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Each month, the Orlando Regional Realtor Association publishes its Market Pulse, a report containing essential market data. Here is our breakdown of the June edition: First, the bad news: 1.) The number of new contracts written in May actually decreased from the number written in April. It’s the first month-to-month decrease since December of last year. [...] Read Full Story

You’ve probably heard the terms short sale, bank-owned, pre-foreclosure and foreclosure before. It’s hard not to have heard them, given the recent attention they’ve garnered. However, what do they mean? What are the differences between them? Which option might be best for you? Here’s our breakdown of the terms to [...] Read Full Story

Welcome to our blog series on choosing the right Realtor. Last week, we discussed the initial phone interview. If you missed that blog, click here to get caught up. This week, we’ll be covering the third and final installment in the series, the face-to-face interview. Ideally, you want to set up in-person interviews [...] Read Full Story

Due to circumstances beyond our control, our website has been down for the last couple of days. Although the site is back online, the www.cflistings.com address is not working. Instead, you can view our site at www.cflistings.com/index.html. We apologize for the inconvenience and will work to get the problem corrected as soon [...] Read Full Story

Last week, in Part I of “It Pays To Be Choosy”, we introduced the topic of choosing the right Realtor for the job. In addition to recommending you start your search in your very own neighborhood, we also put forth three basic guidelines you should keep in mind when interviewing agents. If you [...] Read Full Story

Each month, the Orlando Regional Realtor Association publishes its Market Pulse, a report containing essential market data. Here is our breakdown of the May edition (you can read the full report by clicking here): First, the bad news: 1.) Once again, overall inventory remained virtually unchanged. Prices will continue to decline as long as there are [...] Read Full Story

We’d like to start this blog by saying thank you to those of you who read and commented on our “Top Ten Realtor Myths” blog series. If you missed it, you can click here to visit Our Blog and check out the posts. Now, let’s get down to business. How do you choose your [...] Read Full Story

Welcome to the last installment of our blog series on the Top Ten Realtor Myths. On Monday, we addressed the myth that a Realtor should be hired on the basis of his or her marketing skills. If you missed that installment, you can read it by clicking here. Now, let’s move on [...] Read Full Story

Welcome to our blog series on the Top Ten Realtor Myths. Last Monday, we addressed the myth that Realtors are hired to “sell” homes. If you missed that installment, you can read it by clicking here. Now, let’s move on to myth number two. Myth: A Realtor should be hired based on his [...] Read Full Story

Welcome to our blog series on the Top Ten Realtor Myths. Last Friday, we discussed the myth that Realtors hold open houses because they are effective marketing tools. The fact, however, is that Realtors hold open houses to prospect for new business. With that number four myth busted, it’s time to move [...] Read Full Story