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Baldwin Park in Orlando gets Award
10/14/2008 9:43 AM
Baldwin Park, a traditional neighborhood development on 1,100 acres near Orlando’s thriving downtown, has won the 22nd Residential Environmental Award from the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR). The award, popularly known as the ENVY, was presented recently at FAR’s 92nd annual Convention and Trade Expo in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 200......

SoDo Now Open in Orlando
10/13/2008 12:12 PM
Downtown residents are excited about new SoDo, a $100 million shopping area. SoDo for South of Downtown Orlando is now open and located Crystal Lkea and Grant off South Orange Ave. Super Target and TJ Maxx now opened, a fitness center, specialty shops, and restuarants soon to be open......

Orlando Real Estate Sales up 37%
10/10/2008 12:15 PM
The time to buy is now with discounts on Orlando Home Prices. September sales up 37% compared to last September a sign the Orlando Housing Market is heading up. This article in the Orlando Sentinel indicates may its the bank properties feu......

Orlando Market Statistics September
10/9/2008 11:03 AM
Orlando Regional Realtor Association has published Real Estate Statistics for September 2008 in Orlando Metro area. Average Interest Rate: 6% Inventory of Homes: 24,960 New Listings: 4,099 New Contracts: 1908 Under Contract: 3,256 Back on Market: 594 Expired Listings: 1,683 Withdr......

Orange County to Buy Foreclosure
10/8/2008 7:52 AM
Next year Orange County will buy 200 foreclosed homes, renovate them, and resell them to moderate to low income buyers. With $28 million federal housing grant, they anticipate to buy and renovate a 1000 homes by 2013, in an effort to stablize neighborhoods. The neighborhoods target first is Pine Hills and Taft-Meadows area. Orange County is second ......

Coldwell Banker 10 Day Sales Event
10/7/2008 11:01 AM
Hundreds of Orlando-area homes listed for sale by Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate will be discounted by as much as 10 percent to participate in a national sales campaign that kicks off Friday. The first ever "Coldwell Banker 10-Day Sales Event" will run nationally through Oct. 19 and includes more than 2,000 properties in Florida......

Poinciana Residents Say No to New Development
10/2/2008 12:54 PM
A group of local residents is making a concerted effort to stop a development of more than 5,000 acres on ranch land located on the Polk County side of Poinciana. 'This is the right project at the wrong time in the wrong place,' Fernando Valverde, a Solivita resident and member of Concerned Poinciana Residents for Smart Growth, told The ......

Orlando International Aiprort Ranked 5th Best
9/29/2008 10:01 AM
Two Florida airports are ranked among the top ten in the United States by business travelers surveyed through CondDe Nast Traveler magazine.Tampa International Airport ca......

Tax Credit for First Time Home Buyers
9/25/2008 3:09 PM
If a first-time homebuyer purchases a home before the end of 2008, he or she gets a $7,500 tax credit in 2009 when they file their federal income taxes, but it must be paid back over time. Here’s how it works: The first-time homebuyer credit is similar to a 15-year interest-free loan to be repaid in 15 equal annual installments beginning with the s......

Sales Pace of Orlando Luxury Communities
9/23/2008 8:52 AM
The high rollers are headed west in Metro Orlando. More million-dollar homes were sold in Keene's Pointe in west Orange County during the first half of the year than in any other luxury community in the four-county area. An analysis of area Realtors' resales reports by ERA Williams Real Estate Group found that 16 of the 140 homes that so......