Marc Jablon's Blog

As 2016 begins, our small portion of the world (South Florida), as well as most of the nation, is looking at a lack of housing inventory, especially for first time home buyers in the $450,000 and under category. The real estate outlook for 2016 does not look like it will improve that particular s...

Yes, mortgage rates are on their way up. The first minor adjustment has just gone into effect, with little or no consequence to current home buyers.These 4 vital mortgage facts for home buyers will help make your mortgage choice easier.  And once you feel secure about your finances, you’ll find t...

Recently, a reporter asked me if I’d ever run into buyers who appeared ready to purchase but then changed their minds. “A few times,” I told her.“But why did they change their minds?” she asked. “Was it the house? Was it price? Was it emotion?”I thought about it for a couple of minutes, and then ...

There are lots of great ideas that can help your home to sell quickly and for the most money in today’s real estate market. Among them are staging your home to looks its best, cleaning out closets and eliminating clutter, and changing your landscaping so it looks inviting.But there are also a num...

We all have a dream house, a place where we’d like to live if we had enough money to buy it and enough time to really enjoy it. But then there are the realities of house hunting, where we discover that the chances of finding the 100% house of our dreams is much harder than we thought it would be....

We live where it’s always warm and comfortable, so why do you need to worry about making your South Florida home more energy efficient?After all, we’re warm all year ‘round, and we air condition ourselves when it’s too hot. So we have nothing to complain about.But even though we’re almost always ...

It’s still a seller’s market, with prices up and homes for sale down in South Florida.According to the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB), the number of single family homes listed for sale in Palm Beach County is lower than it was last October. Listings are also down in Miami-Dade an...

While homes in our area and around the country continue to appreciate, Boca Raton house prices are not in a bubble.Why mention this? Because of these two statistics: nationwide median single family house prices moved up to almost $229,000 as of May 2015. In 2006, when the bubble finally burst, th...

  Three reasons to buy a Boca Raton home at the end of the month. Although there are no hard and fast rules on what time of the month is best to close a home purchase, here are 3 reasons it may make sense to buy a Boca Raton home at the end of the month. 1. If you’re renting, you won’t pay rent p...

This downtown luxury pet friendly Boca Raton condo allows up to 2 pets, and their weight can exceed 50 pounds. So if you love large dogs and you’re looking for a luxury condo in downtown Boca Raton,  Boca Grand,  at 9 stories and and 164 units,  may fit into your own grand plan very well.Residenc...