Hammock Dunes Real Estate plus Sotheby’s. The firm will do business as Hammock Southeby’s International Realty PALM COAST, Fla. – August 19, 2008 – Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC today announced that Hammock Dunes Real Estate Company in Palm Coast, Fla., has joined its luxury real estate network. The firm now will do business […]
Moving in the right direction Palm Coast, Florida In 2008, – August 18, 2008 – In 2008, more than 300,000 people will move to Florida, generating a demand for 150,000 for-sale and rental homes. Meanwhile, the state’s economy is likely to add 175,000 new jobs, strongly outperforming national averages. And a significant percentage of Florida’s […]
The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes an important tax credit for first-time home buyers. Palm Coast, Florida – August 18, 2008 – When congress recently passed the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, it threw in some additional benefits. First-time buyers who purchase a home between April 8, 2008 […]
Meanwhile, Ginn’s credit issues affecting Tesoro, Quail West, Laurelmor, and Ginn sur Mer remain unresolved. Palm Coast, Florida – August 18, 2008 – Luxury properties are not immune from the real estate market’s decline. Owners of a lot in Tesoro Preserve, a Ginn Company development in Port St. Lucie, Florida have decided to get out […]
Contrasting November ’06 comments on the housing market with those reported yesterday – hear from both sides of his mouth. Palm Coast, Florida – August 14, 2008 – No Chairman of the Federal Reserve, past or present, can match Alan Greenspan’s ability to mesmerize the public, the press, and Wall Street with every utterance. Each […]
Let’s take a look at some of the opportunities and positive indicators for the future of Florida’s real estate market. The upside of Florida real estate: 20 market positives Let’s take a look at some of the opportunities and positive indicators for the future of Florida’s real estate market. Long-term economic and demographic trends continue […]
Palm Coast Resort, Central Avenue Townhomes Earn Early Returns Palm Coast, Florida – August 13, 2008 – The company that purchased the remaining completed condominiums in the Palm Coast Resort project from Centex announced some good news in a press release issued from their Sanford-based headquarters. Portions of the release of particular interest to Palm Coast […]
Home building revenues, backlog, and net signed contracts all down Source: Toll Brothers, Inc. HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 13, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today reported that, for the third quarter ended July 31, 2008, home building revenues were approximately $796.5 million, backlog was approximately […]
Don Saxon, scheduled to meet with Gov. Charlie Crist and Cabinet to propose new regulations emerges instead with a retirement announcement. Palm Coast, Florida – August 12, 2008 – Three weeks ago, a Miami Herald series exposed a gross lapse in oversight by the Office of Financial Regulation, which oversees the state mortgage industry. (related […]
Credit woes of large developers Ginn and WCI Communities overshadowed any slight shifts in the local real estate market. Palm Coast, Florida – August 11, 2008 – The Palm Coast, Florida real estate market was fairly quiet in July with no dramatic shifts in any of the three markets I watch most closely; single-family residential, […]