Entries by Toby Tobin

House of the Week: Contemporary Waterfront in Flagler Beach

This recently updated 4,259 SF multi-level home is only two blocks from the ocean. It comes with awesome views and a dock with boat access to the Intracoastal Waterway. PALM COAST, FL –October 19, 2018 – GoToby.com’s Featured House of the Week is an impressive waterfront open floor plan, multi-level waterfront contemporary home. With boating […]

Fla. Housing Market: Positive Trends Continue in Aug. 2018

Florida’s housing market reported more sales, more new listings, and higher median prices in August compared to a year ago. Sales of single-family homes statewide up 4.2 percent. ORLANDO, Fla. – Sept. 22, 2018 – Florida's housing market reported more sales, more new listings and higher median prices in August compared to a year ago, […]

Rent vs. Buy: Scale Tips to ‘Rent’ – First Time Since 1999

Renting and reinvesting additional money that would have been spent on homeownership will, on average, financially outperform owning and building equity. BOCA RATON, Fla. – Aug. 31, 2018 – U.S. housing markets, when viewed as a whole, are now in rent territory, according to the latest national index produced by Florida Atlantic University and Florida […]

Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville Near Top of ‘Likely to Move’ List

ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q2 2018 Pre-Mover Housing Index finds that Chicago, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Atlanta posted the highest pre-mover index in the second quarter of 2018. IRVINE, Calif. – Aug. 21, 2018 – ATTOM Data Solutions' Q2 2018 Pre-Mover Housing Index finds that Chicago, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Atlanta posted the highest pre-mover […]

August Builder Confidence: Tight Supplies, Lots of Buyers

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes edged down one point to 67 reading in August though any number above 50 means that attitudes are in positive territory. WASHINGTON, August 16, 2018 – Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes edged down one point to 67 reading in August […]

Metro Home Prices Climb to New All-Time High; Rise 5.3 Percent in Second Quarter

Amidst staggeringly low inventory levels in much of the country during the second quarter, existing-homes sales cooled and home prices maintained their robust level of appreciation WASHINGTON — August 9, 2018 — Amidst staggeringly low inventory levels in much of the country during the second quarter, existing-homes sales cooled and home prices maintained their robust level of […]

Should the U.S. Adopt Fla.’s Private Flood-Insurance Model?

Making a case for including a private flood insurance element in any updates to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – August 8, 2018 – In a recent article published in the Insurance Journal, Lisa Miller, a Tallahassee-based former Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner who served as an advisor on passage of Florida laws […]