Courtesy of CNN and Money Magazine.... this is a nifty little page that lets you find out which markets across America have had the biggest price drops and offer the best opportunities depending based on what criteria is important to you.
A couple of facts here:
Both Lake Mary and Oviedo made the top 100 list of "Best Small Towns to Live".
Orlando's 9% depreciation seems to indicate that it is still a good place to find bargains (as are many cities in Florida).
Click below and play around with the page....very interesting....
Best (and worst) Places to Buy A Home NOW
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If you are visiting us for spring break, if you are visiting us for the day, or if you are one of us living here in the "city beautiful" you might not realize what we have around us that is fun and FREE.
We are just DISNEY here in Orlando you know.
These ideas courtesy of the "Traveling Mom".
Any other suggestions for free things to do in Orlando?
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Do I show favoritism? Well it is true that I live in the neighborhood, and I was the President of the Lake Davis/Greenwood Neighborhood Association....
So I was pleased to see this nice write up on 903 Mills Market in the online "Visit South" guide. Bravo!
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I figure the day after my 50th birthday would be the appropriate time to recognize that our very own Thornton Park has been named one of the magazine's best "Old House" neighborhoods of 2010.
Old is in!
Full article from "This Old House" magazine below.
Thornton Park, Orlando, Florida | Best Old House Neighborhoods 2010: the South | Photos | Home & Real Estate | This Old House
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As temperatures begin to warm, termites make their way back to our sunny state. According to the Florida Realtors Association there are some preventative measures that you can take to protect your property:
• Remove wood piles and other cellulose sources from under and next to homes.
• Have an annual inspection by a licensed professional pest control company.
• Direct water sources, such as air conditioner drip lines and roof downspouts, away from the structure foundation.
• When purchasing a home, carefully check its termite protection history.
• Obtain a termite protection contract and renew it annually.
Make sure you read your termite bond contract- not all are created equal.
You can read the entire article here and feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions.
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Take a look here and you will see the "active" inventory of homes for sale in Orange/Seminole counties, as well as the total 6 counties of Central Florida. This is courtesy of my very smart, very analytical Broker Lois Ralston from our Coldwell Banker Winter Park office. All weekly numbers are in comparison to the highest level of homes that were on the market in November of 2008 in Orange/Seminole. In a nutshell, there were over 20,000 homes in these two counties back then, and now just over 13,000 homes the week of 2/22/10. Basically inventory has dropped about 35%. It has stayed consistent for months now.
