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Recently, great friends of ours from Illinois stopped to visit on the way to Central Florida. When friends visit from outside the area stay for a day or two we always try to make a trip down to Wakulla Springs. This fantastic state park is the home to an amazing fresh spring where still today, ...
07/14/2009
Tuesday at the TBR is fun and informative meeting each week where some of the top Realtors in the market get together to promote their listings and their client needs. The meetings are sponsored by various entities, some from affiliated businesses like banks, law firms or title companies. Each ...
06/27/2009
Here is the real estate data through the end of May for the market... Sales continue to lag previous years and you can see how we are down. Sales are occurring, but still substantially below historical rates. Re-sales, which are non-new construction housing, are continuing the 4 year decline...
06/23/2009
Every Tuesday, at the Tallahassee Board of Realtor's building there is a marketing meeting. Different Realtors lead the meeting, there are different featured speakers, but most importantly it is a about Realtors sharing with Realtors about their listings and needs of the buyers they are working ...
06/22/2009
If you are interested in relocating to Tallahassee, one of my favorite neighborhoods is Piney Z Plantation. Located with strategically easy access to downtown via the Apalachee Parkway, Piney Z is a neighborhood not on everyone's radar when the look at Tallahassee, but it should. The neighbor...
05/23/2009
Historically more paint is sold this weekend than any other time of the year. Many Realtors will be quite busy showing homes and writing contracts. Others take the time to relax. Most importantly all us should remember what the weekend is really about-and it is not to kick off the summer seaso...
05/21/2009
Daily Real Estate News | May 12, 2009 | Tax Credit Can Be Used for Down Payment Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on Tuesday said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow home buyers to use the $8,000 tax...
05/12/2009
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Just finished seeing Hugh Jackman in X-men Origins: Wolverine at the Tallahassee Governor's Square Theaters and it was outstanding! I enjoyed it more that any of the X-men movies to date. While it of course had the requisite action, the story was actually interesting and believable as well. Ja...
05/01/2009
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Things are heating up about the use of a particular Chinese produced drywall. Reports are everywhere that the product produces a rotten egg smell and may in fact release a toxic gas. Have you heard about this? Many have not. The reported use of this drywall is limited and the simplest thing to ...
04/21/2009