Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

The highest sale price in 2011 for a home in SW Orlando according to the local MLS is $5.4 million for the  property located at 5139 Fairway Oaks Drive, Windermere, FL 34786 in the community of Isleworth. The surprising thing is that this home is not on Butler Chain but rather on Lake Bessie. They [...]

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The latest 7 day and 90 day moving averages by Altos Research for the real estate market in Windermere, FL (zip code 34786) show some signs of stabilization with prices leveling off and inventory of homes for sale remaining low. Currently the median price stands at $879,788 and median price per foot at $216/ft. The [...]

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Watch CBS News Videos Online A lot of homeowners here in Dr. Phillips and Windermere as well as the rest of the nation who bought their home during the boom years have quite a bit of negative equity in their home. The options are to ride it out until we see 2007 prices, or just [...]

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Making a living doing real estate usually means you have some appreciation for the art and beauty in architecture. I’ve gotta admit there’s always been a fascination with the emotions that architecture can pull out of ya. It just occurred to me that the largest collection of arguably the best architect of all time, Frank [...]

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According to Altos Research, the town of Windemere, FL has seen a strong upward trend in median price, asking price per square foot, and average days on market, while the inventory of homes for sale has seen a strong downward trend. The median price is much different than the one reported by Trendgraphix. Altos reports [...]

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Buyers looking for homes in SW Orlando may find that many of the homes are on small lots with little or no trees. The lack of large trees is due to the fact that many of the subdivisions in SW Orlando were built on former citrus farms. Since citrus trees are notorious for attracting termites, [...]

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