Century 21 Manausa & Associates - Tallahassee Real Estate
If you want to know the time of year that most people buy and sell a home in Tallahassee, all you need to do is study real estate seasonality. And with all due respect to Andy Williams, my Realtor peers and I believe now is the most wonderful time of the year.
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After seeing positive movement for home values in yesterday’s Tallahassee Real Estate Report, I had a reader ask me about the current trend for Tallahassee short sales and how they might affect the market moving forward. I would think that a decline in Tallahassee short sales could be a sign that we have reached (or [...]
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After many years of continual bad news, it seems that just about every recent Tallahassee real estate report is filled to the brim with good news. While is easy to see that any good news is reason to smile, it is important to keep a vigilant eye on what is being reported and to identify [...]
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I have always loved owning a house with a pool, it just seems to be the crowning jewel for a family home. There’s something to be said about coming home on a hot steamy day and jumping in the pool for a chance to cool off. I know that it is a bias that I [...]
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If you are thinking about selling a home in Tallahassee, you will want to keep an eye on the quality of real estate contracts for homes like your own. You see, not all real estate contracts are created equal, and the quality of what is in writing very likely will determine whether or not you [...]
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Several times each year, I like to analyze the current trend of home sales price compared to initial asking price. Some people look at this “spread” to determine the discount in the market, but I do not think that is what it reveals. I believe the discount between final sales price and initial asking price, [...]
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After yesterday’s article about hiring a contractor in Florida, I received an interesting question from a reader who asked if now was the time to build a new home. In fact, he was a little dismayed and felt that I was changing direction too swiftly, having written fairly recently about the huge new construction premium [...]
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I’ve had several clients ask us to recommend them to a top Contractor In Florida lately, and I think it might be a sign of a changing level of confidence among home buyers. While I still strongly recommend that buyers exhaust all options with existing homes for sale in Tallahassee, there are some that are [...]
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If you are getting ready to start marketing your home for sale, you are probably curious about how to sell a home in 2013 and specifically what needs to be done to outshine your competition. No matter the market conditions, there are homes that are similar enough to yours that become your competition whenever one [...]
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As we approach the end of April, it appears as if a new trend is forming for distressed homes in Tallahassee. We use the term “distressed” when we refer to properties where the homes are being sold under “other than normal” conditions, such as short sales, foreclosures, and bank owned properties. Currently, there are still [...]
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