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2008
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Apparently, someone forgot to tell Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic that the economy is shaky, and that Orlando real estate is a questionable investment. He just paid a record $8 million for a new home in Longwood. You can read all about it in the Orlando Sentinel. There is even a short video s...
10/30/2008
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I have to say, the condo in Baldwin Park that I have been blogging about for a while now, has turned out beautifully. My customers are closing on it tomorrow, and the home inspector Monday found just three very minor issues with unit. After the home inspection, we had the walk-through with the bu...
10/29/2008
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I will preface this by saying that I am a Central Florida native. I attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando. My MBA is from Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College right here in Winter Park. My wife was born in Orange Memorial now Orlando Health. So yes, I am biased w...
10/28/2008
I held off on publishing the official numbers until everything was ironed out. There were some issues with the median price, but that has been corrected. Here in Orlando, sales were up significantly over September of 2007. In fact sales were up nearly 38% compared to a year ago. The month over mo...
10/27/2008
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I regulary check my positioning on Google, because let's face it if you are not on Google your website might as well be invisible. Through some of the webmaster tools available on Google, I determined that the number one search for my area is Orlando Real Estate - big surprise. Through search eng...
10/21/2008
This actually has nothing to do with "Joe the Plumber", but since the last Presidential debate Joe has been a great attention grabber. This post is actually about something closer to home for the folks in Orlando. I am going to go ahead and go out on a very precarious limb, and say that we have h...
10/20/2008
If you are thinking of buying or selling in Orlando where do you turn to for information. Like 80%+ others you check the internet first. You may be checking out areas of town that are close to where you work or go to school. You might be checking to see how much your neighbor is asking for their ...
10/16/2008
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I am working with a couple buying their first home together here in Orlando, and yesterday they spoke with a couple of lenders about rates and loan programs. Both lenders were recommending FHA as an option for them, but the interest rates they were quoted were significantly different. One rate wa...
10/14/2008
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Centerline Homes in Baldwin Park held an American Dream Street Open House yesterday, and from what I saw it was a tremendous success. I don't know how many homes they sold, but there were quite a few people there when I went through. I live in the neighborhood, and stopped by to check all their f...
10/13/2008
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The current market reminds me of the story of the exodus in the bible. If you want to read about it check out chapters 13 and 14. The particular part of the story I am referring to is when they get to Canaan, the land of milk and honey, the promised land. When they arrive just outside of their de...
10/12/2008
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