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By Dennis Norman, on September 21st, 2011 Owners of vacation rentals are reporting that the summer season was a successful one with 68 percent of them reporting occupancy rates of 76 percent or more over the summer, this according to a report released today by HomeAway, Inc. The vacation rental market suffered from the market downturn just like the rest of the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on March 31st, 2011 More than half a million vacation homes were purchased last year, fueled by low real estate prices, attractive mortgage rates and the potential for price appreciation according to research done by the National Association of REALTORS for HomeAway.
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By Dennis Norman, on August 2nd, 2010
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Report looks at impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil spill on Florida Coastal home values
According to a report released this morning by CoreLogic the impact of the BP DeepWater Horizon oil spill on home values in the coastal area’s along the Gulf coast is expected to range from $648 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 17th, 2010
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As the real estate market and industry continues to struggle to try to pull out of the dumps, another blow could come soon from Congress in the form of new tax burdens on real estate.
Congress is proposing that all owners of rental properties be required to complete and file 1099 forms [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 13th, 2010
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Sales of existing single-family homes in Florida rose 24 percent in first quarter 2010 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the latest housing statistics from Florida Realtors®. A total of 38,846 existing homes sold statewide in 1Q 2010; during the same period the year before, a total of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 9th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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Monday I did the first post and yesterday the second post of my E-View with Frank Gregoire, a Florida appraiser and author of Appraiser Active.
Frank is often quoted as a source for nationally syndicated real estate columnists and appears as a
Francois (Frank) K. Gregoire, IFA RAA
speaker [...]
By Dennis Norman, on June 3rd, 2009 Dennis Norman
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I’m talking of course about Branson, Missouri which, according to the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce website, is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary of Branson’s first show, “The Baldknobbers”. The Chamber Site also states that the Branson area has:
more than 50 live performance theatres three pristin lakes 12 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 26th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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Recently I finished an E-View TM with Bob Radigan from VIP Realty Group in Florida about the gulf coast market. Bob is also active in another popular vacation market, the mountains of North Carolina. While in North Carolina during part of the year Bob is an agent with Landmark Realty Group.
In my [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 15th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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This is my final post of a series about Florida real estate and the second part of my interview with Bob Radigan with VIP Realty Group in the Sanibel/Captiva area.
For part one of this series click here, part two click here and part three click here.
Following is the continuation [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 14th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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This is my third post of a series about Florida real estate and the second part of my interview with Bob Radigan with VIP Realty Group in the Sanibel/Captiva area.
For part one of this series click here, for part two click here.
Following is the continuation of my [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 13th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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In my post yesterday I was talking about Florida and whether or not now is the time to consider buying there now. To answer this question I turned to Bob Radigan with VIP Realty Group.
Following is part one of my E-View TM with Bob:
Q- Bob, please share [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 12th, 2009 Dennis Norman
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I met the wonderful woman that was to be my wife in 1998 in St. Louis. Prior to moving back to St. Louis she had spent the prior decade living on the gulf coast of Florida and loved it but came back to St. Louis to be closer to [...]
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