Florida “Save Our Homes” Helping Homeowners Lower Taxes

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Florida’s lack of an income tax has placed a high burden on property taxes to cover the burden of running the state. Excemptions that keep increases on properties held long term have kept families rooted to their old homes […]

See How Much Is Spent Marketing A Real Estate Listing

Trying to figure out how much to spend marketing a home is a constant battle for real estate agents. Face it, spending money on a home that does not sell is lost money. But not spending enough may cause you to fail in your marketing and end up costing you the sale.
It is enough […]

1 in 4 Homes Sold in 1st Quarter Was A Distressed Sale

An interesting AP article discussing how banks are dealing with the foreclosure had this nugget in it.
One out of every four homes sold in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2008 was a distressed property.
Think about that when you are trying to market a used home. Or if you are a […]

Connecticut Conveyance Tax Causes Battle Between Government and Realtors

Who is the fool that believes once a new taxes is created the government will ever let it go?
For once those affected by a tax are fighting back. Connecticut passed a real estate conveyance tax back in 2003 that was scheduled to sunset, or in real world terms end, on June 30th of this year. […]

Patchwork Nation - A New Demographic Study Of The United States

Patchwork Nation is a new initiative by the Christian Science Monitor to break the country into 11 demographic units by county that best represent the population that lives there. The report has been done primarily for political purposes but the implication for housing and real estate are also included in the report.
These categories are:

Boom […]