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Florida Real Estate Listings
Posted by sagolas in Uncategorized on May 13, 2011
If you are looking to move to Florida and don’t know where to start, fret no more. All you need to do is to contact a Florida real estate agent, and it is highly likely that you will be able to get all the information that you need. Florida real estate agents have access to most all real estate listed with the multiple listing services. The real estate agents will also be able to give you feedback on the current Florida real estate market, and also advise you on the best locations to live or invest in.
The multiple listings are normally subdivided into different categories, such as residential for sale (which includes single family and condo home); residential rentals (which means long term or short term rentals of condos or single-family homes); lots or acreage, which means residential and commercially zoned lots and acreage; residential income properties, which covers apartments and condos; commercial improved, which means commercial properties for sale; commercially unimproved, which covers commercially zoned land for sale; commercial space for lease, and business opportunities for those who are seeking established businesses for sale.
The Florida Association of Realtors would be the ideal place to obtain the full listing of all properties available in Florida. The listings will give you complete information, like the property owner, the size of the property, details of the property like number of rooms, halls, bathrooms, fixtures and fittings, whether it comes with a swimming pool, if it has a beachfront or hilltop view, the price and other pertinent information that you would need before considering a purchase.
South Florida Real Estate Market
Posted by sagolas in Uncategorized on May 2, 2011
Sale prices for existing homes and condos in South Florida real estate market rose in the second quarter of this year. But the amount of increase is not as much as sellers had been hoping for. Nevertheless as compared to the previous year, the cumulative sales of South Florida real estate plunged according to statistics from the Florida Association of Realtors. Housing analysts are positive about the strength of the South Florida real estate market; however, the current trend seems to suggest that the South Florida real estate market is experiencing a fall off. The numbers indicate that home sales have dropped by at least 30% in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Condo sales also generally declined, by 44% in Palm Beach County, 33% in Broward and 23% in Miami-Dade.
Notwithstanding the concerted diminishing of home sales rate, median prices continue to gain upward momentum. In Broward, median home prices are up by 2% compared to the same period of the previous year. In Miami-Dade, the jump is even more spectacular as the median price raised by 8%. Only Palm Beach County experience a slight appreciation as its median sales price only increased by 1% in comparison with last year’s numbers.
South Florida real estate condo prices also slightly amplified increased slightly by the second quarter of this year. Broward’s median sale price for condos increased by a considerable 10%; Palm Beach County’s by 8%; and Miami-Dade’s by 3%.