Savvy real estate mojo

A innovative idea for Gainesville is almost here! Butler Town Center will soon provide a "food hall" along with other plans for over 200 homes, shop, a 14-screen movie theater, and more. A "food hall" is an advanced food court with many high quality, non-fast food restaurants in one area, which i...

The 2nd annual Suwannee Roots Revival Music Festival has announced it's initial lineup of performers for the concert and festival that is taking place Thursday, October 12 through Sunday, October 15. These performers include Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Donna the Buffalo, the Wood Brothers, S...

"Low inventory" is the big story nationally and here in North-Central Florida, it's no different.  We're seeing under 4 months inventory in Gainesville for the lower price points which is making for a very tough market for first-time buyers.We're seeing the same market conditions in Ocala as well...

Town of Tioga is a very popular, newer area of Alachua County, about 15 minutes from Gainesville.   Over the past couple years, we've seen low inventory in the area, but a recent look at the market shows slightly higher inventory than the surrounding area.A look at our Town of Tioga neighborhood ...

Raise your hand if you like Zillow's price estimate feature.  Anyone?  Anyone?  Yes, that's what we thought.  :-)So, what we've done is created our own algorithm that values properties in Gainesville, FL.  This way, consumers not ready to contact a Realtor have access to information that might be...

Our firm covers both Gainesville / Alachua County & Ocala / Marion County, FL so I thought it might be fun to do an "apples to apples" comparison of the 2 markets.   That's a lot of data, eh?In a nutshell, Marion County has more monthly activity than Alachua County, but the average home is far le...

As we enter the hot summer in Gainesville, let's take a look at Haile Plantation.The past 3 months have been very busy in Haile!   Even before we've hit the summer, about 20 homes a month are selling there.Prices have gone up with activity, though they haven't fluctuated a ton.Also, predictably, ...