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Davenport, FL Real Estate News

By Steve Glose, TRC, CIPS, 407-616-7286, Orlando Real Estate, Orla
(Keller Williams Legacy)
   MLS# S4674913             511 MONACO DR, DAVENPORT fL 33837      $$$ 110,000 $$$ Exterior Front Exterior Front Exterior Back Swimming Pool/Hot Tub/Sauna Living Room Living Room Master Bath Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Dining Room "Short Sale"  Beautiful 3 Bed, 2 Bath Pool Home. Split floor plan with separate living and dining areas. "Short Sale"; approval of the seller's lender required. For the latest status on this property and many more in the Davenport area, contact Steve Glose with Keller Williams Realty direct at 407-616-7286 or visit www.thefloridalivingteam.com. For a faster reply you can also email me at steve@thefloridalivingteam.com. U.K callers dial: 020-3239-7286. All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed on the date posted. Visit www.hunterscreekhomevalues.com or www...
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By Bryant Tutas, Selling Florida one home at a time
(Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC)
  Hi folks. Short Sales DO get approved. It just takes patience, organization and negotiating skills. In the last 7 days the following lenders have issued approvals for our Florida Short Sales. Orlando Florida Short Sale with Bank of America     Property sold for $127,000. The amount owed Bank of America is $200,000 on the first and $38,000 on the 2nd. The 1st agreed to $109,894 (55%) the 2nd $3,000 (8%). The property was listed in March 2010. Bank of America denied a contract of $130,000 in April. This week they accepted $127,000!! I guess their decision back in April cost them us another few thousand.     Davenport Florida Short Sale with US Bank (FHA) and PNC Bank     Property sold for $60,000. Since FHA will only allow $2,500 to be paid towards the 2nd the Buyer agreed to pay PNC Ba...
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By Bill Ness, 55Places.com, Active Adult Community Guide
(55Places.com)
Providence is a luxurious gated community developed by multiple builders including ADB, Toll Brothers, Lennar, Meritage Homes and Contempo. This master-planned community is age-targeted rather than age-restricted and offers a wealth of amenities typically found at 55+ communities. Often times home buyers are searching for a community with all the fancy "active adult" amenities but are not ready to settle down in an age-restricted active adult community.  This open age concept has made Providence very attractive. The community was opened in 2005 and will have 4,800 homes upon completion. It’s beautifully situated to take advantage of a lovely natural lake within the community and a semi-private 18-hole championship golf course. The amenities of this age-targeted community are very simila...
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By Erica Muller
(The Flamingo Group )
For more vacation home foreclosures near Disney visit www.ThePinkFlamingo.info or email us at: info@ThePinkFlamingo.info
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By Bryant Tutas, Selling Florida one home at a time
(Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC)
Have you ever thought about purchasing a holiday home in Central Florida? Florida may be known mostly for it's beaches but don't ever forget we have so much more to offer. Hundreds of lakes with some of the best bass fishing in the World. And of course Disney World, Sea World, Wet N Wild and Universal Studios. Here's a little peak at my world. Want to find out more? www.CFLInvestmentHomes.com   Copyright © 2010 http://www.brokerbryant.com/ | All Rights Reserved  
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By Road House Realty
(Road House Realty)
Davenport is a small town with a population of around 2,000. It is located around 40 minutes outside of Orlando, Florida in Polk County. Davenport's proximity to Walt Disney World attracts many tourists, most of them British, that stay for long holidays during the summer and winter months. The small-town nature and charm of Davenport has long been a draw for vacationers wanting to visit Central Florida. Numerous short-term holiday homes in the city are rented out by British tourists, who travel from England during the harsh winters. In addition to an abundance of vacation houses, Davenport is home to large, sprawling mansions. Because of the availability of space in the town, and the low population, spacious lots are able to be developed into upscale residences. Since the late 1990s, D...
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By Road House Realty
(Road House Realty)
Davenport is a small town with a population of around 2,000. It is located around 40 minutes outside of Orlando, Florida in Polk County. Davenport's proximity to Walt Disney World attracts many tourists, most of them British, that stay for long holidays during the summer and winter months. The small-town nature and charm of Davenport has long been a draw for vacationers wanting to visit Central Florida. Numerous short-term holiday homes in the city are rented out by British tourists, who travel from England during the harsh winters. In addition to an abundance of vacation houses, Davenport is home to large, sprawling mansions. Because of the availability of space in the town, and the low population, spacious lots are able to be developed into upscale residences. Since the late 1990s, D...
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By Bryant Tutas, Selling Florida one home at a time
(Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC)
Hi folks. I received a very interesting email today. Here it is:Bryant,I'm English, live in China, and have NO USA contact except I own an investment home in Davenport. Loan is 220k, worth maybe mid-100's. Do I walk (non-recourse…remember, I’m in China!) or short sell? Appreciate your advice..Interesting question to say the least. And honestly I’m not sure how to respond. His question brought up a whole bunch of new questions in my head.  What recourse would the lenders have on a foreign investor?  What about FIRPTA?  How would it affect his credit?   Is there any advantage at all for a Foreign owner to go through the Short Sale process. My market area is about 20 minutes to Disney and this issue is going to be coming up quite frequently. Richard Zaretsky wrote a post last year about S...
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This is a must see home that is built on a large beautifully landscaped corner lot over looking the Golf Course in Ridgewood Lakes. This 4059 sq ft home has 5 bedrooms & 3 full baths with special features such as, a granite entrance to front door, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings with built-in floor to ceiling shelves in living room and a formal dining room. This open split floor plan includes an oversized (18 x 14) Master bedroom with patio doors overlooking the pool area and Golf Course. Adjacent Master Bath with a glass block window above the garden tub and separate dual shower head huge tiled shower and dual vanity plus his and hers walk-in closets. Three additional bedrooms are located on the other side of the house affording privacy between the guest bedrooms and the master suite...
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By Bryant Tutas, Selling Florida one home at a time
(Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC)
Hi folks. Today I want to give you a little taste of the real estate market in Central Florida. If you are not in Florida, California or Nevada it may be hard to comprehend how bad things got. How drastically values declined.Let’s use Ginn Reunion Resort as an example. Reunion was designed to be a would class vacation resort. It features 54 holes of Championship golf designed by Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Jack Nicholas. Reunion Resort also has a 10 acre water park, 17 pools, horse stables, tennis, spas, shopping, ANNIKA Golf Accademy, condos, townhouses, single family homes and the topic of today’s post…….lots.In 2004 and 2005 this was the place to buy and flip vacant lots. Standard size single family lots (4500 to 6500 sq ft) on the golf course were selling for as high as $600,000 ...
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Looks like Nature's Own has partnered with Reunion Resort in Orlando and will be giving one lucky family a pretty sweet family vacation.  Check out what the lucky grand prize winner wins: Reunion Bank Owned Property List 1. Round trip airfare for up to twenty (20) people from the major commercial airport nearest the winner's home to Orlando, Florida 2.  Three (3) Night housing accommodations (at multiple homes as necessary) for up to twenty (20) people (hotel taxes included) 3. One (1) family round of golf ("Event") for twenty (20) people on one of the three signature courses designed by legends Palmer, Watson and Nicklaus based on course availability 4. Unlimited bicycle rental use for the families stay 5. A family cookout catered by resort for up to twenty (20) with menu to be discus...
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By Erica Muller
(The Flamingo Group )
Read The Full Story at: www.ThePinkFlamingo.info The Bimini Bay 11,000 Sq Ft Clubhouse was set to flames last month.  The Bimini Bay resort was not known for it's amenities, or lack thereof, and now the one good thing it had going for it has been burnt to smithereens.  The police suspect arson as the main cause of this fire and thankfully there were no injuries reported.  According to the Fire Marshall, the damages are totaling around $1,000,000.  I wouldn't hold your breathe on this being renovated anytime soon. Bimini Bay Foreclosures For Sale While we're on the topic of crime in Bimini Bay, earlier that week Bimini Bay served as the meeting place for four men planning a robbery.  Two unsuspecting men who were hanging out at the local Kissimmee Denny's wandered to a party at the Bimin...
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Read The Full Article at: www.ThePinkFlamingo.info "Hi Comcast? This is the The Villages at Legacy Park HOA and um, we just wanted to know why you shut off the cable to the entire community?" How would you like to owe your cable company $105,305? That's how much the Legacy Park Town homes Homeowners Association owed to Comcast for an unpaid cable bill before they filed chapter 11 on June 16. Back in the boom the developers had to use whatever advantage they could to try and compete with other communities selling short term rental properties in the Davenport area and including cable as part of the HOA seemed like a good sales pitch at the time. Fast forward to the dreary days of the foreclosure epidemic and now what we have is alot of people with no cable and a broke HOA. Read Full Artic...
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By Erica Muller
(The Flamingo Group )
Read More Orlando Resort Neighborhood Stories Like This at www.ThePinkFlamingo.info WFTV just broke the story on the latest Davenport community, La Cresta a 55+ active adult community, to be abandoned by its builder.  "A homeowner called Eyewitness News after he bought a house in what was promised to be a sprawling retirement community in Davenport, but it turned into nothing but a ghost town." No sooner than residents could say "I worked my whole life to finally retire and now I'm stuck in a ghost town with no pool, half-built homes and vacant lots" did Del Webb show up and peel the signs off all the buildings, lock the doors to the sales office and board up the windows. Search Davenport Resort Neighborhoods According to their official statement that they issued on July 10, 2009 they s...
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By Bryant Tutas, Selling Florida one home at a time
(Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC)
Hi folks. When your specialty is selling properties over the Internet, sight unseen, you have to first: Be able to build trust quickly. And secondly: Learn how to use your camera!!! Here’s a little video I did for one of our UK Buyers. You don’t have to be here to buy a house through Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. We will handle all aspects of the purchase from finding the right property all the way through closing and beyond. Ok check it out. Hey Richard……let me know what you think. Hi Bryant, Thank you very much for doing the video of the community of where our new villa is. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help finding us our vacation home in sunny Florida and making it so easy. You have been extremely patient with us and with your immense knowledge of the pr...
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By Erica Muller
(The Flamingo Group )
A Pink Flamingo vacation home testimonial. This lovely Canadian couple recently closed on their bank owned vacation home in Sandy Ridge. They had the entire house furnished and put under management within in days of closing. The property is already booked out for the summer and they are as happy as can be. If you are interested in renting this Sandy Ridge beauty for a holiday visit to Orlando you can visit their site at: www.orlandohouse.me Sandy Ridge Bank Owned Properties For Sale in Davenport, FL
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Read The Full Article HereSo many buyers are instantly drawn to the prices in the Bimini Bay townhouse community which is located in Davenport, FL.  They see the beautiful townhouses online and most wonder why they are so cheap! You know how the saying goes: If it seems too good to be true it probably is and this couldn't hold more true for Bimini Bay in Davenport. The Bimini Bay community was supposed to be a resort community that would stack up with the likes of resort neighborhoods like Regal Palms and Bahama Bay.  It was supposed to have a water park, day spa, gym facilities and many other cool toys but when the market turned many buyers started backing out of their contracts and just not buying all together, this brought construction to a very quick halt! Bimini Bay Bank Townhouses...
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By Bryant Tutas, Selling Florida one home at a time
(Tutas Towne Realty, Inc and Garden Views Realty, LLC)
SUNSET RIDGE IN DAVENPORT FLORIDA Beautiful 5 Bedroom, 3 bath home with screen enclosed, in ground and heated pool. Ceramic tile floors in all wet areas. Kitchen with breakfast bar opens to family room.  Separate formal living room. Privacy fenced back yard. The home is being offered fully furnished with short term rental licensing and bookings in place. Turn key holiday home located 10 minutes to the Disney area less than 1/4 mile south of I-4 on HWY 27 in Davenport. Sunset Ridge is a quaint gated community right down the street from restaurants and shops. Don't miss  this one! Call today to arrange your private tour.   SOUTHERN DUNES GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB IN HAINES CITY FLORIDA Beautiful vacation home in Southern Dunes Country Club. World class golf course, tennis courts, club house a...
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By Michael & Dee Norris
(Norris & Company Realty, LLC)
              Davenport could be called the "Back door to Disney World".  A 20 minute drive leads you to this popular attraction. The major airports of Tampa, Orlando and Sanford International are just one hour away. This is one of the most accessible and affordable places in the heart of Central Florida. This small city of 2,000 residents is located in the Northeastern section of Polk County. Davenport is a great place to start a family. It's also a great place to retire. Golfing and day trip destinations are easy from here. Quaint back roads or fast Interstates and turnpikes are right around the corner. Both coasts are an easy two hour drive East or West. Enjoy a day at the beach and be back in time for dinner. Davenport is a safe, secure and simply great place to live, work or play....
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By Erica Muller
(The Flamingo Group )
Originally Posted at: www.ThePinkFlamingo.info I'm not one to talk about hype or anything like that but I felt compelled to write this post for those of you who may be considering purchasing a bank owned townhouse in Regal Palms but may be hesitating or waiting for prices to drop even more.  I have spent the past two weeks showing property almost everyday in Regal Palms and the past year watching the Regal Palms pricing and market, I can finally say that now is the time to buy in Regal Palms.  The bank owned properties are reaching all time lows in the 60K range.  Most of the bank owned townhouses in Regal Palms that are coming on the market are the smaller floorplans (1400 sq ft) and they aren't flying off the shelf (but are still selling).  It's the larger floorplans (1800-2000 sq ft)...
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