The National Association of REALTORS® just released the new Pending Home Sales report for the US, and overall it appears as if the market showed some signs of strength. In Tallahassee, pending home sales (new contracts submitted to the Tallahassee MLS) grew 4% from February to March, and just under 1% growth year over year [...]
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Tallahassee has been named the top city for Baby Boomers. Long time readers of the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog know that I am a proponent of growth as the fastest way to help restore balance in our real estate market. While I think higher education could very well be the easiest and fastest growth industry [...]
Most people understand that the rate of sales in any real estate market changes throughout the year, but did you know it was possible to use the seasonality of home sales in order to forecast your local expectations? By measuring the seasonality of home sales each year, we can identify the times of year where [...]
I am concerned that the next wave of “putting a finger in the dike of the housing crisis” cures will be built around risky loans created solely to help you refinance a home. In response to yesterday’s Weekly Special Report “The Great Falling Home Supply Mirage,” several readers were quick to comment on thoughts they [...]
Anybody who has been in the real estate business for more than a week can tell you that “real estate is local,” so why are most real estate companies focused on marketing a house for sale in Tallahassee on the large aggregate sites that are anything but local? I suspect it has something to do [...]
Real estate listing agents are at it again. They are holding back the “whole truth” when dealing with prospective home sellers, and sellers no longer so easy to trick. It seems that I have spoken with more people who want to sell a home in the past 60 days than I have in any previous [...]
Today is one of those very rare days that my blog will be “off topic,” meaning there will be no tie to the Tallahassee real estate market. Every so often I feel compelled to share my viewpoint on a current event, and today I want to share a unique perspective on a hot global story [...]
2011 is over, and as we look forward to the recovery of the Tallahassee housing market, let’s take one last look backward to see which blog posts were the most popular last year. The top 10 real estate blog posts for 2011 gives me an idea of what our readers most enjoy seeing at the [...]
