Brandon FL Area Branding Iron
March 9, 2010 by Rick Frissell · Leave a Comment
Last summer I was approached by a big box real estate company about joining their “team.” By big box, I mean, one of the major real estate brands you would recognize by national advertising and prominence.
Their selling feature was that they had 300 agents as a part of the office and as a result, there was the power of their yard signs and the national advertising everywhere. Read more
Florida Wide Realtor Open Houses
March 8, 2010 by Rick Frissell · Leave a Comment
Florida’s Beautiful Homes™ along with Realtors across the state will be offering customers the opportunity to reach dozens of prospective buyers in a single weekend as part of the Florida Open House Weekend sponsored by the 115,000-plus member Florida Realtors.
Brandon FL Area home buyers should know about the Homebuyer Tax Credit
March 6, 2010 by Rick Frissell · Leave a Comment
The U.S. Congress recently extended and expanded the $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers. First-time buyers now have until April 30, 2010, to sign a home purchase contract and qualify for the credit. Plus, many existing homeowners also qualify for a tax credit of up to $6,500 on a home purchase. Read more
Sold Homes in the Valrico, Florida Area
March 5, 2010 by Rick Frissell · Leave a Comment
Home sales in Valrico, FL during the past four months include 126 total single family homes. This does not include the surrounding areas such as Brandon, Seffner, Lithia, and Riverview. We will be posting these statistics in a separate report. The most popular size home had 4 bedrooms and numbered at 79, followed up by a 3 bedroom homes with 61. Statistics showed that the most popular type of financing was by obtaining an FHA mortgage (58), which was followed up by Cash sales at 44. I believe that the number of Cash sales is indicative of the number of investors currently in the real estate market. Read more
Tampa Bay Real Estate Market Poised For Rebound?
March 4, 2010 by DaveTipton · Leave a Comment
Two weeks ago I met with my financial advisor Nick Ruggeri, President of NJR Investment Advisory. One of the topics that we discussed was, what his opinion of the future of the real estate market in Florida and more specifically, the Tampa Bay Area is. Nick Ruggeri, whom I have a huge amount of respect for, felt that we would see housing prices in Florida continuing to drop throughout 2010 and begin a serious rebound in the fall of this year. Ruggeri felt that 2011 would be an excellent year with the rebound in full swing for the foreseeable future. This was excellent news to me, and then it became official. Read more
