market.
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about FSU Grads wanting to return to Tallahassee. It discussed the obstacles (jobs) to returning, as well as concerns about current and future home values. The blog was a response to a long-time reader who now resides in Ohio and would like to return one day.
After he [...]
How often do we see reports about the housing market that seem to show that things are improving, only to find another report that seems to completely contradict the first? And how about when two reports “hit the headlines” at the same time, and seem to be covering the exact same issue, yet conclude with [...]
December proved to be a big month for the Tallahassee real estate market. Home sales surged 81% compared to December of 2008, with 129 new units and 292 existing homes sold. Condos and townhouses were up strongly, with a developer liquidation sale great enhancing their numbers. But single family detached home sales were [...]
Tallahassee has a lot of subdivisions for the number of homes in town. In 2009, there were home sales recorded in 806 of these Tallahassee neighborhoods (legally called Subdivisions). I decided to take a fairly quick look to see which neighborhoods were selling the most properties.
I went to the tax records for all of Leon [...]
Anybody who has been in or near the real estate market over the past ten years can attest to the fact that the money markets have been crazy. Crazy good for most of the time, but now we’re well into a cycle where money supply will be tight, and lending standards will be much tougher.
