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Real Estate Real Estate Update Spring 2025 Citrus County Florida Spring Inventory Blooms, Buyers Remain Cautious,Pending sales fell, price cuts hit a record and inventory grew, but supply remains below pre-2020 levels as buyers tread carefully amid economic concerns. —Florida Association of Realtors…April 3, 2025 AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. housing market saw signs of continued recovery this spring, with more homes hitting the market and total inventory rising […]
Home Maintenance Getting Ready to Sell Your Home? Get the Facts Consumer Guide: NAR: Preparing to Sell Your Home NOTE: Consumer guides do not constitute any change in NAR policy. Real estate professionals must ensure they market properties consistent with relevant MLS rules and educate sellers on the choices available. Once you decide to sell your home, you might have questions about how […]
Home Maintenance Home Remodeling Spring is in the air, time for planting, remodeling…  Here are some ideas on homes and their need to be updated to sell for a good price. Sellers are encouraged to showcase home renovations as buyers are increasingly seeking turnkey homes. Buyers are willing to pay more for remodeled homes. NEW YORK — Even as […]
Real Estate Citrus County Real Estate Sales Early 2025 I asked Chat GPT; (AI) How are real estate sales of single family homes doing in the US and in Citrus County Florida?  I include sales and active listings for the ridge area of Citrus County. Sales of single-family homes in the U.S. and Florida have shown mixed trends in early 2024. Nationwide, sales activity […]
Home Maintenance Smart Technology for Enhancing Your Home’s Worth One way to make your home a more valuable,  attractive,  and or “modern”  place to live is to add smart devices to your home.  While  a total smart home will cost you hundreds of dollars, just adding one or more $100 items might be a good start. I read two  ZDNET articles.   As the […]
Real Estate Real Estate Stats Early 2025 Citrus County This week’s blog: Real estate stats show home sale prices increasing and many people now are desiring to downsize.  NAR gives good ideas for homeowners thinking of selling (or in future).  Also included at end of the blog, current stats on Black Diamond, Pine Ridge and Terra Vista. UPDATED WHO TO CALL LIST:  (added window […]
Home Maintenance How Good is Your Homeowner’s Insurance Policy?   This week I present several articles about homeowners’ insurance. What is covered in a natural disaster?  How old can your roof be, to get it insured? In a previous blog,  I discussed how to shop around for homeowners insurance if you find your homeowner insurance going way up because of the age of your […]
Real Estate Updating Your Home  Last week’s blog contained home maintenance issues and how to  keep your home’s value high.  This week I present articles about remodeling and updating your home. I include things for the kitchen, quartz vs granite,  and an important topic nowadays is the age of your hot water tank…when selling, insurance companies will not insure a hot water […]
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Home Maintenance Keeping Your home in its Best Shape Keeping your home in good shape…what inspectors look for: Have your HVAC air conditioning system serviced once a year and dryer vent  be cleared out once a year. Check your windows for deterioration. If you have a tile roof, then  have it checked for cracked or slipped /and or missing.   Non-functioning GFCI’s are a […]
Real Estate Real Estate Sales 2024 Citrus County “Ridge” Area Communities How did some of the “ridge” area communities  of Citrus County do this year with single family home sales?  Stats are listed.   I also included the size of the community… according to the Citrus County Appraiser’s office.  When going to the “portal”  you may have to click through a few screens to get to […]
Home Maintenance How Much Do You Spend on Your Home’s Maintenance? In Q3 2024, the average annual cost to maintain a single-family home rose to $10,433. Maintenance is crucial to keeping things running smoothly. And so… It’s that time of year,  when I start talking about what are you doing to keep your home in its best shape?   Recent sales included three home inspections with a […]
Real Estate Guide to Relocating with Purpose and Ease Image by Freepik Making Your Move: A Guide to Relocating with Purpose and Ease Relocating to a new state often brings a chance to redefine personal goals and explore untapped opportunities. This shift offers a unique space to step outside comfort zones, cultivating growth and fresh perspectives. Moving also opens doors for professional advancement and […]
Real Estate Citrus County Resale Single Family Homes Fall 2024 This week I update Citrus County real estate: single family homes in the Black Diamond/Citrus Hills Terra Vista/Pine Ridge areas.  As the article from the Florida Association of Realtors points out, home prices are up, fluctuating mortgage rates are making a difference. I include what has sold in the last six months and what is […]
Home Maintenance Home Improvement Ideas In last week’s blog I presented some prices per square foot for homes that have sold and are now on the market in Black Diamond. As reported: the age of your air conditioner, hot water tank and your roof make a big difference on the price of your home. But also important to the price […]
Real Estate Home Inspections Issues Citrus County FL I am back on my pedestal this weekend. After going through a home inspection on a home for sale, I again am asking you these questions …is your pool more than 15 years old and you’ve never had it resurfaced? Do you have a Challenger brand electrical box in your garage? …If you live in […]
Home Maintenance Maintaining Your Citrus County Home This week I present articles on keeping your home “in shape and up-to-date.”  I include an updated  “Who To Call” sheet that now includes: appliance repair, photography, odor elimination, electrician, and garage door repair.     Two National Association of Realtors article suggest what items buyers are looking for in homes today. (in case you are […]
Home Maintenance Keep Your Home “Staged to Sell” In this week’s blog, I continue to talk about having your home in its best condition as possible…in case you have to sell your house.  Many of us have been living here several years (getting up there in age… lol)  and we never know when we may be forced to put our home up for […]
Home Maintenance Is Your Home in “Scary” Shape? With Halloween just around the corner I ran across some “scary”  information concerning real estate and your home. (1) NAR suggests these home decorations are “horrifying.”  (2) Nothing is more wicked than having your home burglarized.   Bob Vila offers ideas for home security. (3)    Home inspections can become a nightmare; prevent bad reports […]
Real Estate Homeowner’s Insurance Premiums on the Rise In this week’s blog, I take a look at what is going on with homeowners insurance.  I previously ran a blog last June about my quest to find a lower homeowner’s insurance premium because of our home’s aging roof. And I was able to get our premium lowered because of a wind mitigation inspection.  But… […]
Real Estate Citrus County Real Estate Update Summer 2023 This week I bring you up-to-date on real estate sales for 2023.  Most analysts agree real estate is on an upturn despite higher mortgage rates and lower inventory.   Some sales now coming on market are from persons in the work force that are being called back into the office after working from home.   Florida […]