Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

10741 Woodchase Circle, Orlando, FL  32836 in Turtle Creek MLS#: O5057459 Asking Price: $317,500 Maintenance free living at it’s best in the Avalon section of guard gated Turtle Creek. It’s conveniently located next to the community pool, within minutes to “Restaurant Row”, the Dr. Phillips Community Park, and local attractions. Some of the fine features [...]

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The big story lately in the real estate market here in Orlando is the downward trend for inventory levels. For the 10th straight month, the number of homes for sale has dropped yet again. The number of homes for sale stood at 15,963 in May 2010 and now stands at 10,969 which represents at 31% [...]

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The latest Case Shiller Home Price Index figures were released the past few days and it appears that although there was a drop in home prices by 1.6% nationally, there is a glimmer of hope for the future. According to their forecast, home prices will continue to deteriorate then forecast to show a marked upward [...]

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The first thing anyone thinks of when you mention Orlando, FL is Disney World. Those of us who live here know that we don’t see the famous mouse as much as most out of towners would think, but residents here are forever linked to Mickey Mouse. So the Mouse House created recently by an Orlando [...]

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The residential real estate market here in Orlando continues it’s trend toward stability. While none of us have a crystal ball that tells us where the bottom of the market is, the signs are beginning to appear. The number of homes on the market has dropped 27.5% over the past 12 months and sales have [...]

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The real estate market is heating up… literally. With the blazing summer heat, the real estate market in Orlando traditionally heats up alongside the rising temperatures. Really, there’s no correlation between temperature and the real estate market. It’s actually because the summer is the easiest time to move for people with kids in school. If [...]

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I just took some customers to see the townhomes at Pulte’s Berkshire Place community and I’ve got to say I was impressed. They have nice floor plans and many common upgrades such as granite counter tops, ceramic tile, designer light fixtures instead of the cheapo brass, and maple cabinets are already included. We went though [...]

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The Orlando Regional Realtor Association released the latest statistics for Orlando today and it shows some promising signs. For the first time this year, the inventory of homes is less than the level seen in the same period for 2007. There’s currently 19.6 months of inventory on the market which seems like a lot, but [...]

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Ever wonder how SW Orlando looks from a helicopter? Ed Fink of Big Eye in the Sky has been flying around cities in a helicopter shooting stunning virtual tours so there’s no need to go rent one anymore. Here are some of his full screen tours of SW Orlando: Butler Chain of Lakes in Windermere [...]

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