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housing market in Tallahassee

Understanding Contradictory Housing Reports

February 2, 2010

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 [...]

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Tallahassee Housing Report: Stark Contrast To REALTOR® Report

January 26, 2010

The 25th of each month is the day when we get to see the latest existing-home sales report that is published by the National Association of REALTORS®, so it is a day marked on my calendar for monthly action.
I always look forward to both reading the report as well as reading and hearing the interpretation [...]

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Tallahassee Housing Market In 2010

January 1, 2010

Since we have entered a new year (and a new decade), it’s time to take a look at the state of the Tallahassee housing market as it stands right now. I think the mode for 2010 will be “Improvement” as many of our real estate trends are moving upwards.
The key for 2010 is finding out [...]

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Beware Of False Prophets In Real Estate

October 27, 2009

Anybody who knows me will tell you that I am an Army Football fan. I played for Army in the 1980s and I attend their annual football team reunion up at the academy each year.
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend who is also a fan, but is (I believe) a little biased when [...]

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Housing Market Bottom Reached In Tallahassee

September 3, 2009

Oh how I’ve longed to write this article. We have been tracking the daily movements in the Tallahassee real estate market for well over 2 years now, and reporting our findings at The Market Bulletin twice per week since March of 2008. Early on, we discovered that we could track the trend of daily buyer [...]

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Predicting The Housing Market Turn

June 24, 2009

After reading The State of the Nation’s Housing 2009 from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, it became clear to me that much of the rest of the country is already seeing some signs of a housing market turn. More importantly, it made me fully aware of the fact that many learned people are seeing reasons why it should and will be occurring.

But how do you predict the turn of the housing market in Tallahassee? There are so many factors involved that you cannot simply point to any one factor, so I thought I’d summarize why I think I know when the turn will begin.

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How New Construction Trends Affect Tallahassee Real Estate

September 12, 2008

We have dedicated quite a bit of discussion in the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog about housing inventory. The first major move that we have to see in order to declare that the turn has arrived in the Tallahassee real estate market is a long-term trend in inventory reduction. Thus far, we have seen our short [...]

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