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Orlando’s Job Market Ranked 13th Hottest

This article was printed in the Sept. 19, 2008 edition of the Orlando Business Journal.
The past year has been a rocky one for the U.S. economy.
The nation has seen 394,000 private-sector jobs slip away since mid-2007, equaling a loss of 7,570 jobs each week. The unemployment rate has shot up a full point during the [...]

Orlando Housing Market Improves in July

Good News- Bad News in the Orlando Resale Market in July.  The number of homes sold increased 11.6% from July, 2007, but the me diam sale price decreased 19% from $258,000 in July, 2007 to $209,100 in July 2008.  Here’s the complete story form Orlando’s Business Journal, published 8/25/208:

The Orlando housing market saw an improvement [...]

Rebound in Florida Housing Market for 1st Half of Year

This article was published in the Jacksonvile Business Journal on August 8, 2008 by Chtistian Conte:
Since hitting a low in January, local single-family house and condominium sales have doubled in the first six months of 2008, a trend some hope is proof the residential market is starting to rebound.
The 1,013 existing single-family houses sold in [...]

Heathrow FL Home Sales Decline 54% from Last Year

This is Part 3 of 2008 1st Half  Heathrow, FL Real Estate Sales
Heathrow is a lovely, gated, golf course community located north of Orlando, FL. It consists of custom and semi-custom single family homes, condos, and townhouses.  112 single family homes were sold in Heathrow in 2007, of which 51 were custom homes and 61 [...]

Heathrow FL Custom Home Sales Decline 58% from Last Year

This is Part 2 of 2008 1st Half Heathrow, FL Real Estate Update
Heathrow is a lovely, gated, golf course community located north of Orlando, FL. It consists of custom and semi-custom single family homes, condos, and townhouses.  51 custom homes were sold in Heathrow in 2007. During the first half of 2008, 13 custom homes [...]

Heathrow FL Semi-Custom Home Sales Decline 51% from Last Year

This is Part 1 of 2008 1st Half Heathrow, FL Real Estate Updatw
Heathrow is a lovely, gated, golf course community located north of Orlando, FL. It consists of custom and semi-custom single family homes, condos, and townhouses.  61 semi-custom homes were sold in Heathrow in 2007. During the first half of 2008, 18 semi-custom homes [...]

# of $ Million+ Seminole County FL Homes Sold Drops 46% from 2007

The slow real estate market is taking its toll on the once almost immune Luxury Home Market segment.  Previously luxury home sales remained substantially constant despite downturns in the non-luxury market.  This was due to several factors:
·         Blimps in the economy have had less impact on the wealthy
·         Real estate has proven to be a [...]