Jacksonville Home Selling Tip of the Day

March 29, 2011

Sometimes the easiest, most simple tips are the best, and this one is no exception.  Sell your Jacksonville home faster by maximizing the number of times the home is shown by never denying a showing.  Showings are inconvenient by nature, but you must remember that your home is on the market and you REALLY want [...]

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Jacksonville Home Values 2011

March 9, 2011

Home Values continue to drop nationwide but there are so many conflicting news stories about the housing market, it’s hard to know what is actually happening.  This graph from Zillow, shows the run up in values and then the fast decline of values to current day 2011.  I like this graph as it doesn’t interpret [...]

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Loan Modification Denied? Short Sale your Jacksonville House

March 1, 2011

HAMP or Home Affordable Modification Program has been a complete failure.  Here are some of the more recent articles on the failures: Home Owners Protesting that it’s a SCAM Only 1 in 4 got mortgage relief And the most honest, realistic article of them all comes from Fox Business:  HAMP UPDATE:  Foreclosure More Likely Than [...]

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Why this Jacksonville home sold in 5 days

February 15, 2011

Why did this home sell in 5 days? The Owner: Fully understanding the competition, the owners of this home made every possible cosmetic repair, curb appeal, and cleaning effort to a home that was already in great condition. The Price: We studied the comparable homes that had sold recently, and priced aggressively from the beginning. [...]

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Case Shiller Price Index graph shows the housing market decline

January 26, 2011

This graph shows the decline in house values since the peak housing bubble years.  Jacksonville is not on the list as the Case Shiller index only studies 20 markets.  However, Case Shiller is said to be the leading measurement for the US housing market.  The report is completed monthly with a 2 month lag. The [...]

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A Jacksonville Qwiki

January 25, 2011
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Jacksonville Waterfront Homes Market Report October 2010 to January 2011

January 25, 2011

Jacksonville Waterfront Homes Market Report Date range:  October 1st, 2010 – January 25th, 2010 Areas covered:  Duval County Type of property:  Single Family Home Criteria:  Navigable waterfront to the ocean, or oceanfront. View Jacksonville Waterfront Homes Market Report in a full screen map Sold Price Address zip Financing Total Square Footage Price Per sq ft [...]

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Second home buyers, It’s time to buy a Florida Waterfront Home

January 21, 2011

Even Clark Howard says it’s time to buy a second home!  If you are in the market for a 2nd home in Florida, waterfront homes should be at the top of the list.

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Promissory Notes and Cash Contributions on Short Sales

January 21, 2011

Short Sale TREND ALERT: Banks are saying “Show me the money”. Promissory Notes and Cash Contributions are becoming very common in Short Sales Over the past few months, I’ve seen numerous request for a Promissory Note and/or Cash Contribution in order to allow the short sale.  Many times this is requested by the investor (Fannie [...]

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Update or Drop the Price? Jacksonville Real Estate Question of the Week

January 20, 2011

Deferred maintenance, old school appliances, worn out carpet, bathrooms from the 60′s 70′s 80′s, outdated kitchens, big brass light fixtures.  These are just a small fraction of the updates and renovations that many homes need.  When trying to sell, these are big negatives.  This brings up the question of the week: Should I update my [...]

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Time to Move to Florida? Top 16 Reasons

January 12, 2011

Isn’t it time to finally move to Florida? With all the snow and airport closings on the news, I can’t help but write this. No State Income Tax No Snow No Iced Roads Warm climate Humidity is better for your skin…right? Sunshine is good for you, and we have plenty of it! Ocean Beach lifestyle [...]

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Top 5 Reasons to buy our Short Sale Listings

January 12, 2011

Buying a Home in Jacksonville? Have you noticed how many are short sales? Be careful! Not all Short Sales are created equally! Top 5 reasons you should buy our Short Sale Listings: . Sellers are screened: Who wouldn’t want to bail out of an upside down house right?  Well, not everyone can.  In fact, it’s [...]

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Chase Short Sale

December 21, 2010

Chase Short Sale Information Consider yourself lucky if you have a Chase mortgage and you need to complete a Short Sale in Jacksonville Florida. Chase has long been one of the slowest banks to work with in Short Sales, however they have recently started to turn the ship.  They now are attempting to get ahead [...]

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Why I Require a Jacksonville Attorney For Your Short Sale

December 13, 2010

Top 4 reasons I require you to use an Attorney for your Short Sale: Professional Legal Representation vs. Real Estate Agent Representation:  Who would you rather have negotiating with the bank, your short sale attorney or your real estate agent? LARGE amount of money negotiations:  This is not a $1000 credit dispute with your Dillard’s [...]

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To Short Sale or not to Short Sale that is the question

December 11, 2010

Many homeowners are struggling to keep a mortgage paid and at some point the home selling discussions begin.  Not a fun place to be, however it is what it is. The first step is to obviously understand your finances.  Assuming you’ve already completed that and you’ve decided you must sell the house. go to step [...]

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When to List My Jacksonville Home For Sale

December 10, 2010

If you are trying to decide when is the appropriate time to put your home on the market, my answer is simple:  As soon as possible….just after Christmas! Traditionally, Spring was a great time to list your home for sale, however that’s in a more normal real estate market.  In this market, you need to [...]

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Asking Price is NOT Market Value

December 9, 2010

Question of the Week:   How much is my home worth? Every week I get this question, and my response is almost always less than the owners anticipated.  It’s very easy to look up all the asking prices within a neighborhood, but those are asking prices only. A property is only worth what buyers are willing [...]

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How fast are homes selling in Jacksonville Florida

December 8, 2010

2 examples of homes selling extremely fast in Jacksonville: Short Sale in Eagles Hammock:  26 days flat. Here’s the scoop.  The owners, knowing the home needed to be in tip top condition, volunteered to install new carpet after moving out of the home.  Not only did they install new carpet, but they also had the [...]

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$3000 HAFA Short Sale and Unicorns, Flying Pigs, and Oceanfront real estate in Arizona

December 7, 2010

The government was kind enough to intervene with a new plan called HAFA, which was intended to give incentive to both the Seller and the Seller’s bank for completing a short sale.  The Seller would receive $3000 for successfully completing a short sale. Real World $3000 HAFA program: See Flying Pig to the left The [...]

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Sell your Jacksonville Short Sale FASTER

November 24, 2010

Short Sales are not short as the name suggest.  Often called “Long Sales”, they are notoriously slow and seem to take forever to get to the closing table. You can speed this up by reducing the first phase of a short sale:  the amount of time that the home is on the market (selling it [...]

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