Appraising in Central Florida

Oviedo experiences two great outdoor festivals each year, "Taste of Oviedo" in the spring and "Great Day in the Country" each fall.  Each year on the second Saturday in November (November 10th, 2007) over 300 booths filled with local artists, crafts, food vendors, and local organizations comprise...

 Bail Out! Bail Out!...as a boy, these words would only remind me of a WWII movie scene with a grizzled WWII pilot parachuting from a flaming fighter plane and escaping a fiery demise.  Now that I am an adult and an real estate appraiser, those words have taken on a whole new meaning.  Now the sl...

The Central Florida condominium market is bulging at the seams and looks like it is about to burst!  There have been numerous media reports of the current twenty nine month inventory, but I continue to see investors and primary residence buyer's signing contract prices that are far and above acti...

      September 15, 2007...that will be the day that the University of Central Florida(UCF) football stadium (Brighthouse Stadium) is set for the inaugural home opener against nationally ranked University of Texas.  Many students are nicknaming the stadium "The Castle" to match up with the newly ...

As a real estate appraiser, I am of the opinion that I need to keep up with local happenings as they impact the community I live and work in.  Since Oviedo (Central Florida) is my family's place of choice, I am very excited with the City of Oviedo's plan for a new downtown development known as Ov...

Double Tree Appraisals, Oviedo FL - Seminole CountyWe are a residential real estate Appraisal Company located in Central Florida, and more precisely, within the City of Oviedo.  We specialize in single family residential properties for mortgage transactions, Estate settlement/DOD, Expert witness,...

 America's Night Out Against Crime! The National Night Out is a crime prevention tool that communities have participated in over the past  twenty three years.  In our area, the local Oviedo Police department recruits communities within the area to participate with various activities.  This year l...

As an appraiser, my digital camera is probably the most important tool within my toolbox.  The photographs that I take helps refresh my mind on the interior property amenities and are a required component for any form report that is utilized for a mortgage transaction.Today I was trying to wrap u...

 Coming Soon...Tornado Sirens in Oviedo, FL  After last years "close call" for its' residents, the City of Oviedo will become the first Florida municipality to be equipped with a tornado siren warning system at a total cost of $175,000. The system may be "old hat" to some midwestern transplants, ...

 In recent times I find myself with a magnifying glass in one hand and a tape measure in the other.  In the past two years the real estate market has been in a slump, the sub-prime industry has imploded, and a large portion of homeowners are witnessing the final ticks on the clock on their explod...