ocala florida real estate: Ocala 55+ Community Map
- 10/16/09 06:45 AM
I have created a Google Map showing the location of all Ocala area 55 plus communities. Eventuaaly I plan to put a link from the place marks to blog entries that will discribe each community. If you're not familiar with Google Maps, you can zoom in and out, move the map around with your mouse and even get an aereal view. For a breif discription of Ocala 55 Plus Retirement communitiies visit my web site. This is the link to my Ocala 55+ Communities Map. … (2 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala First Time Buyers Tax Credit
- 06/30/09 02:47 AM
The government is offering a tax credit of $8,000- to first time buyers here in Ocala Florida. If you have not owned a house in the past 3 years you probably qualify. The thing is that you must close on your new home by the end of this year. That means you have to get a house under contract by early November of this year. You need to start looking now! This is a credit and not a deduction. You don't need to owe $8,000- in taxes. Yes, you can get a lot more in tax credit than you … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Sale in Rolling Hills
- 06/03/09 02:00 AM
ROLLING HILLS SALE MAY 29, 2009 2135 sq ft Living 1.16 acre lot 3 bedroom 2 bath office Center island kitchen 2 car garage Not a short sale Not a Foreclosure List Price $200,000.00 Sale Price $170,000.00
This home was sold by an investor. Unlike short sales and foreclosures the AC was never turned off. This just goes to show that there are deals out there other than and in this case better than bank sales. See images of this house on my Featured Listings page on my web site.
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ocala florida real estate: Why a buyers market is better than a sellers market
- 05/19/09 04:04 AM
So in a sellers market you sell your home fast and you get top dollar. So what, unless you're going to live in your car from now on you'll need to buy another house. In a sellers market you will pay top dollar and have a poor selection. In a buyers market you will have to sell low or not at all. However you can then go off into a buyers market with a ton of inventory and get a steal of a deal. The best of all scenarios is reserved for the first time buyers. They are the ones who … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Now is the time to buy that retirement home!
- 05/18/09 06:14 AM
Yes now is the time to buy that Ocala retirement home even if you're not ready to retire. If you think about it we are near or at the bottom of the market. Interest rates are at historical lows. Thanks to our politicians higher interest rates are inevitable. If you can afford to keep your present home until the market starts back up and sell it at a better price several years from now, then you could have the best of both worlds. Buy low and sell high. I didn't actually think of this idea myself. Several people from up … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala Real Estate Report September 2008
- 10/13/08 02:03 AM
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold September 08 .........199*$100,000.00 or less............................45$101 to $200,000.00........................105$201 to $300,000.00..........................39$301 to $500,000.00...........................4$500,000.00 Plus...................................4Active Listings as of 9/09/08.......7200 **This does not count homes sold by builders that may not be listed on the MLS Number may be revised due to late reports from board of Realtors. Clich here to read my analysis of the Ocala Real Estate Market for both buyers and sellers. … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala real estate market report August 2008
- 09/10/08 03:52 AM
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold August 2008 ..............221* $100,000.00 or less..........................67 $101 to $200,000.00.......................111 $201 to $300,000.00.........................31 $301 to $500,000.00.........................9 $500,000.00 Plus..............................3 Active Listings as of 8/05/08.......7066* *This does not count homes sold by builders that may not be listed on the MLS Number may be revised due to late reports from board of Realtors. WHAT"S HOT IN OCALA REAL ESTATE · Foreclosures · Newer Homes priced to compete with foreclosures & short sales Sales in August were 221 homes up from July's very disappointing 190 homes. I think we are near the bottom of the market. That doesn't mean that … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: How will interest rates effect Ocala home sales?
- 08/22/08 02:29 AM
Think about it, as the expression goes. Interest rates are a historical lows. Oil prices dominate the evening news every night. Our economy revolves around oil and ever increasing oil prices are a cause of inflation. How does the goverment control inflation? Inflation is regulated by increasing interest rates. Consider this, if you're waiting for home prices to fall. What if interest rates go up? A rise in interest rates could easily wipe out any saving that you might get by trying to "time the market". … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala Real Estate Market report for July 2008
- 08/22/08 01:32 AM
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold July 2008 ..............178* $100,000.00 or less..........................60 $101 to $200,000.00........................87 $201 to $300,000.00........................17 $301 to $500,000.00.........................9 $500,000.00 Plus..............................5 Active Listings as of 8/05/08.......7101* *This does not count homes sold by builders that may not be listed on the MLS Number may be revised due to late reports from board of Realtors. WHAT"S HOT IN OCALA REAL ESTATE · Foreclosures · Newer Homes priced to compete with foreclosures & short sales Buyers are looking for foreclosures. and Short Sales, which are pre foreclosures. It is these types of sales that are pulling prices down. Although they aren't supposed … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: A Better Way to Search on the Ocala Marion County MLS
- 11/27/07 01:58 AM
A new way to search the Ocala MLS. A must read for anyone interested in buying Ocala real estate. The "Listing Cart" is a relatively new featured provided by the Ocala Marion County MLS. You define your search criteria such as number of bedrooms, bathrooms, square feet of living area, size of lot ect. Actually you can get very very specific or keep the search very broad. A word of warning though, too broad a search will yield hundreds and hundreds of homes. After defining you search you will be emailed a link to the Ocala MLS where your … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: What happened to the Ocala real estate market?
- 10/24/07 12:17 AM
What happened to Ocala's red hot real estate market? Well in many ways we have returned to normal. For a couple of years Ocala was one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. We are now experiencing a much needed correction. The reason for this real estate frenzy was two fold. Ocala was and still is the lowest priced city in Florida to buy a home. Additionally Ocala had and still has a lot of empty space. There are literally thousands on vacant house lots and large tracts of develop-able land. All this open space and low prices attracted big … (7 comments)
ocala florida real estate: I bought my first house at 16% interest......It was the best thing I ever did.
- 08/07/07 08:41 AM
It was 1981 and I was 26 years old and determined to buy my first house. I had to borrow the down payment and all I could afford was a handyman's special in West Groton Massachusetts. Interest rates on home loans were more like today's credit card rates. We were experiencing terrible inflation. The Iran hostage crisis was just getting over after watching a it on the news every night for over a year. Gasoline was over a dollar a gallon, god knows what that is in today's money. Now that's REAL doom and gloom. However I forged ahead with … (9 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala Real Estate Market Report for July 2007
- 08/07/07 05:34 AM
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT JULY 2007 ....................................279*$100,000.00 or less.........................70$100 to $200,000.00......................126$200 to $300,000.00........................50$300 to $500,000.00........................23$500,000.00 Plus.............................10Active Listings as of 8/2/07........7392*Vacant Houses as of 8/2/07........2182**This does not count homes sold by builders that may not be listed on the MLS. July is traditionally a slow month for Ocala real estate sales. Sales were off from May and June which averaged about 325 homes sold per month. July sales were only 279, which is a 17% decrease. I think the current buyers market will continue well into 2008. Homes are selling every day. It's just a question of which house sells first and which … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Rolling Hills roads to get paved.
- 07/25/07 11:04 AM
As you may or may not know most of the roads in the Rolling Hills sub division, just west of Ocala , are either limerock or just dirt. Limeroch basically being a very hard packed dirt road. Well I heard rumors of a paving project so I contacted the Marion County commisioners office. I 've just decided to paste the responce I got via email below. There is no better information than from the horses mouth, so to speak. Good Morning The roads proposed for improvement through a road assessment program are: SW 129th Terrace, SW 61st Avenue, and SW 114th Ct., … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala Real Estate Market Report for June 2007
- 07/17/07 12:55 AM
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold June 2007 .............327* $100,000.00 or less.......................72 $100 to $200,000.00....................157 $200 to $300,000.00......................60 $300 to $500,000.00......................24 $500,000.00 Plus...........................14 Active Listings as of 7/4/07......7335* Vacant Houses as of 7/4/07.......2165* ** This does not count homes sold by builders that may not be listed on the MLS. Here in Ocala, we are still in a buyers market and I think it will continue well into next year. It's a great time to buy a home. There is a lot of inventory to choose from and prices couldn't be better. Free MLS search of Ocala and Marion County Florida real estate. Great buys in Ocala real estate. I … (0 comments)
1.14 Acre lot 2108 sq ft under air 2916 sq ft under roof 4 bedroom 3 full bath Year built 2007 2 car garage Zoning R1 Brand new 4/3 split plan on a 1 acre plus lot. This home features a formal dining room and a study or office. A huge family room that is adjacent to the kitchen.The master bedroom is large & has a French door that opens to the lanai.
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold MAY 2007 .............325* $100,000.00 or less.......................57 $100 to $200,000.00....................160 $200 to $300,000.00......................65 $300 to $500,000.00......................31 $500,000.00 Plus...........................12 Active Listings as of 6/4/07......7167* Vacant Houses as of 6/4/07.......2101* Absorption Rate.........................22 months The absorption rate is a way to measure the market. You divide the number of homes for sale by the number sold per month to see how many months inventory exists. *This does not count homes sold by builders that may not be listed on the MLS. Here in Ocala, we are still in a buyers market and I think it will continue for the rest of this year. It's a great time … (2 comments)
ocala florida real estate: The Ocala International Airport
- 05/29/07 09:54 AM
It may be hard to believe but Ocala does have an airport. The Ocala International Airport to be exact. Now we don't actually have major airlines. Scheduled air service was discontinued in the early 1980's after Eastern and Allegheny Commuter Airlines terminated their operations here in Ocala. With competing airports like Orlando and Tampa and to a lesser extent Gainesville, the likelihood of scheduled air carrier service returning to Ocala is unlikely. The Ocala airport is currently a general aviation facility, designed to accommodate air cargo and other large non-scheduled aviation activities such as private planes and corporate jets. On an odd note, buyers at the … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala Real Estate Market Report for April 2007
- 05/03/07 02:18 AM
OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold April 2007 ............364 $100,000.00 or less..................58 $100 to $200,000.00...............200 $200 to $300,000.00.................55 $300 to $500,000.00.................39 $500,000.00 Plus......................12 Homes listed on the Marion County MLS as of April 30, 2007 were 7,066. We are still in a buyers market. There still too many vacant new homes that were bought by investors who intended to flip them and are now caught with houses they can't sell. There were 2018 vacant houses on the Ocala Marion County MLS as of April 30. The vacancy rate is a consistant 28%. Homes that are selling are the lowest priced homes in their sub divisions. They seem to close within 5% … (0 comments)
ocala florida real estate: Ocala Florida Weather for April 2007
- 04/03/07 08:28 AM
This is for all those people up there in the Great White North waiting for spring. The only help that I can offer is MOVE to OCALA FLORIDA !! As I sit here writing my blog in my shorts and bare feet it's 86 degrees. Now that is unseasonably warm for this time of year but who cares. It sure beats the hell out of snow and ice.
Wouldn't you rather be sitting here, with the doors open, enjoying the warm weather than freezing wherever you are up north? Why not move to Ocala Florida. We have the 2nd lowest … (0 comments)
Ocala Florida Real Estate as seen by Joe Dallorso. Home Listings, advise for buyers and sellers, market conditions and general commentary on Ocala Florida Real Estate.
I have created a Google Map showing the location of all Ocala area 55 plus communities. Eventuaaly I plan to put a link from the place marks to blog entries that will discribe each community. If you're not familiar with Google Maps, you can zoom in and out, move the map around with your mouse and even get an aereal view. For a breif discription of Ocala 55 Plus Retirement communitiies visit my web site. This is the link to my Ocala 55+ Communities Map.
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