Pinellas Property Online

1. Florida home sales rise 8 percent in one month
(Home News/National News)

... to clog the market, a broader recovery of housing prices remains elusive. Yet local Realtors point to the June housing report as more evidence the market is improving. Vernon Taylor, president of the ...

2. Vacation homes sales on the rise again after serious slump
(Home News/National News)

Americans are back in the second home market in significantly greater numbers, according to the National Association of Realtors. In this country, where most of the sales occurred, half of the vacation ...

3. International Interest in U.S. Homeownership Increases, Realtors Report
(Home News/National News)

International home buyers are increasingly attracted to property in the U.S., according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2010 Profile of International Home Buying Activity. Several factors, including ...

4. Short sales not immune to debt collectors
(Home News/National News)

... reported by Realtors in the core Orlando market in May, 23 percent were short sales. They are called “short” sales because the sales price come up “short” of, or less than, the amount owed on the mortgage. ...

5. Opposing view on real estate: It's still the American Dream
(Information and Facts/Buying a Home in Pinellas)

... of owning a home should have the opportunity to pursue that dream, as people in this country have been doing for over 200 years. Vicki Cox Golder is president of the National Association of Realtors. ...

6. Tampa home prices find balance in May
(Home News/Pinellas County News)

... just 1 percent compared with the year before on the heels of a 20 percent increase in sales from 2,427 units to just under 3,000, according to Florida Realtors. That was better than the state average, ...

7. Florida’s existing home, condo sales rise in May
(Home News/Florida News)

...  Realtors®. A total of 16,745 single-family existing homes sold statewide last month compared to 14,172 homes sold in May 2009, according to Florida Realtors. The statewide existing-home median price ...

8. No flood insurance available again
(Home News/National News)

... that Congress provides the long term funding to keep it going longer than 30 days. According to the National Association of Realtors,1,400 closings are cancelled daily nationwide because of the unavailability ...

9. NAR Commends Senators for Offering Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension
(Home News/National News)

The National Association of Realtors on June 11 expressed thanks on behalf of America’s homebuyers to three Senators for introducing a measure to extend the present home-buyer tax credit closing deadline ...

10. Florida Home Sales Increase +27% in April
(Information and Facts/Mortgages and Money)

... Florida Realtors. Another positive sign: Last month's statewide existing-home median price of $140,100 was 1 percent higher than the statewide median price in April 2009. Existing home sales rose ...