Passover is the perfect time to reflect on the important things in life. Perhaps it's time to reflect on your current home, and whether it's serving your present needs. Give our team leader, Bob Serena, a call ► 941.928.1248 ► and together we can decide if now is the right time to make that important move to sell your home, buy a home, or both! You may also follow this link to contact us by email ► CONTACT US! (0 comments)
Remember those Easter egg hunts we used to have when we were kids? Well, hunting for a new home can be just as easy, and just as fun! Our team can show you how to take advantage of today's real estate market, as a home buyer, by keeping you abreast of all the newest real estate homes and listings coming on the market by using our 'Dream Home Finder' Service or by using our free 'Seach for Homes' tool on our website. For home owners who are contemplating the thought of selling their home, we are there (4 comments)
A new law affecting Florida property owners with swimming pools went into effect today. The new pool law does require that all new pool pumps, with 1 horsepower or greater motor, must have the ability of operating at 2 or more speeds. Most pool owners, currently, have 1 horsepower motors with only one speed, operated by a single timer box. With the new pool law in effect, the majority of home owners with pools will need to replace timers and/or pumps that fail with new pool equipment that meets the new pool code requirements of operating at 2 or more (0 comments)
bradenton: This Month in Real Estate, Real Estate News and Information!
- 02/18/12 03:28 AM
February 2012 Market Update 2012 is off to a promising start. Mortgage rates continue to drop and have remained under 4% for nearly two months. Home sales are strengthening and pending home sales, a measure to gauge future sales, are at their highest levels since March 2010. Job growth has been increasing for most of 2011, with unemployment dropping to 8.4%. As more people are getting jobs, consumer confidence has also been increasing. However, underemployment continues to be a problem for a stronger recovery. The underemployment rate is 18.1%, and there are still a significant number of people working part time, (0 comments)
bradenton: Real Estate, Market Update, Statistics, Information - January 2012
- 01/16/12 05:48 AM
Welcome to the Latest Issue of The Serena Group Newsletter! As a real estate professionals, we strive to keep in touch with our clients providing them with information that we hope they will find useful. This newsletter is an opportunity to let you know about the state of the market & current trends. It may even touch on ways that you could enhance your home's value. We hope the market data & articles will help you with understanding real estate today & help you with your real estate decisions. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! (0 comments)
bradenton: This Month in Real Estate, Real Estate News Update
- 12/13/11 03:08 AM
December 2011 Market Update One of the key drivers of homes sales, the employment rate, is beginning to show promising signs of a turnaround. The four-week average for jobless claims, as of November 19, was 394,250, a drop of 3,250 from the previous four weeks, and at the lowest levels since April. Consumer confidence also rose 15 points in the last month, and is now at its highest point since July of this year. Eric Green, Chief Market Economist at TD Securities Inc. said, "The trend remains very constructive. Jobless claims are back below 400,000, which seems to be the pivot (0 comments)
bradenton: Bradenton, Heritage Harbour, Real Estate, and Homes for Sale
- 11/30/11 06:30 AM
River Strand at Heritage Harbour, a gated Golf & County Club community, is nestled in the 2,500 acres of lush, tropical natural landscape...along the Manatee River. River Strand’s golf course, clubhouse, and health spa are reserved for homeowners and their guests If you purchase a home at River Strand, it will include a Golf & County Club Equity Membership. Arthur Hills designed the 27-hole River Strand championship golf course that winds through parts of the Manatee River. The Tuscan-style clubhouse features both casual as well as fine dining, an exclusive resort-style pool & luxurious health spa. Also a center of attention (0 comments)
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The Serena Group is comprised of REALTOR(S)® /agents who are very knowledgable and experienced with Bradenton, Sarasota, Manatee County and Sarasota County, foreclosures, bank owned homes and short sales and the processes that are (0 comments)
bradenton: Real Estate, Market, Report, Data, and Statistics - for November 2011
- 11/11/11 09:09 AM
Real Estate, Market, Report, Data, and Statistics - for November 2011 November 2011 Market Update While home sales in September were down slightly from a relatively strong month in August, they were up from a year ago, giving encouraging signs of a strengthening market and potential for stabilizing, if not appreciating, home prices. These signs include an increasing demand, shown by the number of people shopping for homes, and the decreasing inventory of homes for sale, in conjunction with some of the lowest levels of new housing construction since the 1960s when the Beatles first came to the United States. Of (2 comments)
bradenton: Bradenton, Manatee County, Real Estate, News, Data, Market Report
- 10/07/11 07:21 AM
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bradenton: Bradenton, Manatee County, Real Estate, Home for Sale, River Oaks
- 10/06/11 09:33 AM
This lovey home in River Oaks, Bradenton, is quite a catch for some lucky home buyer! Back on the market after a contract failed due to buyer financing, with a huge price reduction to boot. There will be an open house held on Sunday, October 9, 2011, from 12-3pm. Come by and find out why this one won't last long! RIVERFRONT BEAUTY ON OVER AN ACRE! (0 comments)