leon county: Homes ARE Selling!
- 10/19/08 04:46 AM
Not as many as we would like; but, the fact remains there are homes being purchased by BUYERS that are looking to purchase. They have a smorgasbord of 1,974 homes currently on the market for sale in Leon County. Now if you are a SELLER, with the help of your Realtor, you need to take heed to the advice appraiser Greg Lane has given in my earlier blog entry. Single Family home sales in Leon County thus far in October are just a little less than the same period in September. There have been 58 homes that have closed so far (0 comments)
leon county: Appraisers Advice to Selling
- 10/19/08 04:42 AM
Greg Lane, Appraiser with Timberlane Appraisal has provided the following advice to those trying to get their homes sold in this difficult market. During the real estate boom years, it was much easier to market and sell a home without any professional assistance. Once you found a buyer, you could put the necessary pieces of the closing package together, find a helpful title company, pray the buyer was working with a local lender, and close the transaction. However, in today's market, you will never put a fingerprint on the closing table if you home is not priced right to begin with. (0 comments)
leon county: Lake Jackson Property Values
- 09/05/08 02:21 PM
With all the water that Fay brought, you would think Lake Jackson would have greatly benefited not only from the rain that fell into the lake; but the primary contributor, natural run off from the surrounding terrain. According to the article in Monday's Democrat, the lake's level only increased about four feet. With reported rainfall of eleven plus feet recorded, what happened to all the water? Some want to blame the holding ponds; however, the county's stormwater management coordinator I think rightly rejects that theory and says it percolates into the groundwater; which may make its way into the lake. So (0 comments)
leon county: Positive Housing Sales Trends
- 09/02/08 03:10 AM
This article published in Realty Times Positive Trends in Housing Studies by Kenneth R. Harney gives some very positive signs in the national housing market. It relates that home sales in July were mostly up in all areas except for the South. And as I related in an earlier report, July resale homes in Florida were slightly more than July last year. Hopefully this national swing will come our way. But, be mindful the Tallahassee area real estate market typically, sort of, goes to sleep from September until the first of the New Year. So, if you have a home that (0 comments)
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