Thinking About a Second Home or Retirement Home in Florida?
Saturday, October 8th, 2011Thinking About a Second Home or Retirement Home in Florida?
Let me share with you where the last 2 couples I worked with started looking, and eventually ended up buying.
Clients #1 from Michigan, retiring soon and decided now is the time to buy. They have been looking online for a year or so and noticed that all the “good ones” were getting snapped up! Plus with rates so low (even though they could buy cash) it is a great time to lock in their rate. I had set them up with a Listing Book account that kept them up on current inventory. Many internet sites are simply not updated frequently enough. They had picked out quite a few properties they wanted to see and bought their plane tickets to come down for a week to find that home! We started out looking at resales in a 55 and over community. A water view was very important to them. What we found in their price range was older construction needing updating. They like an open plan, so some would require removing walls. Then we looked in the “any age” communities and found some that were newer, but still needed some work. I called ahead to many of the new home builders in the area (yes, they are building here again!) to find out what they had in inventory that was on a pond or lake. We found a few, but none of them were “the one” for one reason or the other….view not as pretty as they would like, too small, didn’t care for floor plan…. Finally, they had decided to build a home from scratch. After some back and forth on price, they were ready to go to contract when a home with the floor plan they wanted to build came back on the market when the family that had it built no longer qualified (their credit score dipped). Since I have a good relationship with the builder’s salesperson, she called me as soon as she found out that home was coming back to them. My buyers secured that home for $35,000 less than it was under contract for with the previous buyers! And the view from this home is gorgeous! 4 bedrooms 2 & ½ baths, granite throughout, 2600 sq ft for $174k!! This was such fun for me to help them get this great deal.
Clients #2 from Ohio, retiring in a year, came down just to look on a long weekend. They said if they found something too good to pass up they would buy now. I showed them what their money would buy in a resale, then took them to several new home builders. We have a nice selection of new homes in the Southshore area. They wanted a pool, or at least a community with a pool. What we found for them was a 2100 sq ft home on a large lot with an oversized 2 car garage (2 & ½ car) with tile everywhere except the bedrooms, granite in the kitchen, and a TILE ROOF, on a pond (where the white pelicans gather) for $183k in an upscale community with some awesome amenities. They are going to rent the home for a year until they are ready to move in. Again….FUN!
So come on down so I can have some more fun helping YOU find that great deal and secure your first home, second home, or retirement home while the prices and rates are low! Word is, in one nearby new home community the next lots the builders are going to purchase are going to be $20,000 more each. They will have to pass that on to the buyers. So don’t delay….come on down today!
Follow up: see below evidence International buyers find it is time to buy real estate in Florida
Sunday, May 15th, 2011Follow up: It’s Time to Buy Real Estate Again
Pt.1 It’s time to buy Real Estate again, the most attractive asset class in America.
Mike Castleman, who calls himself a “dirt road economist” has not seen a shortage of new construction in the last 35 years like what he is seeing today. He believes in most markets the price of new homes will begin to rise this year, not fall. And as founder and CEO of Metrostudy, he is in a unique position to know. His company tracks data on the country’s inventory of new homes. They cover around 65% of the US housing market, and the key figures they collect are the number of vacant and “For Sale” homes and how many months it would take to sell all of them. This measures inventory and determines if a market has a surplus or shortage of new housing. The numbers are 1/4 of what they were just a few years ago.
So we have a historic drop in new construction and prices that have declined 30 to 55% across the country. The affordability will lure Americans back to buying homes and the shortage will start raising prices in many markets this year. To take advantage before the prices and/or interest rates start up, call Bonnie Fagoh at 813-390-7606. Or click here to search the best Tampa Bay properties as they hit the market. http://www.TampaCoastalHomes.com
In Pt.2 I will address today’s tight credit standards and the effect on the market, as well as the cost of owning vs renting.
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
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Fantastic Tampa Bay waterfront Bargain in Apollo Beach at Bella Sol Luxury Villas!!
Thursday, February 4th, 20102009 Most difficult on record Tampa Bay Apollo Beach Realtor sets Record
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Bonnie Fagoh owner of www.TampaCoastalHomes.com earns top awards for 2009. With a global downturn the world markets smart money has found BellaSol Luxury Villas in Apollo Beach Florida nestled on Tampa Bay. In fact says Bonnie ” I had contracts on Christmas eve and New Years eve.”
These luxury waterfront villas are loaded with extras and are obviously a tremendous value. Smart buyers from across America and Canada recognize these luxury bargains and have voted to buy. Rarely do you find this kind of square footage and amenities centrally located between Sarasota and Tampa, St. Pete.
The first month of our new decade has shown no difference we are already under contract for 2 more units and the developer is actively taking bids to complete the next building.
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Bonnie can be reached at 813 390-7606
