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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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It has been quite some time since I published reports on home sales in the counties that surround the Tallahassee Real Estate Market. Because of time constraints, I usually get to this information on a quarterly basis, but it doesn’t hurt when I get several requests asking for an update.
Reminder: You do not have to [...]

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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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40 Tough Months In Real Estate

November 30, 2009

Forty is on my mind today. Yesterday, we celebrated the 40th birthday of my “little” brother Danny, and this month we celebrate the fact that 40 tough months of real estate is most likely behind us.
Today, we begin to make the climb up from the bottom of the worst housing market since the Great Depression. [...]

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Something positive occurred in the Tallahassee real estate market during the month of October. It was long awaited, yet one month prior to my prediction made earlier this year, so I am very excited to report REAL PROOF of a housing market improvement in Tallahassee.
We finally put a halt to a run of year over [...]

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Wakulla County real estate reporting is sporadic at best here at the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. I focus my efforts on Leon County, as it is truly the heart of my market area. But every once in a while, I think it is important to see how our surrounding counties are performing in home sales.
This [...]

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Tallahassee Condo Sales

June 15, 2009

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.

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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.

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I was having a discussion about the state of the Tallahassee real estate market with a longtime friend yesterday. He had seen the Existing Home Sales report for both the U.S. as well as for the State of Florida.
The first thing that caught his eye was the national report, which showed that the sale of [...]

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The month of December saw a continuation of the slower sales for homes in the Tallahassee real estate market. Unit sales were very low for December, thus registering our 30th straight year-over-year drop (December 2008 vs. December 2007).
December is usually an average month because there are many buyers who want to get in their homes [...]

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