pga national: Palm Beach Gardens Luxury Real Estate - Second Quarter '09 Sales Results - 07/13/09 12:23 PM
Starting tomorrow morning I'll be reviewing the second quarter sales numbers for these major Palm Beach Gardens communities:
PGA National
BallenIsles
Mirasol
Mirabella
Old Marsh
Steeplechase
and San Michele.
It's been rather busy (regardless of what the newspapers say!) so I'll be going over what sold in the last 3 months and what's still available.
BTW - as so many people have already found out, if you've found a Palm Beach Gardens home that you really like, then you need to get serious about making an offer. I run into people all the time that want to wait 'just a bit longer' only to … (0 comments)
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pga national: Palm Beach Gardens Luxury Real Estate - April Sales - 05/04/09 09:28 AM
Our 'friends' in the mass media keep telling us that nothing is moving... but here are the closed sales from April:
13181 Marsh Landing - Old Marsh
107 Tranquilla - Mirasol
216 Via Emilia - Mirasol
131 Via Paridisio - Mirasol
106 Via Paridisio - Mirasol
127 Remo Place - Mirasol
213 Via Palacio - Mirasol
200 Coconut Key Drive - BallenIsles
And 18 sales in PGA National- (I'm not typing all of those out!)
So we followed up a very good first quarter with even more activity in Palm Beach Gardens.
Luxury real estate IS selling - IF it's priced properly.
Call me … (2 comments)
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pga national: First Quarter Sales Results for BallenIsles, Mirasol and PGA National: - 04/01/09 09:36 AM
The results are in for the 1st quarter's sales in BallenIsles, Mirasol and PGA National.
(This may be 4/1, but this report is no joke.)
So for all of you that keep insisting that 'nothing' is selling, take a look at the following:
These are the actual CLOSED sales for 1/1/2009 through 3/31/09
BallenIsles
144 Isle Drive
120 Palm Point Circle #20-C
108 Island Cove Way
106 Coconut Key
30 Somerset Drive
209 Grand Pointe Drive
6 Sales from $370,000 to $1,640,000
Mirasol
120 Andalusia Way
131 and 132 Casa Grande Ct
157 Isle Verde
128 Olivera
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pga national: Florida Real Estate - More Great News! - 03/24/09 01:28 PM
For all the folks who insist that real estate is dead in Florida:
"Florida's existing home sales rose in February, making it the sixth consecutive month that sales activity showed increases in the year-to-year comparison..."
AND
"Existing home sales rose 20 percent last month with a total of 9,858 homes sold statewide compared to 8,181 homes sold in February 2008...."
(Thanks to FAR for the information)
(Unfortunately, you'll probably never see the mass media printing that info - positive news doesn't sell newspapers!)
So far this year, Palm Beach Gardens luxury real estate has seen … (2 comments)
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pga national: Buying Palm Beach Gardens Luxury Real Estate - PGA National - 01/14/09 06:36 PM
When people think of Palm Beach Gardens and the luxury real estate that it offers, the conversation always seems to swing to a group of communities right in the middle of town:
- PGA National
- Mirasol
- Old Palm
- BallenIsles
- Steeplechase
Each of the areas has it's strengths and the types of property available vary quite a bit.
Today I'm going to feature PGA National.
PGA National is the largest of the Golf / Country Clubs in the area with roughly 4900 units. Condos, Townhomes AND Single Family Homes are available giving a potential Buyer … (2 comments)
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pga national: Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate - Positive 3rd Quarter Results- - 10/07/08 02:40 PM
Positive sales news - you'd better get it here because the newspapers will never report it!
You know how it goes, unless it's doom and gloom these days the mass media doesn't want to have anything to do with it - and that's sad.
Enough said - here's the good news:
Some of the top areas in Palm Beach Gardens real estate are posting increases in sales -
PGA National
Mirasol
BallenIsles
All three showed increases in the number of homes sold in the third quarter of 2008 vs 2007.
That information comes from Regional MLS and it does not … (8 comments)
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pga national: Moving Up In Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate - - 04/25/08 10:14 AM
Great news - I've changed to a new brokerage - as of this week I am now a Real Estate Agent for Leibowitz Realty Group.
Their reputation as a leader in the luxury golf/country club market is un-paralleled in Palm Beach County. You can read about the Company's history here.
They just opened up a new office at Midtown @ PGA Boulevard - a perfect location that will allow me to easily continue to service my main focus areas of:
BallenIsles Mirasol PGA National
Their other office is at 210 Brazilian Avenue in Palm Beach - just a few blocks … (4 comments)
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pga national: Palm Beach Real Estate Update: The latest on PGA National Restricted Access - 10/20/07 10:03 AM
The powers-that-be at PGA National have posted the newest update to the change in access to the property:
Starting February 1st, 2008 access to PGA National will be restricted to Residents ONLY between 9 PM and 6 AM.
I, along with many other owners in this prime piece of Palm Beach real estate, hope that 24 hour restricted access can't be too far behind.
Not just for the safety that it provides or the restriction of through traffic between PGA Boulevard and Northlake. Being a truly gated community makes the real estate more desireable and therefore more valueable.
When I deal with Buyers who insist on … (4 comments)
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pga national: Palm Beach Real Estate: Market Reports 2007 - 09/18/07 05:08 AM
There's no way around it - market reports are not the most exciting things to read, or write!
Then why do it?
Because YOU as a potential Client need to know what is going on in the community that you are concerned with.
If you live there, you want to know the facts about what has sold. If you are looking to buy there you'll want to see the final sales prices of the other homes.
Once real estate is sold all of these facts go into Public Record - I've just condensed them to make the job easier for … (8 comments)
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pga national: Palm Beach Real Estate Update: PGA National Restricted Access Decision... - 09/10/07 04:16 PM
Last week I mentioned several things that were being done at PGA National to improve what is already a fantastic Golf Club Community:
PGA National Owners' Meeting Palm Beach Real Estate Update: Improvements to PGA National Many of the changes have already been made or at least started.
The only question that was left was: "Are we finally going to have restricted access?"
Well, I'm happy to report that the answer is YES (and it's about time!).
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Marc J Blasi
Realtor® - Leibowitz Realty Group
Mortgage Broker - Knightlines Mortgage Services, LLC
Palm Beach Real Estate and Loans
(561)-282-7406 Cell
(561)-627-5100 Office
(561)-627-9385 Fax
Marc@LeibowitzRealty.com Email
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pga national: Palm Beach Real Estate Update: Improvements to PGA National - 09/05/07 05:46 PM
As a Realtor® in Palm Beach I am always happy to see improvements being made to the fantastic Golf / Country Club Communities that the County is so famous for.
Currently PGA National is undergoing approximately $35 million in improvements to both the Club and the Resort - taking an already famous facility up another notch. (Don't forget that PGA hosted the Honda Classic this year and will be doing so for the next 5 years.)
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Marc J Blasi
Realtor® - Leibowitz Realty Group
Mortgage Broker - Knightlines Mortgage Services, LLC
Palm Beach Real Estate and Loans
(561)-282-7406 Cell
(561)-627-5100 Office
(561)-627-9385 Fax
Marc@LeibowitzRealty.com Email
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pga national: Restricted Access to PGA National - Finally! - 09/04/07 09:21 AM
When comparing the great Golf / Country Clubs of Palm Beach - PGA National, Ibis, BallenIsles and Mirasol, just to name a few - PGA National is the only one that does NOT have it's main roads gated.
Sure, there are Security booths at all of the entrances, but non-Residents are allowed free access because the main roads belong to Palm Beach County.
This has been an annoyance for quite some time - and most, if not all, Property Owners (myself included) have wanted to correct this problem.
Well, it looks like it's finally going to happen!
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pga national: Working for FREE!! Forget it....... - 05/10/07 10:25 AM
Another fun experience....
I received a call from a Gentleman last week - he got right to the point. He wanted me and my Company to "Sell his Homes". Yup - plural - 2 Homes. Great! A call-in, easy. Two Listings just fell in my lap. There I go assuming again. Big DUH. I tried to set a time up to come by to talk to him - he said that wasn't necessary. Was he coming by the Office? Nah - silly me!
Me: "OK - where do you want to meet so we can take care of the paperwork?
Him: "Oh, we're not … (41 comments)
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pga national: Luxury Property in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - 03/27/07 05:19 PM
It's not easy...
Not only having to live in Florida year-round, but also being 'stuck' in Palm Beach Gardens, surrounded by Luxury Homes and Golf, Golf, Golf.
Being able to swim all year long....
Easy access to the ocean for fishing, or just relaxing...
It really is a rough life!
(Nuts- I forgot to mention the tennis.. did I mention golf? Oh, yeah - once or twice!)
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pga national: Changing In The New Year! - 12/31/06 07:24 AM
Happy (almost) New Year to everyone!
Now is the time to get ready to implement all of those changes, improvements and traditional New Year's Resolutions we've been thinking so hard about.
Granted you should never really wait to make changes, but with the New Year almost here, there's that whole 'fresh start' feeling.
Just make sure that when you say you're going to improve something, YOU STICK WITH IT!
Big changes aren't easy, but the end results are definitely worth it.
I'm bringing this up because I just read another post - there are too many to list - about Member … (4 comments)
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pga national: Head's Up on Email Security - 12/13/06 10:15 AM
It dosen't matter if you are a hard-core computer user or a casual one, all of us need to be up-to-date on how to protect ourselves from scams and security problems.
Just like the Nigerian scam that has been written about quite a bit lately there are tons of other problems you need to be kept aware of.
The best thing you can do is have top-notch security software installed on your computer. But this won't protect you from everything.
Just like everything else IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS!!
I've seen 2 things lately that I want … (4 comments)
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pga national: My 'Next' Town - Juno Beach, Florida - 11/06/06 07:47 AM
In yesterday's post: My Town - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, I mentioned that PBG, unfortunately, didn't go all the way east to the ocean.
Luckily, this is only a minor problem because the next town over (actually ENE) is right on the water.
Juno Beach is a small town right on the Atlantic Ocean that has some fantastic inland parks as well as a long stretch of beach that features the famous Juno Beach Pier - an excellent spot to relax, take pictures or fish.
Another big attraction is Pelican Lake - right in the center of the town.
The lake is surrounded by a … (4 comments)
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pga national: My Town - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - 11/05/06 01:23 PM
I'm originally from New York (Far Rockaway) but I've been in Florida for several years now.
Currently I live in Palm Beach Gardens - a small, roughly 56 sq mile city in Palm Beach County.
Up until 1959 PBG consisted of mostly cattle ranches, pine forest and some swamp land. True luxury!
But things improved-
The city was incorporated in 1959 and by 1960 the US Census reported that it officially had a population of 1. Yes, one.
Fast forward 10 years to 1970 - the population had grown to about 7000.
The population continued to grow through the 70's and 80's.
The next big development was the construction … (10 comments)
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pga national: Continuing the 'Finance Reality' trend - More on Good Faith Estimates. - 10/12/06 06:49 PM
Hello Everyone-
I've been on ActiveRain for about week now and one of the things I'm very happy about is the number of Mortgage Brokers that seem sincerely driven to educate and help Customers. Believe me - this isn't an ethics lecture! It is just Good Business!
You can't talk about being above reproach - unless you are. I started this Morgage Brokerage Business with a friend of mine for several reasons. One of which was that we both were completely sick-and-tired of working for people who wouldn't think twice about lying to a Customer - I just won't do it. It's not … (6 comments)
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pga national: Pre-Qualification vs Pre-Approval - 10/11/06 03:26 PM
A Customer contacted me the other day and she was a bit annoyed that her Realtor wanted to see proof that she had, or could get, the money necessary for a purchase - THE NERVE!
Customer Reality Check: Quite a bit of effort goes into getting the property that you really want - No one wants to do all that work only to find out that the transaction can't possibly happen! It's a complete waste of time and money. Basically the Realtor just worked for free - do you work for free?
Is there a difference between Pre-Quals and Pre-Approvals? Some people say no, but, … (4 comments)
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