Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

There will be a new guard gated subdivision to be built along the shores of the famed Lake Butler called Waterstone. It will be located in Windermere off Winter Garden-Vineland Rd. and adjacent to Windermere Preparatory School. No information on pricing is available yet but with the builders involved in this project such as C.J. [...]

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Forbes Magazine takes a look at the homes of billionaires and finds that they typically like to stay close to where they grew up. Billionaires such as Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Warren Buffet have all remained in their home towns. Microsoft’s Paul Allen still lives with his mom albeit on a gigantic estate where [...]

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Donald Trump predicts on CNBC‘s “The Billionaire Inside” that the bottom of the real estate market will be within the next 6 months to a year and says that right now is the best time to buy. A key point he made was that it pays to go against the grain, so the time to [...]

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The New American Home in the Lake Burden at the Lakes of Windermere subdivision located off Winter Garden-Vineland Rd. was built by Hannigan Homes in 2006 and encourages a design philosophy that makes homes more friendly with the environment. Although beautiful, grand, and stunning, it’s kinda ironic that it boasts 7,367 square feet of living [...]

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photo by James Northern Coldwell Banker Previews released a profile of luxury homeowners from a study it conducted of its top luxury home sales associates who are also considered to be the world’s premier marketers of luxury properties. The findings of the Coldwell Banker Luxury Homeowner Profile on coldwellbanker.com are as follows: 31% are cash [...]

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The town of Windermere offers some of the finest golf communities in the world with Isleworth, Keene’s Pointe, and Windermere Club. Isleworth is a world renowned golf club originally designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay with Tiger Woods, Mark O’Meara, and Stuart Appleby as members. Keene’s Pointe is the newest golf community and a [...]

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Golf community offerings in Dr. Phillips include Bay Hill and Orange Tree. Bay Hill offers a PGA tour quality course with lots of amenities where the “king” Arnold Palmer reigns, while Orange Tree offers the most difficult course in Central Florida with a low number of members. Homes in both communities will require some updating, [...]

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Located at the corner of West Lake Butler Blvd. and Mckinnon Rd., Bellaria is a quaint guard gated community of 64 homes on lots of at least 3/4 acre. Some of the area’s most well known builders which include: Castleworks, McNally Homes, Heidenescher, Dave Konkol, J. Richard Watson, and RL Vogel are available here. Pricing [...]

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The most expensive home in America is a property located in Aspen, Colorado called Hala Ranch designed by architect Hagman Yaw. It’s currently owned by a Saudi Arabian Prince who has put it up for sale with Christie’s Great Estates for a mere $135 million. It boasts 56,000 square feet and sits on 95 acres [...]

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Unique Homes, one of the world’s leading luxury home publications, has designated me as a luxury specialist for Southwest Orlando. It’s nice to be recognized sometimes. Unique Homes is distributed to over 14,000 newsstands around the country. With copies sold in more than 80 countries and a per-issue readership of some 300,000, Unique Homes is [...]

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