Paul and Carol make a dynamic team as their individual strengths are hugely complimentary to the other. They enjoy working together and are loved by their clients for their down-to-earth personalities and the old-fashioned work ethic that they bring to their business.
August 14th, 2011
Lakewood Ranch Coming Back Strong After Recession
Had you been touring Lakewood Ranch in the past couple of years you would have noticed many properties that looked unloved and forgotten. You would have seen yards that needed help and driveways that needed the help of a pressure washer and so on. These had all been signs of the foreclosures in the area. [...]
August 12th, 2011
Major Builder Has New Bullish Owner
Taylor Morrison, formerly known as Taylor Woodrow, has officially been under the parental umbrella of TMM Holdings Limited Partnership Since mid-July. The partnership spent $955 million for the company. Taylor Morrison is known as the nation’s 14th largest homebuilder and has a very noteworthy presence in Southwest Florida. In 2010 the company enjoyed 564 closings [...]
August 12th, 2011
Sarasota’s Market On the Upswing
Some of the movers and shakers of Sarasota have recently made some bold statements about the condition of the market that can be backed up by firm statistics, helping to give some further confidence to those who have been debating about when to buy. Jefferson Riddell, a local attorney whose firm is in the top [...]
August 12th, 2011
Sarasota County to See Some Tax Decrease
Yes…..you read that correctly. It isn’t often that people see their real estate taxes decrease but, that will be the case now for some homeowners. The reason for this is that a vote passed this month by county officials to keep the general property tax rate flat with the exception of some special taxing districts [...]
August 12th, 2011
Home Warranties are More Accurately Called Home Service Contracts
It is not a good statement when one reads that in 2010, home warranty companies led Angie’s List of the most complained-about companies. That is not too encouraging but that doesn’t mean that all home warranties are bad. Perhaps people have not understood what they were buying or being given. (As many people do offer [...]
August 12th, 2011
Second Quarter 2011 About The Same As Second Quarter 2010
While it is true that the numbers are pretty flat year over year for the second quarter of the year, what is perhaps more encouraging is that the number of houses that sold and the pricing of those homes sold showed a nice increase from the first quarter. There were 3085 sales in the three [...]
August 7th, 2011
Home Ownership In The U.S. at a Low
The U.S. Census Bureau announced in its second-quarter report that home ownership is at the lowest level it has been since 1998. One of the reasons given for this is stricter credit standards for folks trying to qualify for financing while another is that as owners fall behind on their payments they are being evicted [...]
August 7th, 2011
763 Acre Ocala Horse Farm ~ Like no other!
Every once in a while in life something amazing and out-of-the-ordinary happens. Just such a thing occurred in the past few weeks. While we are fortunate to represent some fabulous properties in Florida, each of those is special in its own right, a most spectacular farm came our way and I am thrilled to be [...]
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