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2013
Ocala & Marion County Housing Market - Best Sales Month in Five Years Marion County housing market has best sales month in five years "Marion County’s housing market continued to improve during April, logging in the best sales month for existing homes in at least five years. During April,...
05/23/2013
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Don't miss this great post by Gary Woltal as Paul Harvey pays tribute to Realtors. It will make you feel good at the end of a long day or give you hope and energy at the start of a new day. Too often prospects or even real estate clients QUESTION the big bucks (or mediocre bucks) real estate age...
05/21/2013
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Congratulations Norma Toering on your million point milestone. And thanks for a great post that shows it is not all about points. There are so many benefits of Active Rain. We are going on our first listing appointment today generated off AR! This is not my first million. I've sold millio...
05/21/2013
One More Reason to buy now versus rent! Across The Country, Renters Are Getting Crushed By Housing Costs "For renters in America, housing is usually the hungriest of the bunch. Ideally, it would gobble up one-third of the pie –– anymore than that, and you likely wouldn't have enough ...
05/21/2013
Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty Field Day for ARC Marion At its 5th annual Red Day "Give Back Where You Live", Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty organized a Field Day for the clients of ARC Marion. WHO WE ARE! ARC Marion, Inc., established in 1959, creates opportunities for persons with int...
05/20/2013
Oxbow Upsets Orb in Preakness; but Ocala Still Gets Another Jewel Ocala was hoping for the second jewel toward the triple crown: Can Orb Add Another Jewel to Ocala's Crown? But alas, it did not happen. But all is not lost in: Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness BALTIMORE — Preakness Stak...
05/19/2013
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Best Time to Sell? More Americans Say 'Yes' "Seller confidence is surging: The number of home sellers who say now is a good time to sell doubled in the second quarter, according to a new survey of nearly 2,000 owners conducted by real estate brokerage Redfin. In the first quarter of 2013, 22 perc...
05/19/2013
Ocala & Marion County Has Great Weather and Great Bass Fishing. Local resident hauls in three massive bass "Marion County resident Greg Swearingen had himself quite a week on Lake Weir last month. The 50-year-old who lives on the lake, caught three massive bass in a week's time. The fi...
05/18/2013
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Floridians Believe Taxes are Too High! Here Stephen Fishman shows the "rest of the story" as Paul Harvey used to say. In his article Stephen has tables for each state. But property taxes are only part of the picture But let's look at Florida. Property Taxes per Capita Rank $1,589 ...
05/18/2013
Ocala & Marion County Jobless Rate Continues to Plummet "Marion County's unemployment rate is continuing its downward trend, falling to 7.5 percent in April, down 0.3 percentage points from March's rate of 7.8% This is the fifth consecutive month that the Ocala/Marion County metropolitan area ha...
05/18/2013