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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
#Cantonment #House on 1 acre #CustomBuiltHome minutes from shopping, downtown, NAS and Pensacola Beach !!!!!!!
This is a great 4bd/3 ba home in a great neighborhood.. Private secluded street, ends in cul-de-sac. NO HOA, all homes custom built and very private. Zoned Agricultural and Residential, Horses allowed and chickens. Great deal on a unique home and a great price. Visit website below and check out you tube link for video.
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#Commercial Listing #panamacity #across from mnarina Great Business and 4 Acres
This property is total of 4 acres an excellent investment for the future .2 acres Currently has 5 buildings on the property 3 functional and 2 to be removed at owner's expense. Behind the Warehouses is 2 acres zoned for CU3-5 which allows a multi-family. Great place to build a Multi-family unit or Condo/Apt. 5 stories high which will allow water views and views of the new Marina. Don't hesitate before values in this blow sky, get the bargain. Click below to view this great listing.
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Home Sales in 2013 Rise to Strongest Level in 7 Years
The housing market has been experiencing a “healthy recovery” over the past two years, with home sales last year rising to the highest level since 2006, according to the National Association of REALTORS®' latest housing report.
“Existing-home sales have risen nearly 20 percent since 2011, with job growth, record low mortgage interest rates, and a large pent-up demand driving the market,” says Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. “We lost some momentum toward the end of 2013 from disappointing job growth and limited inventory, but we ended with a year that was close to normal given the size of our population.”
Existing-home sales rose 1 percent in December 2013 compared to November and reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.87 million.
Existing-home sales for all of 2013 reached 5.02 million sales, 9.1 percent higher than 2012, and the largest rise since 2006 when sales were at 6.48 million at the close of the housing boom, NAR reports.
Home prices were also on the rise in 2013, up 11.5 percent over 2012, with a median existing-home price of $197,100 last year compared to $176,800 in 2012. It was the strongest gain in home prices in a year since 2005, when home prices rose 12.4 percent, NAR reports.
NAR President Steve Brown says that with job growth expected this year, home sales should hold despite rising home prices and higher mortgage rates.
“The only factors holding us back from a stronger recovery are the ongoing issues of restrictive mortgage credit and constrained inventory,” Brown says. “With strict new mortgage rules in place, we will be monitoring the lending environment to ensure that financially qualified buyers can access the credit they need to purchase a home.”
TO VIEW HOMES IN THE GREATER GULF COAST AREA VISIT WWW.NEWHOMESALESPENSACOLA.COM REGISTER FOR FREE, LOGIN AND START YOUR ALERTS AND SIT BACK AND WATCH THE DEALS COME TO YOUR EMAIL. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
“Existing-home sales have risen nearly 20 percent since 2011, with job growth, record low mortgage interest rates, and a large pent-up demand driving the market,” says Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. “We lost some momentum toward the end of 2013 from disappointing job growth and limited inventory, but we ended with a year that was close to normal given the size of our population.”
Existing-home sales rose 1 percent in December 2013 compared to November and reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.87 million.
Existing-home sales for all of 2013 reached 5.02 million sales, 9.1 percent higher than 2012, and the largest rise since 2006 when sales were at 6.48 million at the close of the housing boom, NAR reports.
Home prices were also on the rise in 2013, up 11.5 percent over 2012, with a median existing-home price of $197,100 last year compared to $176,800 in 2012. It was the strongest gain in home prices in a year since 2005, when home prices rose 12.4 percent, NAR reports.
NAR President Steve Brown says that with job growth expected this year, home sales should hold despite rising home prices and higher mortgage rates.
“The only factors holding us back from a stronger recovery are the ongoing issues of restrictive mortgage credit and constrained inventory,” Brown says. “With strict new mortgage rules in place, we will be monitoring the lending environment to ensure that financially qualified buyers can access the credit they need to purchase a home.”
TO VIEW HOMES IN THE GREATER GULF COAST AREA VISIT WWW.NEWHOMESALESPENSACOLA.COM REGISTER FOR FREE, LOGIN AND START YOUR ALERTS AND SIT BACK AND WATCH THE DEALS COME TO YOUR EMAIL. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
Getting the Most Out of Your Remodel Dollars in 2014
As a Realtor, I’m always looking for ways to remodel my home and get the best return for my money. If you’re also day-dreaming about your next home improvements, these ideas (plus some eye candy) from the experts at realtor.com can help you balance the impulsive and emotional (I must have purple countertops!) with the long-term value-adds (Buyers don’t like my purple countertops!) of remodeling.
Plus, if you’re thinking of financing your project — with equity or a refi — we’ll help you plan with the a housing market forecast.
Future-Proof Kitchen
I’m nearing the end of what turned out to be a nearly two-year long kitchen remodel, but if you’re still in the contemplation stage, consider some of 2014’s top kitchen remodeling trends care of property listing site realtor.com:
Flex Rooms
The hordes of relatives visiting your house this year say they’re staying just a little while, but chances are, one of them will want to move in with you at some point. Embrace the multigenerational trend, says realtor.com, by creating flex rooms.
Adding or converting a bedroom to include a sitting area and bathroom makes a lovely sanctuary for your guests now and a cozy space for your mother in her later years. Consider a separate entrance, too. When you get up there in age yourself, you can supplement your retirement income by renting out the space.
Related: Multigenerational Remodeling Strategies
Paint Color
The official color of 2014 (according to the official arbiter of color, Pantone) is radiant orchid — a souped-up lilac. Purple accent pillows for the sofa? Definitely yes. But radiant orchid as a dominant color in your house? Not so much.
“Be wary of any trend that has the potential for a short shelf life,” realtor.com advises. Stick to neutral colors for anything in your home (inside and outside) that’s not as easy to replace as a pillow.
Home Equity Rising
OK, now for the brass tacks part of remodeling: paying for it. A few real estate predictions for 2014 might help your sort out your options.
Experts predict home prices should rise in 2014, which means you could have the home equity you need to fund your next renovation. Areas where foreclosures are falling and buyer demand outstrips the number of homes on the market have the best chance of seeing rising prices.
Interest Rates Headed Up
You may have more home equity in 2014 than you did in 2013, but doing a cash-out refinance to pay for your remodel will be harder and more expensive to do in the year ahead due to rigid underwriting rules and rising interest rates. Lenders say loan files are now routinely hundreds of pages long, so lower your expectations about how fast and how easy it is to refinance. Don’t let your frustration with the process wreck your enthusiasm for your remodeling dream.
And Now for that Eye Candy
Whenever you’re remodeling, it’s smart to make sure you don’t over- or under-improve compared with neighbors’ homes. So check out some of the home listings on realtor.com in your Zip code, many of which include interior pictures.
Once you’ve spied on the Joneses, check out these hilarious pictures of the wildest home features of 2013.
I won’t even guess what installing a rowboat bathtub or cathedral-themed wine room would do to your home’s resale value, but looking at them could sure amuse you on a long winter’s night.
Read more: http://www.houselogic.com/blog/home-improvement/experts-getting-most-your-remodel-dollars-2014/#ixzz2rMWzTGNh
TO LOOK AT HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN RENOVATED OR REMODELED. CHECK OUT WWW.NEWHOMESALESPENSACOLA.COM
Plus, if you’re thinking of financing your project — with equity or a refi — we’ll help you plan with the a housing market forecast.
Future-Proof Kitchen
I’m nearing the end of what turned out to be a nearly two-year long kitchen remodel, but if you’re still in the contemplation stage, consider some of 2014’s top kitchen remodeling trends care of property listing site realtor.com:
- Modern design with white or gray cabinetry
- Simple countertops
- Minimalist designs
- Appliances that blend into the cabinetry
- Hammered, matte brass hardware
Flex Rooms
The hordes of relatives visiting your house this year say they’re staying just a little while, but chances are, one of them will want to move in with you at some point. Embrace the multigenerational trend, says realtor.com, by creating flex rooms.
Adding or converting a bedroom to include a sitting area and bathroom makes a lovely sanctuary for your guests now and a cozy space for your mother in her later years. Consider a separate entrance, too. When you get up there in age yourself, you can supplement your retirement income by renting out the space.
Related: Multigenerational Remodeling Strategies
Paint Color
The official color of 2014 (according to the official arbiter of color, Pantone) is radiant orchid — a souped-up lilac. Purple accent pillows for the sofa? Definitely yes. But radiant orchid as a dominant color in your house? Not so much.
“Be wary of any trend that has the potential for a short shelf life,” realtor.com advises. Stick to neutral colors for anything in your home (inside and outside) that’s not as easy to replace as a pillow.
Home Equity Rising
OK, now for the brass tacks part of remodeling: paying for it. A few real estate predictions for 2014 might help your sort out your options.
Experts predict home prices should rise in 2014, which means you could have the home equity you need to fund your next renovation. Areas where foreclosures are falling and buyer demand outstrips the number of homes on the market have the best chance of seeing rising prices.
Interest Rates Headed Up
You may have more home equity in 2014 than you did in 2013, but doing a cash-out refinance to pay for your remodel will be harder and more expensive to do in the year ahead due to rigid underwriting rules and rising interest rates. Lenders say loan files are now routinely hundreds of pages long, so lower your expectations about how fast and how easy it is to refinance. Don’t let your frustration with the process wreck your enthusiasm for your remodeling dream.
And Now for that Eye Candy
Whenever you’re remodeling, it’s smart to make sure you don’t over- or under-improve compared with neighbors’ homes. So check out some of the home listings on realtor.com in your Zip code, many of which include interior pictures.
Once you’ve spied on the Joneses, check out these hilarious pictures of the wildest home features of 2013.
I won’t even guess what installing a rowboat bathtub or cathedral-themed wine room would do to your home’s resale value, but looking at them could sure amuse you on a long winter’s night.
Read more: http://www.houselogic.com/blog/home-improvement/experts-getting-most-your-remodel-dollars-2014/#ixzz2rMWzTGNh
TO LOOK AT HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN RENOVATED OR REMODELED. CHECK OUT WWW.NEWHOMESALESPENSACOLA.COM
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Why you need to hire a Professional Realtor to assist you in Buying an existing home or New Construction?????
#realestate #realtor #kwri #buyingahome #selling #Pensacola #newconstruction
By Katherine Salant, Published: December 5 | Updated: Friday, December 6, 8:45 AM
When you buy a new house, do you need the services of an experienced real estate agent?
The answer is yes, and here’s why.
When you buy an existing house, what you see is what you get for the asking price. When you buy an as-yet-unbuilt house, what you see in the builder’s furnished model is not what you get for the advertised base price.
That’s because a furnished model is filled with beguiling features that enhance the basic house. The to-die-for kitchen, the four-foot extension that makes the family room feel so spacious, the classy Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, and the bay windows that give character to the front rooms and look swell from the street are all optional upgrades. When their cost is added in, the seemingly affordable $400,000 advertised base price quickly balloons out to $500,000, far more than you can afford.
When you check out a more affordable version of the model — a nearly completed house down the street that has only $30,000 worth of upgrades — it’s not the same house that has become the stuff of your dreams.
Had you been working with an experienced real estate agent, you would have avoided such a disheartening experience, because the agent would have directed you to new construction that fit your budget in the area where you want to live. As you toured models together, the agent would have helped you distinguish the upgrades from the basic house and pointed out the options that are prudent choices, said David Zadareky, the broker/owner of Re/Max Evolution in Alexandria.
Though option choices never come up in a resale transaction, they are central in a new-home purchase because the basic house is almost always very spare, Zadareky said. The challenge is to keep option choices to an affordable limit, which he caps at 15 to 20 percent of the base price. If your total budget is $400,000, as in the example above, you should be looking at houses that are base-priced about 15 to 20 percent lower, or about $320,000. That would give you $80,000 for options, an amount that would seem to cover everything you might want, but, in fact, will not go very far. “If you’re not careful, the final sticker price that you are trying to keep at $400,000 will quickly balloon up to $440,000 or even $480,000,” he said.
When choosing specific options, Zadareky advises his buyers to get features that will be difficult or costly to add later; in our earlier example, this would be the four-foot family room extension and the bay windows on the front. The to-die-for kitchen and the hardwood flooring can be future remodeling projects, and some options should be nixed outright because they will not translate into a better resale price. “No one will pay extra for a fireplace in the master bedroom,” he said.
In addition to helping buyers negotiate the purchase, Zadareky said he nudges them to budget for the cost of new-home ownership — a concern a builder’s agent is unlikely to mention. For example, once you move in, you’ll realize that you’ll have to purchase window treatments because the neighbors will be closer than you realized.
And he raises critical issues that do not occur to most buyers, such as finding out what is planned for the acreage adjacent to the community where they want to buy.
Why don’t most new-home buyers use real estate agents to help them navigate a brand-new house purchase?
It requires planning ahead, and most new-home purchases begin spontaneously when the buyers chance upon a “Grand Opening” for a new-home development and stop to take a look. When asked to “register” by the model sales agent, they fill out a card with their name and contact information. Should the buyers then decide to bring an agent on board, the builder will demand that the buyer pay the agent’s fee, usually 2 to 3 percent of the base price. (For the $320,000 house noted above, the fee would be $6,400 to $9,600.)
To get the real estate agent’s help and have the builder pay the agent’s fee, the agent must register the buyers on their initial visit. But if you visit the model and decline to register, you should be able to return later with an agent in tow, Zadareky said.
So don't be one of the those "I told you so's" and get ahead of the game and call a professional at 850-485-0353 or visit www.newhomesalespensacola.com and view my credentials.
By Katherine Salant, Published: December 5 | Updated: Friday, December 6, 8:45 AM
When you buy a new house, do you need the services of an experienced real estate agent?
The answer is yes, and here’s why.
When you buy an existing house, what you see is what you get for the asking price. When you buy an as-yet-unbuilt house, what you see in the builder’s furnished model is not what you get for the advertised base price.
That’s because a furnished model is filled with beguiling features that enhance the basic house. The to-die-for kitchen, the four-foot extension that makes the family room feel so spacious, the classy Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, and the bay windows that give character to the front rooms and look swell from the street are all optional upgrades. When their cost is added in, the seemingly affordable $400,000 advertised base price quickly balloons out to $500,000, far more than you can afford.
When you check out a more affordable version of the model — a nearly completed house down the street that has only $30,000 worth of upgrades — it’s not the same house that has become the stuff of your dreams.
Had you been working with an experienced real estate agent, you would have avoided such a disheartening experience, because the agent would have directed you to new construction that fit your budget in the area where you want to live. As you toured models together, the agent would have helped you distinguish the upgrades from the basic house and pointed out the options that are prudent choices, said David Zadareky, the broker/owner of Re/Max Evolution in Alexandria.
Though option choices never come up in a resale transaction, they are central in a new-home purchase because the basic house is almost always very spare, Zadareky said. The challenge is to keep option choices to an affordable limit, which he caps at 15 to 20 percent of the base price. If your total budget is $400,000, as in the example above, you should be looking at houses that are base-priced about 15 to 20 percent lower, or about $320,000. That would give you $80,000 for options, an amount that would seem to cover everything you might want, but, in fact, will not go very far. “If you’re not careful, the final sticker price that you are trying to keep at $400,000 will quickly balloon up to $440,000 or even $480,000,” he said.
When choosing specific options, Zadareky advises his buyers to get features that will be difficult or costly to add later; in our earlier example, this would be the four-foot family room extension and the bay windows on the front. The to-die-for kitchen and the hardwood flooring can be future remodeling projects, and some options should be nixed outright because they will not translate into a better resale price. “No one will pay extra for a fireplace in the master bedroom,” he said.
In addition to helping buyers negotiate the purchase, Zadareky said he nudges them to budget for the cost of new-home ownership — a concern a builder’s agent is unlikely to mention. For example, once you move in, you’ll realize that you’ll have to purchase window treatments because the neighbors will be closer than you realized.
And he raises critical issues that do not occur to most buyers, such as finding out what is planned for the acreage adjacent to the community where they want to buy.
Why don’t most new-home buyers use real estate agents to help them navigate a brand-new house purchase?
It requires planning ahead, and most new-home purchases begin spontaneously when the buyers chance upon a “Grand Opening” for a new-home development and stop to take a look. When asked to “register” by the model sales agent, they fill out a card with their name and contact information. Should the buyers then decide to bring an agent on board, the builder will demand that the buyer pay the agent’s fee, usually 2 to 3 percent of the base price. (For the $320,000 house noted above, the fee would be $6,400 to $9,600.)
To get the real estate agent’s help and have the builder pay the agent’s fee, the agent must register the buyers on their initial visit. But if you visit the model and decline to register, you should be able to return later with an agent in tow, Zadareky said.
So don't be one of the those "I told you so's" and get ahead of the game and call a professional at 850-485-0353 or visit www.newhomesalespensacola.com and view my credentials.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
WHY IS MY HOME NOT SELLING? GREAT QUESTION!!!
There could be a simple solution to why your home has been on the market and not SOLD. Marketing is HUGH in today's social media world. 90% of all buyers are searching for a home on the internet. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com, Homes.com and the 325+ other avenues over the internet. This is where we stand out above all other Realtors who list your home. Our marketing, blogging, and social media coverage for your home is what gets your home sold. Keep in mind you have to have a great home and you have to price if right. Your Realtor will give you the comparable homes within your community and surrounding area and it is your job to price the home right. I know you think well I am going to price it a little high because I know someone is going to make me a low offer. Forget what you think you know about Real Estate and call the experts. Call us today for you appointment. This 30 minute appointment will be the best 30 minutes you ever spent. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY PROFILE. CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL HOMES CURRENTLY ACTIVE ON THE MARKET.
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