Save 2% on Your Property Taxes
Save 2% on Your Property Taxes
Time is running out to save on your Escambia County and Santa Rosa County property taxes! January 31st is the deadline for shaving 2% off your property tax bill.
Escambia and Santa Rosa County property tax bills are mailed in November.
Pay by the end of November and you save 4%, pay by the end of December and the savings are 3%. If you wait until January you still receive a discount of 2%, and a payment received by the end of February results in a 1% savings on your Escambia and Santa Rosa County property tax bills. Read More
Pensacola Homes – Working for Buyers
Pensacola Homes – Working for Buyers
What does a HAPPY Pensacola home buyer look like?
Well, just take a look at Kim!
Kim has just achieved her lifelong DREAM – a fabulous Pensacola Beach condo all her own. “Thanks again from making someones’ dreams come true!” (Kim’s words not mine!). Kim and her husband, Bill, just spent their first night in their Pensacola Beach condo and the couple could not be happier.
So what went into turning their dream into a reality? Several months time, lots of research, lots of great questions, lots of computer time and some serious time comparing the available condos, financing options and rental histories.
Pensacola Homes – Working for Buyers; Robin Sherman Realtors
Kim and Bill met Ruthie Johnson, broker associate with Robin Sherman Realtors, in the spring of 2011, after they logged into our Pensacola home property search site; www.PensacolaForYou.com. They had a trip planned to Pensacola Beach and wanted to look at a few of the Pensacola Beach condos they had seen on PensacolaForYou.com while they were here. Read More
Pensacola – Whitest Beaches
Pensacola Homes and Condos – We DO Have the Whitest Beaches
So it’s happened again. About once a week I fall in love with Pensacola Beach all over again.
I grew up on Pensacola Beach. Coming of age in the 1970s (You can do the math, I’d rather not!) so falling in love weekly is really, really a lot of love! But it’s true.
Most of the time I start my swoon as soon as I cross the Bob Sikes Bridge and see the white sand and the amazing blue-green water of the Gulf of Mexico in the distance. Whether I’m on my way to show a Pensacola Beach home or condo, or heading to the beach to play in the surf, crossing the bridge always gives me a tingle. This week the swoon started when the latest copy of Florida Travel + Life arrived in my mailbox.
Writer Patricia Letakis has done an outstanding job of characterizing Pensacola Beach in her Small Beach Towns story titled, “Glistening Beauty – The Whitest Seashore.” Read More
Crystal Creek Home Buyer Opportunity!
Crystal Creek Home Buyer Opportunity!
This one’s a winner! This beautifully maintained home in Pace, FL, sits on over an acre of land and is sited on a cul-de-sac in a tranquil, upscale Northwest Florida neighborhood.
Pace is a much sought after community with excellent schools, recreation, health care and a growing retail sector. This home is the perfect place to raise an active family with four bedrooms, two and a half baths and an attractive pool/recreation area in the large, fenced back yard.
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Pensacola Buyer’s Representatives
Pensacola Buyer’s Representatives
I had a great question from a potential buyer recently, so I thought I would share my answer as one of our blog posts. Here we go: “Real estate agents work with both buyers and sellers, so what’s the benefit of having a buyer’s representative?”
Pensacola Buyer’s Representatives
When a buyer contacts the agent whose name is on the sign in front of a home for sale they are contacting the Listing Agent. The Listing Agent is a real estate agent who the seller has contracted with, presumably to sell their home as quickly as possible for the highest amount of money. So, it would stand to reason that there could be at least the perception of a conflict of interest if a buyer were to choose to work directly with a Listing Agent without the benefit of Buyer Representation. Read More
5 Traits of the Successful Pensacola Real Estate Buyer
5 Traits of the Successful Pensacola Real Estate Buyer
So, I know that to the real estate industry outsider (I used to be one myself!) it looks like this real estate business is just a quick walk in the park. Hop in a car, look at a couple of pretty houses, have some lunch, write a contract and – Voila – a paycheck for the Realtor and a home for the buyer.
But in truth, a real estate transaction is often a gut wrenching, anxiety packed four to six week – and sometimes longer – adventure with one hurdle after another to jump on the long road to closing. This, despite my best efforts to it make it stress-free for all!
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Pensacola Real Estate Market Update
Pensacola Real Estate Market Update
“Our Real Estate Market has Undergone Fundamental Changes” – Al Mueller, Metro Market Trends
I’m always pleased to to hear Al Mueller give a Pensacola real estate market update (Escambia and Santa Rosa County). Mueller is the president of Metro Market Trends, a company that has been tracking home sales in Florida and the southern part of Alabama since 1990.
Mueller was the guest speaker last week at a well attended meeting of real estate professionals held at the Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce. I would like to share some highlights from his presentation:
Five years after the real estate market bubble burst locally, we are beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
Evidence of this comes in many forms, but a couple of statistics Mueller shared stuck with me. One was the fact that there were 30 Escambia County foreclosures in October of 2011, compared with 133 the same month last year – or a 77% decline. Another was the fact that we saw 18% more single family home sales in Escambia County in October this year compared to the same month last year. These trends are born out when looking at the year to date sales figures as well. So, as an overall Pensacola real estate market update we’re seeing more sales and fewer foreclosures. Read More
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Save 2% on Your Property Taxes
Save 2% on Your Property Taxes Time is running out to save on your Escambia...
- Pensacola Homes – Working for Buyers
- Pensacola – Whitest Beaches
- Crystal Creek Home Buyer Opportunity!
- Pensacola Buyer’s Representatives
- 5 Traits of the Successful Pensacola Real Estate Buyer
- Pensacola Real Estate Market Update
- Gardening in Pensacola
- Second Guessing Home Ownership?
- East Hill Neighborhood