Florida Real Estate

Land in Hernando, Pasco, Citrus County and all the rest of the central gulf coast of Florida has not been this inexpensive in years. The price of farms, groves, ranches and land has gone down so much, that now is the time to live out your fantasy. You can pick your own fruit, ride your ho [Read More]

Real Estate is helping Florida recover from bad economy. Homes have begun moving at a brisk pace in Hernando county and Pasco county are finally able to begin dealing with drop in price of many homes and successfully move them into the hands of new owners. Manatee county according to my sources has [Read More]

In a recent conference it was said that Hernando County had the largest population of government paid retirees bringing the average per capita income to some of the lowest in the country, about $28,500 per year. Our County Department of Economic Development needs to step outside the bounds of the N [Read More]

At a recent seminar at the Hernando County Association of Realtors facility in Brooksville Florida, citizens and Realtors were given some economic facts about the county that were rather startling. The seminar leader pointed out that Hernando County had perhaps the largest retired contingency of go [Read More]

Hernando County county commissioners are being asked to approve a plan to give free leased land to a large private sector employer who is willing to create 500 jobs and investment $25 million in capital improvements at the Hernando County Airport industrial park. This would boost the county's [Read More]

New construction has become the employment lifeline of South Florida, however, due to the economic slowdown, the plug has been pulled. It was bound to happen, as South Florida was extremely overbuilt during the housing boom a few years back.  However, with the enormous housing invent [Read More]

Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, after a long dry spell, it seems if a buyer has cash or can obtain financing they are now eager to buy up these land deals in Brooksville and surrounding areas of Hernando, Citrus and Sumter counties. This weekend I was fortunate to drive and walk 58 acres for [Read More]

Consider this to be your 30 day notice...that hurricane season, here in Florida, will begin! Hurricane season starts on June 1st and ends on November 30th.  The main concern during this time is property damage and most importantly; flood insurance!   There are some homeowners that believe [Read More]

Home sales have declined 74% since 2005, naturally as the prices decline; the sales are beginning to rise. In Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida the home prices are replicating those from 2003! With the home prices looking the same as they did 6 years ago, what would stop you from taking advan [Read More]

I had a call Friday from a guy who wanted a foreclosure home that originally sold for $220 thousand and wanted to pay no more than $70 thousand. Maybe he has been watching to much foreclosure news on TV and felt his request was a reasonable one.. I decided to put some real numbers together for the [Read More]