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Home Appreciation Map of Jacksonville, FL

June 9, 2009

Not a surprise on this map.  Just about every area of Jacksonville is down in value as is most of the rest of the free world.  Even some of the “Best Locations” suffer equally as bad in this real estate down cycle. Some of the North Jacksonville homes are actually appreciating.   Zip Codes for appreciation [...]

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Jacksonville Homes For Sale – Price Slashing

June 7, 2009

Jacksonville Homes For Sale Lead the Nation in Price Slashes! This is not the best news! Based on a recent Trulia study, Jacksonville tops the nation in price cutting with 36% of all homes that get listed for sale, end up dropping their price.  This tells me those homes were over priced when they were [...]

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Short Sale Help in Jacksonville

May 16, 2009

Help is Here for your Jacksonville Short Sale . Good news is coming out of Washington this week for Jacksonville Home Owners.  In efforts to speed up the Short Sale process, the government is working with mortgage companies to streamline the often tedious event. The Wall Street Journal states, “The government will pay mortgage-servicing companies [...]

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Jacksonville Real Estate is 20/20

May 5, 2009

We are right back where we started! My wife and I always kick ourselves for not buying the little home we rented when we first moved to Jacksonville in 2001.  The house was just south of San Marco in an area called Miramar.  It was a great little red brick house with 3 bedrooms and [...]

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The Great Jacksonville Realtor Weed Out

April 20, 2009

The Jacksonville Real Estate Market has changed drastically in just a few years.  It has changed for Buyers, Sellers, and Jacksonville Realtors. Just a few years ago, everyone seemed to have a real estate license.  Your babysitter, the waiter at your favorite restaurant, your uncle, your best friend’s wife, and just about everyone else.  Were [...]

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Jacksonville Real Estate and National Trend

April 16, 2009

Who is Buying Jacksonville Real Estate? . Based on National Trends, the number of people buying their 1st home is rising. In 2008, the trend continued with 41% of all Buyers being 1st timers vs 36% in 2006.  That is a substantial increase in just a few years.  Another interesting statistic indicates the age of [...]

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Jacksonville First Time Home Buyers

April 9, 2009

Jacksonville First Time Home Buyer – NOW IS THE TIME! A report posted today April 9th, 2009 at the Wall Street Journal, talks about the timing and incentives available for First Time Home Buyers.  The video below drives these main points: Mortgage Rates are at 50 year lows. Prices are down. Plenty of homes to [...]

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Jacksonville Real Estate News

April 8, 2009

Pulte Homes buys Centex Homes This deal was announced today, April 8th, and is the first large merger in the home building industry and probably not the last.  Richard Dugas, the CEO of Pulte, stated that the “merger” brings great alignment of the company to service the 2 growth segments of the market, 1st time [...]

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First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

April 7, 2009

Jacksonville First Time Home buyer Tax Credit – An $8,000 tax credit, or 10 percent of your home’s value, whichever is less, is now available to first-time homebuyers. – Buyers may not have owned a home for the past three years to qualify as “first time” buyers. – You must purchase the house between January [...]

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