May this holiday season be the best one yet for you and your family.
Category: Real Estate
More on Forecasting
Florida Realtors has put together this infographic on one way to predict the future of real estate. While this is oversimplified, it does capture the basics of supply and demand. If you have more questions about today’s market, reach out any time.
Local Fishing with Holiday Guests
If you enjoy fishing (or think you might) but have never hired a fishing charter in our area, you are missing out. Especially if you are looking for ways to entertain your out-of-town guests this holiday season. While I am not going to recommend a specific charter since there literally tons of great options, I am going to use this article to help you understand the differences between nearshore and offshore fishing trips. Also, I will share a few pieces of advice on what to bring and what not to bring.
The Sunshine State
It may seem like rooftop solar should be a no-brainer in Florida; however, it really isn’t that simple. I know several people who have moved from the northeast where they had rooftop solar. With all of the extra sunshine in our state, it would seem that if it worked there, it should work here. Unfortunately, it is not that simple. Most of the time, state sponsored incentives made solar economically viable in their last home. Without the incentives, the financial benefits just wouldn’t materialize. Those incentives just don’t exist to the same level in Florida. The infographic below from Florida Realtors shows some starting questions to ask here before you make a decision.
We have just experienced the largest three-week drop in mortgage rates in 14 years. The rate reduction appears to be signaling that the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of short-term interest rate hikes. That said, the reduction in rates has not yet increased the number of mortgage applications. Rather, they continue to decline.