Pelican Bay Florida Listings

    Lately, as national home values have continued to rise, area homeowners have had reason to feel a lot more comfortable with the part of their portfolio that local home values represent. You didn’t have to be thinking of buying or selling to welcome the turnaround. Of course, homeowners don’t ...

  My Virtual Tours For Paradise....Click Here To See! Last month, 181 million people watched more than 39 billion online videos, according to industry scorekeeper comScore. The skyrocketing popularity of YouTube, Vimeo and their competitors has been increasing ever since our home computers starte...

  Things I am thankful for this year: health, of course -- for friends, family, myself -- and for the many things we all take for granted until something as devastating as Hurricane Sandy comes along to remind us of our good fortune. And especially on Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for…my kitchen!  K...

  FSBO: “For Sale By Owner” -- it can be a siren’s call when you first mull over the prospects for selling your house.  A local FSBO listing promises to allow a homeowner to sell without even consulting local real estate agents! Depending on a home’s final sale price, the commission saved looks t...

  Last week’s annual National Association of Realtors® get-together opened with a grand gathering to hear what some economics heavyweights would say about coming conditions in the country. You could hear a pin drop through most of it – despite the huge size of the auditorium. Our local real estat...

  I think every local real estate agent shares my overall sense of optimism as national housing prices continue to revive. While the nation’s economy could definitely be in better shape, this growing stability in the residential market is one of the few economic indicators to provide a steady str...

  Success in selling local homes can depend on being able to distinguish what is important to buyers from what is not.  Proactive homeowners know that one room usually gets more attention than does any other: the kitchen. There are many good reasons why this is so (we have discussed them before) ...

    When we first approach a new local real estate transition -- selling a home, buying one, or doing both at the same time – we naturally concentrate on the most challenging aspects first. That could be selling into a competitive market, or finding the right new home in the right area. That’s wh...

  Traditionally, new buyers take their first homeowner's plunge with what is termed a “starter home” – confining their area home search to relatively inexpensive and modestly sized properties.  Today a shift is underway. Many prospective buyers are finding the traditional starter home is no longe...

  (Yawn). There is something to be said for relaxation, for sure. In today’s fast-paced world, allowing yourself some low-key moments is important. It’s stress-reducing. Health-promoting. But there’s a time and place for everything, and whenever I set out to share the latest real estate news, my ...