Archive for January, 2006

Lee County Florida Real Estate Rises 44% in 2005

Thursday, January 26th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Lee County's median price rose 44% in 2005, from $192,700 to $278,200 The number of sales increased 26% from 9,612 in 2004 to 12,123 in 2005 making 2005 another record ... Read more..

State of the Market- Mini Update

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

State of the Market-Mini UpdateHere is a look at Inventory levels from random past dates and today. Active represents Active listings by date, and Pending represents properties that were under ... Read more..

NAR Study Commentary

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

This study confirms what we already know. Sellers who use Realtors sell their homes for 16% on average more than sellers who try to sell their own home for the ... Read more..

Home Buyer & Seller Survey Shows Rising Use of Internet, Reliance on Agents

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Home Buyer & Seller Survey Shows Rising Use of Internet, Reliance on AgentsWASHINGTON (January 17, 2006) – Technology is transforming how Americans buy and sell homes in unexpected ways, including ... Read more..

Mortgage Rates Drop

Saturday, January 14th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Mortgage rates have dropped for the 5th straight week, to a national average of 6.15 percent. This was down from 6.21 percent the week prior. Recent economic news points to ... Read more..

Home Builders Predict Housing Slowdown

Friday, January 13th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) is meeting this week in Orlando Flrida. They are concerned about markets such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando, Miami and San Diego where investors ... Read more..

Loan program Allows you to Build in Repair Costs

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

HUD has introduced enhancements to the streamlined 203(k)program to facilitate the purchase of property that needs onlyminor rehab work, including raising the ceiling for repair coststo $35,000.This allows a buyer ... Read more..

Annual Cyber Star Conference

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The annual Cyber Star Summit is being held this week in San Antonio Texas. The Cyber Stars are the Top 200 agents nationwide out of more than 1.5 million Realtors. ... Read more..