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  Upper Florida Keys Market Report Third Quarter - 2009 Now is the time to buy in the Florida Keys, and I am not just mimicking a 2 year sales slogan from the Florida Keys Board of Realtors. I really believe it. We are nine months into the year and the real estate market is on its way back up in ...

Approximately 16% of the properties listed for sale in the Upper Florida Keys are Lender Owned (REO) or Short Sales.  However, nearly 27% of the properties sold are Lender Owned or Short Sales.  These are the deals, make no doubt about it. The condominiums and townhome foreclosure this year have...

In the last four months the number of residential real estate sales in the Upper Florida Keys has increased by 37% over last year.  This is certainly good news to Sellers as is the average sales price which exceeded 2008 levels in both July (2.6%) and August (11.1%). Inventories are also trendin...

If you ever thought that you would like to have a home in the Florida Keys, now is the time to grab a great deal.  It is not however a time for the timid or the over analytical.  Know what you want and what you are willing to pay, and be patient.  Work with a realtor who keeps their eyes open an...

Most discretionary home buyers, looking to increase their residential real estate inventory, are trying to catch the bottom of the market.  I get asked by buyers every week if I think the market is at the bottom.  Before I give them my opinion, I make sure they know that they are talking to a bro...

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After looking at the MLS data for May in the Upper Florida Keys, I continue to see evidence that the real estate market may be changing direction in this little piece of paradise. Once again there was modest month-to-month growth in the number of residential sales, and for the first time this yea...