
Friday November 6th, 2009 marks Downtown Lakeland's monthly clebration. November's First Friday themed "Honoring Service" will begin at 6 pm. ...

A great event will be held at the Lake Mirror Amphitheatre and Promenade. Beginning at 8 pm, the Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s “Pops By The Lake” will perform. The ...

Rusty E Shinault Another awesome month of listings and sales by the Group!!! Our team is HOT!!

Foreclosures are at an ALL-TIME HIGH. In the 3rd quarter of this year 937,84 homes received a foreclosure letter. How do you put this in perspective? Well, that means that 1 in every 136 homes were in foreclosure. That’s a 5% increase from the 2nd quarter. ...

Recent statistics have shown that the trend of foreclosures is now hitting the top-tier of mortgages. In June 30% of foreclosures involved homes that were in the top 1/3 of local residential values...

Has the $8000 home-buyer tax credit increased real estate activity? Well, based on a report from the Internal Revenue Service, over 1.4 million buyers have already claimed the new tax credit...

Has the $8000 home-buyer tax credit increased real estate activity? Well, based on a report from the Internal Revenue Service, over 1.4 million buyers have already claimed the new tax credit...

The United States Commerce Department announced that sales of new construction homes rose 9.6% in July. This is the highest increase in 4 years. The housing sector appears to be showing some signs of stabilization. ...

Existing home sales rose a whopping 7.2% in July to 5.24 million units. In June, there were 4.89 million units sold. This increase was the largest month-to-month gain in over 2 years! The percentage increase was the largest since 1999...

The mortgage delinquency rate, which is defined as the percentage of mortgage holders who are over 60 days or more late on their payments, rose for the tenth consecutive quarter (thru 2nd QTR, 2009). It is now at an all-time high of 5.81%. How should we put this figure in perspective...

Foreclosures continue to be the driving force in today’s real estate market. In the 2nd quarter, foreclosures & distressed sales accounted for over a third of all sales! According to recent statistics, the rate of foreclosures jumped another 7% in July from June. ...

Homes sales increased 3.8% in the 2nd quarter of 2009 from the 1st quarter. The annual adjusted rate was 4.76 million in the 2nd quarter & 4.58 million in the first quarter. What is accounting for this rise in activity...

Homes sales increased 3.8% in the 2nd quarter of 2009 from the 1st quarter. The annual adjusted rate was 4.76 million in the 2nd quarter & 4.58 million in the first quarter. What is accounting for this rise in activity...

We have all heard that the demand for new home construction has shrunk due to home buyers targeting foreclosures & short sales rather than building new homes. Did you know, however, that the actual size of new homes is shrinking as well? I mean literally. The U.S...








