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Florida Condo Sales Up 67 Percent In First Quarter; Prices Drop 13 Percent

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, [...]

Where are the best investments in California and Florida?

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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 [...]

Florida passes a developer-friendly bill – gets backlash though

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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 [...]

Florida home and condo sales rise for 8th month in a row

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 [...]

Florida: Sometimes the best deal is the one you didn’t make…But, is now the time to buy? Final post in the series

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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 [...]

Florida: Sometimes the best deal is the one you didn’t make…But, is now the time to buy? Part 3 of a series

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, [...]

Florida: Sometimes the best deal is the one you didn’t make…But, is now the time to buy? Part 2 of a series

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 [...]

Florida: Sometimes the best deal is the one you didn’t make…But, is now the time to buy?

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 [...]