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Florida Condo Sales Up 67 Percent In First Quarter; Prices Drop 13 Percent

Dennis Norman

Sales of existing single-family homes in Florida rose 24 percent in first quarter 2010 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the latest housing statistics from Florida Realtors®. A total of 38,846 existing homes sold statewide in 1Q 2010; during the same period the year before,

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Florida Real Estate - Sellers Still Slashing Prices

Dennis Norman

According to a report issued today by Zip Realty, sellers in Florida are slashing prices by more than 10 percent

South Florida has deals on homes! According to Zip Realty, sellers in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale have reduced their list price by an average of nearly 15 percent, or $36,000 in February 2010. In

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Florida home and condo markets heat up

Dennis Norman

The sunshine state’s real estate market is heating up according to the latest report from the Florida REALTORS(R). Existing home sales rose in January, marking 17 months that sales activity has increased in the year-to-year comparions.

Existing home sales in Florida increased 24 percent in January with a total of 10,465 homes sold statewide

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Las Vegas, Cape Coral, Merced Foreclosure Rates Highest Among Major Metro Areas in 2009

Dennis Norman

Top 20 Cities Are From California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona; Utah, Illinois, Oregon, Idaho Cities Indicate Foreclosure Problem Is Spreading.

Today RealtyTrac® released its year-end 2009 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report which shows that cities in four Sun Belt states accounted for all top 20 foreclosure rates in 2009 among metro areas with a population

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Florida's Existing Home, Condo Sales Up in November 2009

Florida’s existing home sales rose in November, marking 15 months that sales activity has increased in the year-to-year comparison, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.

Existing home sales rose 61 percent last month with a total of 14,026 homes sold statewide compared to 8,694 homes sold in November 2008, according to Florida

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The best cities in California and Florida to invest in real estate

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Today SmartZip, Inc. released it’s first release of the SmartZip Top 10 Markets™, a list of top-rated cities most likely to yield above-average investment returns over the next ten years. The markets are hand-picked by SmartZip’s analysts in conjunction with local market experts.

Presently SmartZip, which just launched its public Beta site

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