Come Live in West Palm Beach ! Karina Leal is your Local Realtor and Ready to Help you!                          Follow Karina K Leal, Your Delray Beach Realtor on Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, Active Rain, Blogs, Trulia...And keep in touch with Delray Beach News and Up to Date Marketing Changes and Listings Information.    08/12/2009

Brair Bay West Palm Beach Florida Real Estate - Homes For Sale Briar Bay is a great gated community located in West Palm Beach Florida. Schools and the Florida Turnpike are just minutes away. Homes for sale in Briar Bay are close to shopping, dining and entertainment. Briar Bay has seven sub-developments; The Cove, The Cove II, Sail Harbour, Liberty Bay, Liberty Isles, The Tides and Waters Edge. The Cove and The Cove II have condos, which were built from 2002 to 2004. These two and three bedroom condos have square footage starts at 910 up to 1,196. Sail Harbour has over 330 townhomes that were built from 2002 to 2004. All the townhomes in Sail Harbour have a one car garage and each unit has at least two bedrooms with square footage starting at 1,329. Liberty Bay has 194 single family ho... 08/11/2009

Andros Isle West Palm Beach Florida Real Estate - Homes For Sale Andros Isle is a wonderful gated community located in West Palm Beach Florida.  Shopping, fine dining and entertainment are in every direction.  Homes for sale in Andros Isle has schools that are close by and easy access to the Florida Turnpike.Andros Isle was built from 1998 to 2004 by several builders.  This community has over 60 acres of beautiful lakes along with more than 300 acres of wetland preserves.   There are seven sub-developments within the gates of Andros Isle; Somerset, Bay Colony, Brittany Bay, Crystal Cay, Paradise Bay, Hammock Pointe and The Preserve. Andros Isle offers both Villas and Single Family Homes with square footage starting at 1,216 square feet under air. Andros Isle has beautiful amenities whic... 08/10/2009

A Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue - West Palm Beach FloridaAbout a year ago a family member of mine became a volunteer for A Second Chance, which is a non profit organization that rescues puppies, kittens and expectant mothers. Have you ever seen those cute puppies outside of Petco in Wellington Florida? Chances are those were puppies and volunteers from A Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue.A Second Chance is one of the largest NO-KILL rescue groups that doesn't have a shelter. All of the fostering, medical treatments, fundraising, baths and bottle feedings are done by generous people who volunteer their time to help save the lives of pets. Even though A Second Chance rescues a lot of puppies and kittens each month, they won't just hand them over to anyone. They screen bo... 08/09/2009

Locks of Love - West Palm Beach Florida - Donating Hair to Help ChildrenLocks of Love became near and dear to my heart a few years ago when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Like most cancer patients she lost all of her hair, but unlike most cancer patients my mom shaved her head the minute her hair started to fall out.  I thought it was such a brave thing to do and couldn't imagine how much strength it took.The first time I saw my mom's bald head I offered to give her my hair.  My mom laughed at me like she always does and told me I could keep my hair.   In my offended voice I said "fine if you don't want it I'll give it to someone who does" and that's exactly what I did.I decided to donate my hair to Locks of Love, which is a Non-Profit Organization that provides hairpieces to... 08/03/2009

Lexus of Palm Beach Service Department Blows the Competition Away - Thank You Charlie DaoI'm blogging from Lexus of Palm Beach!!! Over the years my husband and I have owned several different vehicles from many manufactures: Honda, Ford, SAAB, Jeep, BMW along with a few more.When it comes to servicing our vehicles I've had horrible service, adequate service and great service. It wasn't until I purchased my Lexus from Lexus of Palm Beach that I received fabulous service.My Service Representative, Charlie Dao, always gets me in and out of Lexus fast. Although I don't mind sticking around since Lexus of Palm Beach, in my opinion, is a five star dealership. They have Wi-Fi, so I can bring my laptop, like I did today and work. The only problem I have is deciding where my "office" is going to ... 08/01/2009

EG2 - Educational Gallery Group at CityPlace in West Palm Beach Florida Back in May 2009 my son, Aidan, who was in kindergarten at the time received a plain jane letter home stating a piece of his artwork would be displayed at Eg². As with every letter sent home I posted it on the refrigerator and didn't give it another thought until we approached the "Opening" night. My husband and I didn't know what this "Opening" was about, we never heard of Eg² and assumed art from Aidan's entire school would be on display. Our family didn't have anything planned that night, so we decided to drive downtown and stop by.The gallery was located in Downtown West Palm Beach at CityPlace, which has a beautiful outside mall type atmosphere with shops, restaurants and entertainment. We found parking, plunke... 07/30/2009

Stonehaven West Palm Beach Florida Real Estate is a great community to call home!Stonehaven is a beautiful guard gated community located in West Palm Beach Florida, but is surrounded by Wellington Florida communities and shopping.  The Wellington Green Mall and Wellington Regional Hospital are down the block.  Homes for sale in Stonehaven also offer top rated Wellington schools that are close by. Stonehaven was built by Centex Homes from 2001 to 2004.  A gorgeous 35 acre lake sits in the middle of this guard gated community.  All the home sites are oversized and private. There are 253 single family homes in Stonehaven with living square footage ranging from 2,156 to 3,697.  Centex built two collections; Classic Series and Estate Series, which total to 13 floorplans.  Almost all of the h... 07/29/2009

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West Palm Beach Modern Condo Living at THE SLADE Condominium right across from the Florida Intracoastal Waterways, near the yacht marina and next to all the night life, where nights come alive in downtown West Palm Beach Florida. Come with me as we tour this luxury condo at super affordable prices today!   Feel in the thick of it all as you rock in the clubs on Clematis or dinner at some of the fine dining or just grabbing a bite to eat at a quick stop like Field of Greens. During the day you can enjoy live outdoor concerts with views of our spectacular intracoastal waterways. Cityplace is where the action is from the Muvico Movie theatre to Comedy Improv, shopping, music and all kinds of different restaurants that you get to choose from. Here is the view from the roof top pool overlook... 07/02/2009

West Palm Beach became one of the fastest grown cities in FL in mid 90's, when the city decided to build an amazing multi-million dollar development called City Place. Because of its convenient location and unique style, City Place was ranked as the #1 destination in Palm Beach County, FL. It is just a mile away from the intra-coastal and 3 miles west from the legendary Palm Beach island with its world-renown beaches. Downtown and City Place are also a few minutes from I-95 and Palm Beach International Airport. City of West Palm Beach offers a free trolley service going to and from the Clematis Street District, another popular area downtown West Palm Beach.  "Live here, Play here" has become a well known motto of City Place, an exquisite half-billion dollar development in Downtown West ... 06/21/2009

NO LONGER AVAILABLE!  Here's your chance to live at The Montecito, a Luxury Condominium at West Palm Beach! Located near downtown shopping, dining and entertainment and night life at CityPlace.It offers tropical pool area, fitness center, business center with hi-speed internet, billiard room, lounge, covered garage parking, spacious hallways, elevator building, secure lobby entrance, pool view, balcony, washer and dryer in apartment. 06/05/2009

No Longer Available!1 Bedroom 1 Bath Rental at the luxury Montecito in West Palm Beach Fl.AVAILABLE IMMEDAITELY*  NEAR DOWNTOWN, CITYPLACE, KRAVIS CENTER, NIGHT LIFE AND FINE DINING* COVERED GATED GARAGE PARKING* HI-SPEED INTERNET* FITNESS CENTER* BILLIARD ROOM* LOUNGE* BUSINESS CENTER* SECURE LOBBY* ELEVATOR BUILDING*CYBER CAFE            05/18/2009

I run some statistics each Monday.  One of them is the inventory of housing units (all types - but they are mostly single family) in the Intracoastal section of West Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach County, south of Okeechobee Blvd. down to the town of Lake Worth and east of I-95.  This morning's total came at 435.  I flipped back through my chart to this time last year and the number was ..... 538.  That's a 19+% drop.  "They" said we had a 5 year supply of inventory - and this would reduce it to four years - but there is always a supply of inventory; never ZERO.  So, Hey, we are headed in the right direction! 05/18/2009

The real estate market has evolved tremendously from its beginnings as a market that required people to actually do some legwork and walk around neighborhoods or purchase market related publications in order to find real estate like Palm Beach condos for sale. Nowadays the real estate landscape relies heavily on technology, particularly the internet. There is no shortage of real estate websites on the internet that allow first time buyers to explore tons of listings without having to leave their home and tweak their search options as necessary to search only for Palm Beach condos or single family homes, for example. Internet listings also allow virtual walkthroughs, a huge advantage if a buyer doesn’t live in the same state. Being able to see who or what company is selling a home is gr... 05/18/2009

THIS UNIT HAS BEEN RENTED! THE MONTECITO WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA **ONLY $925.00** PER MONTH PLUS UTILITIES This is the best priced rental in the Montcito condo, with pool view. The Montecito is a luxury secure building in West Palm Beach. This is a 1 bedroom 1 bath unit with sliding doors out to the terrace overlooking the tropical pool area. This secure building offers concierge, tropical pool, business center, hi-speed internet, billiard room, lounge, fitness center, washer/dryer in unit and covered garage parking.  It's located near CityPlace, Kravis Center, downtown, nightlife and fine restaurans. The rent is ONLY $925.00 for this upscale rental.  PLEASE CALL 561-699-8112 05/12/2009

South Florida, West Palm Beach .....most of 2007 I played with my cooking recipes .... most of 2008 I lived off rentals and withdrew from savings, withdrew, withdrew.... There were NO files in the "pending" section of my file drawer.  Any agent who said (s)he was doing well was lying. Suddenly I have two of my listings under contract, two buyer sales awaiting closing, another good offer coming in on another listing, and a rental listing almost rented.  How wonderful!   05/12/2009

I've mentioned before that when any house under $100,000 comes up in my immediate area, I immediately go and see it - that way I can find the diamonds in the mess of the foreclosures and short sales to recommend quickly to buyers. I've been doing this for one month - and taking stock today, I learn that HALF of what's out there has already gone under contract.  The greatest percentage of those under contract are at the lower end of that group, but boy do they disappear quickly.  You need a score card these days to keep tabs! 05/10/2009

There are more than 500 homes for sale in the vast area of West Palm Beach called the Acreage where property averages an acre or more and homes are as varied as their owners. Prices for a traditional three bedroom, two bath home can start in the mid $100,000's, but those probably need some work.  But you can find a wonderful 3/2 on over an acre with a pool that is ready to occupy in the mid $200,000's Of the more than 500 properties on the market in the Acreage, about 350 are listed as short sales -- that is where the owner owe more to the bank than the property is worth today.  And there are some fantastic buys out there for the first time home buyer who may also be eligible for an $8000 tax credit or stipend from the government following the purchase. The Weiss-Clawson Team works with... 05/09/2009

I have a listing. Selling agent has an FHA buyer. Contract signed. All okay. Loan in process.  I get an e-mail....... ....from the loan processor to the selling agent who forwarded to ME ---- they want a copy of MY driver's license so that they can ascertain that I AM NOT ON THE FHA WATCH LIST! The WHAT?  17 years in the business.  Hadn't done FHA deals in years.  Remember that I thought it unusual (but not much brain thought beyond that) that agents had to sign the FHA addendum to the contract...... WELL!  Yes, I had to produce my driver's license to National City (the lender) here in South Florida, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach ...... so that they could ascertain whether I have been involved in any previous fraudulent deals! While it's momentarily off-putting --- it's ABOUT TIME ... 05/08/2009