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Time for home sellers to Spring into action
When we welcomed the first day of Spring this week, I was psyched about how fortunate we are to enjoy this beautiful, sunny weather in Florida. And then that much-needed rain came the day after, and I was reminded of how every everything around us is in a constant cycle of rebirth. This is the perfect time to plant seeds in our gardens. But it also is the time of year that home sellers and home buyers should plant the seeds that will grow a successful real estate transaction. Judging by how busy THE Gail Spada TEAM has been lately, the Hernando County housing market appears to be experiencing its own cycle of rebirth. Homeowners who have been sitting on the fence about placing their home on the market should understand that now is one of the best times of the year to make their move. The time is ripe … Continue reading
Tampa Bay housing market has a sunny disposition
Maintaining a positive attitude is a way of life for me. Admittedly, I sometimes must strain my neck and eyes to find the silver lining hiding behind some of the darker clouds, but I usually succeed. But I didn’t have to look very far last week to find the bright side of some news about the sometimes gloomy Florida housing market. Two reports gave us a double dose of encouragement. For the first time in 5 years, more people moved into Florida than moved out, according to the 2011 Atlas Van Lines Migration Patterns study. The increase was slight — 5,636 inbound moves vs 5,269 outbound — but it is significant nevertheless. For decades leading up to the housing crisis in 2006, there were always more people coming to Florida than leaving. The Great Recession that ensued sustained that migratory downturn not only in Florida, but in most states. The … Continue reading
New Year’s resolutions for home sellers and buyers
The beginning of a new calendar year is the time many of us designate to make changes in our lives. Whether you want to lose weight, quit smoking or read a few more books, this is an opportunity to reflect and rethink how we will conduct ourselves in the coming year. Even though most new year’s resolutions tend to be of a personal nature, it’s also an opportunity to assess improvements we can make to our professional lives and finances. As a REALTOR®, my professional resolution, year in and year out, is to list and sell more homes. Fortunately, The TEAM and I do quite well in that regard. But another resolution is to continue to provide the public, and especially our customers, with the consumer-driven information they need to make good real estate choices in Hernando County, Florida. That is fulfilling on both a professional and personal level. To … Continue reading
Support Occupy Hernando! Buy a house!
I’ve occupied a seat in a theater, a booth in a restaurant, a berth on cruise ship and occasionally a lavatory on an airplane. I have occupied my time while waiting to do something else. In novels and newspapers I have read about occupied territories. And, I will admit, my mind sometimes has been preoccupied by other thoughts as I go about my daily routine. But until recently, the word “occupy” just hasn’t cropped up much. That’s all changed now because of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which this weekend will mark the 3-month anniversary of its encampment in Manhattan. Since then the movement has spread across nation and around the globe. I won’t pretend that I fully understand what all the fuss is about. Like most of you, I glean what I can from media reports. But I do recognize that this protest is fueled, at least in part, … Continue reading
TEAM Christmas Photo Contest & Grand Prize
In my day, it was called a “Kodak moment.” These days, it’s more like a “digital nanosecond.” The technology of how we capture the images that tell the stories of our lives has changed dramatically. Darkrooms and film are artifacts, replaced by laptops and pixels. And just about everyone is walking around with a gadget in their pocket that not only is a camera, but a phone and a mobile computer. This is good news in many ways. Besides convenience, it gives us almost infinite opportunities to create art, visually record history and tangibly catalog our memories. The latter pursuit leads us to today’s topic. Did you know that more photographs are taken at Christmas than any other time of the year? That is not surprising when you consider that for most Americans, Christmas is the holiday brings loved ones — and magic — into our homes. Whether it is … Continue reading
Outdoor tools every first-time homeowner needs
A few weeks ago I wrote about a single professional who had just bought her first home. The day after she closed on the house she realized she was ill-equipped to tackle even the most simple items on a long list of move-in chores. The problem wasn’t that she didn’t have the desire or the ability to follow instructions; it was that she did not have the tools. After all, she had lived in apartments for more than a quarter-century and her home-repair experience consisted of dialing the landlord. Most of us who have owned one or more homes — and especially those of us who are fortunate enough to have a spouse like mine who is both willing and capable to tackle repair and improvement projects — take our tools for granted. That is one reason I recently compiled and published a start-up homeowner’s tool kit. As a REALTOR®, … Continue reading
Real scary stories about real estate
Halloween is not until Monday, but this weekend will be a delicious blur of costume parties, sugar-highs and campy chit-chat about ghosts, goblins and ghouls. It’s silly, but it’s fun to feed our fascination with being scared, or at least scary, while pretending for a short time to be something we’re not. But even though Halloween comes just once a year, I think most real estate professionals will tell you that scary behavior and pretenders are a too-frequent occurrence as they deal with customers who are buying or selling homes. Don’t get me wrong; it’s not like people intend to be evil or misrepresent themselves. It just happens, sort of the same way some folks can’t resist using bad puns when telling Halloween jokes. To wit: Q: What is a baby vampire’s favorite part of a house? A: The bat-room! But it’s not bad jokes or things that go “bump” … Continue reading
Five Top 5 lists for autumn in Hernando Co. Fla.
Ah, the air is crisp, the skies are sunny and so is my mood! THE Gail Spada TEAM is running all over Hernando County matching qualified buyers with our quality listings. And our home-selling system is getting results that are, like the change in the weather, expected and welcome. Through September, the absorption rate, which compares the number of homes sold to the number of homes available for sale on the market, is higher than it has been for the past two years. This is a good indicator that real estate sales in Hernando County will finish strong in 2011. Of course, you always have 24/7 access up-to-date information about our local market conditions, and I encourage your to check it at least once a month. But today I choose to use this space to celebrate the season. Maybe some of these timely ideas will get you in the mood, … Continue reading
New home buyer? Be cool with your tools!
We are seeing more and more first-time home buyers in Hernando County. They are taking advantage of a buyer-friendly housing market, low interest rates and other incentives. That’s great for them and great for THE Gail Spada TEAM, as we connect buyers with sellers. But, as an experienced REALTOR®, it also is interesting to observe some of these darling “newbies” moving into their new digs woefully unequipped for the most practical responsibilities of home ownership. For instance, a colleague recently told me about Judy, who had just bought her first home. Judy is a single professional and an apartment-dweller for 28 years. As she talked about her new house and her intimidating list of move-in chores, Judy confessed that her only tools were a hammer and a screwdriver. Clearly, the poor girl needed help. So, it occurred to me that Judy, as well as others — of both genders — … Continue reading
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