New Home Building in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida The upcoming Tour of Homes in Lakewood Ranch is underway.  This year with the upswing in new building the tour features 49 luxury model homes by 16 new home builders in the award-winning community of Lakewood Ranch. New building in Sarasota County is an indicator of the recovering economy… Read More New Home Building in Sarasota & Manatee Counties

Are you eligible for The Florida Hardest Hit program? In February 2010, Florida received $1 billion dollars in Hardest Hit money to help eligible homeowners to bring their mortgages current ($18,000 cap) and receive up to a year of mortgage payments ($24,000 cap)or just bring the mortgage current ($25,000 cap). As of the audit by… Read More Are You Eligible for Florida’s Hardest Hit Program to Help You Keep Your Home?

They’re Back in the Market…or soon will be. Many homeowners caught in the bust of 2008/2009 will soon be ready to consider owning a home again. If you or someone you know sold their home in a short sale or lost it in a foreclosure 3 or more years ago the FHA backed mortgages are… Read More They’re Back in the Market

Watch this video 3.8% Tax: What is True, What is Not of Heather Elias, NAR’s director of social business media and Linda Goold, NAR’s director of tax policy, discussing how the tax works and how Internet rumors work. The tax will affect few home sellers because so many different pieces must fall into place a certain… Read More Fact Check: 3.8% Tax on Resale Property – True or Not?

California now recognizes window film as an energy-efficient building material. Faced with the second-highest total energy usage in the country (Texas is first), California has become the first state to recognize window film as bona fide energy-efficient building materials. By adding them to its state building codes, California will require window films to meet certain… Read More More for energy savings tips