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Information to give people who own a home in Summerbrooke an idea of what the competition looks like should they decide to sell a home. Of course, this is not an appraisal for a specific home, as no final adjustments will be considered (for example, this report will show average prices, but will not distinguish between the higher valued golf course frontage homes and those on the interior).

Real estate closing costs are the fees, costs, and taxes (over and above the price of the property) that occur when real estate is transferred from one party to another. The conveyance of real estate is initiated and directly by a contract for sale and purchase, and closing costs should be specifically identified in this document. So how do you know who pays what?

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.

You may have noticed that a large portion of the explosive growth seen in the Tallahassee real estate market over the past ten years came from condominium and townhouse sales. As the cost of land started growing in 2000, builders and developers adapted with smaller home sites and attached housing.

Real estate trends do not change overnight, so we should be able to see them coming. If we know what part of the cycle that we currently are working through, then we should know what the next change will look like.

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Today we are fortunate to have a “guest” who is currently working on his Ph.D. at Florida State University. Tim Munyon is doing research on the relationship between real estate clients and their agent during a real estate transaction. You might have noticed the “survey” button on our sidebar, which takes you to Tim’s survey. [...]

Average home prices in Ox Bottom Manor have dropped 21% from the highs set in August of 2006, whereas Summerbrooke prices have only dropped 11% from the highs set in May 2007.

If you want to know the beginning of the next phase of the market turn, just keep an eye on the green line in the graph below. You can visit this graph (updated twice per week) at The Market Bulletin.