Mayor John Marks

E very so often, I like to delve into my web site analytics package to see how many people have been visiting our Real Estate Blog and from where these people are coming. While the top origination points are not so surprising, I am always amazed that many of our visitors come from all over the world. It really underscores the importance of the global nature of real estate. The map above shows that visits to the Tallahassee real estate blog have come from all around the world, with the countries colored in various shades of green leading the field in the number of ... Read Full Story

Quite a bit has occurred in the past ten days. I pulled a few all-nighters this past weekend to change the way our real estate graphs will display, showing information going back as far as 1991 now in most of our displays. Simultaneously, it appears our site got so bugged-up that we had to rebuild it. A few past blog articles were lost and all of them seem to have a new url (the address that people have to visit to view each specific article). With all this going on, I have been trying to get things “back to normal” and start to get ... Read Full Story

Hey they found us out there. Even though the Tallahassee real estate market is relatively small, our blog has been noticed. A highly trafficked online journal identified the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog by saying “So whether you’re looking to improve this quarter’s bottom line or start a new business idea, EvanCarmichael.com’s “ The Top 50 Niche Blogs In 2009 ” will help you identify new opportunities where perhaps none existed before! Other Breaking News For Tallahassee Real Estate We are moving … that is our physical office location is moving to a new home on Capital Circle (really close to 2 great restaurants … ... Read Full Story

The month of January saw a continuation of the slower sales for homes in the Tallahassee real estate market . Unit sales were very low even for January, with sales plummeting 46% compared to last January and Tallahassee registering our 31st straight year-over-year drop (January 2009 vs. January 2008). January is usually a very slow month for home sales in Tallahassee , as the holiday season in November and December keeps many away from buying (contracting to purchase) homes. Unfortunately, we might have seen a record this year. Nor were new contracts as robust as we were hoping, leading me to expect that February ... Read Full Story

Once a month we generate the Tallahassee Housing Report and post it for download. This report is very informational as it shows the relative months of supply of homes, by area and price range, in the Tallahassee real estate market. This month we see a continued trend of decreased real inventory (the actual number of single family homes, condos and townhouses currently for sale), but a continued increase in the relative inventory (months supply of homes for sale based upon the current rate of sales) of homes for sale in Tallahassee . Tallahassee Housing Report Available For Download You can download the current Tallahassee ... Read Full Story