Twenty-six percent of Florida buyers are international. In second place California, the percentage is eleven percent. Palm Coast, FL – June 12, 2012 – The National Association of Realtors® released Monday its 2012 Profile of International Home Buying Activity. Florida led all states with 26% of its home purchases by international buyers. California comes in […]
Declining inventory could dampen sales stats through the rest of the year. Palm Coast, FL – June 11, 2012 – There were 208 single-family Flagler County homes sold (closed) through MLS in May. By all measures, it was an outstanding month. The total represented the most homes sold in a single month since November 2005, […]
Fixed mortgage rates reached new record lows for the sixth consecutive week as long-term Treasury bond yields declined further following downwardly revised economic growth and job creation data. Palm Coast, FL – June 8, 2012 – Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) yesterday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates falling […]
What are we having for chicken tonight? Palm Coast, FL – June 5, 2012 – Zaxby’s , a chicken specialty restaurant chain, has submitted a site plan to the City of Palm Coast. If approved, the new restaurant will be located in Cobblestone Village, home to Belks, Lowes, and Golden Corral. As submitted, Zaxby’s will […]
Burke Mt. has had a spotty history financially. Before Ginn arrived on the scene, Burke had had four owners in the previous 20 years and gone bankrupt four times. Palm Coast, FL – June 5, 2012 – The owners of northern Vermont’s Jay Peak resort recently announced they closed on the purchase of another northern […]
Pending home sales retrenched in April following three consecutive monthly gains, but are notably higher than a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Palm Coast, FL – May 30, 2012 – National pending home sales retrenched in April following three consecutive monthly gains, but are notably higher than a year ago, according […]
Existing-home sales rose in April and remain above a year ago, while home prices continued to rise, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The improvements in sales and prices were broad Palm Coast, FL – May 23, 2012 – Existing-home sales rose in April and remain above a year ago, while home prices continued […]
Toby has relocated to Peninsula Rehabilitation Center in Ormond Beach. He will be there for fourteen days. Ormond Beach, FL – May 20, 2012 – Toby has left Shands Hospital in Jacksonville and has been relocated to Peninsula Rehabilitation Center in Ormond Beach, where he’ll remain for fourteen days. Toby badly broke his pelvis in […]
Palm Coast, FL – May 20, 2012 – One week after a one-second fall took GoToby.com offline, I’m back – sort of.
Unlike Humpty Dumpty, doctors were able to put Toby back together again. Jacksonville, FL – May 14, 2012 – Toby Tobin’s surgery earlier today on his broken pelvis went very well, and Toby now is recovering at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville. Toby badly broke his pelvis in a fall at his home in Palm Coast […]