By Dennis Norman, on May 13th, 2010
Dennis Norman
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, [...]
By Dennis Norman, on August 11th, 2009
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By: Dennis Norman
Today SmartZip, Inc. released it’s first release of the SmartZip Top 10 Markets™, a list of top-rated cities most likely to yield above-average investment returns over the next ten years. The markets are hand-picked by SmartZip’s analysts in conjunction with local market experts.
Presently SmartZip, which just launched its public Beta site in [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 14th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Having done my share of new developments and being put through the “wringer” by city councils and boards of aldermen, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the governor of Florida had signed into law SB 360, titled Growth Management.
According to the Governor’s press release, the following are the benefits [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 27th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Existing home sales in Florida rose in April by 18 percent over a year ago and were up slightly from March.
Condo sales in Florida were up 21% in April from a year ago and up over 6% from March.
This increased activity is, at least in part, a result of significantly lower prices…the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 15th, 2009
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By: Dennis Norman
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 of my E-View TM [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 14th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
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 E-View TM with Bob:
Q-Bob, [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 13th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
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 with us your background [...]
By Dennis Norman, on May 12th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
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 family.
We were [...]