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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.
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One of the neat things about blogging and internet marketing is that we can monitor the origination point for each visitor to our Tallahassee Real Estate Blog. It might surprise you to know that we have had visitors from over 160 different countries and visits from every State in the Union.
When you think about how [...]
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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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When it comes to comparing interest rates for a mortgage loan, home buyers often have the option of choosing a loan with a lower interest rate by paying discount points.
Simply put, discount points are fees charged by the lender to reduce (discount) the interest rate charged to the borrower. A point is equal to 1 [...]
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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).
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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?
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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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Every year, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University puts together a report on the State of the Nation’s Housing. This year’s report was published a few days ago and I thought I would share some of the key findings of the report.
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