Pensacola Real Estate Headlines Don't Tell the Entire Story . . . Today's Pensacola News Journal's feature story on the local real estate market was headlined "Area Home Sales Continue to Slide." But within the same newspaper another real estate article was headlined ""Prices Remain Higher Despit
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06/21/2008
Inbox Overload . . . One Realtor's Quest for Ultimate Organization. I am a HAPPY real estate agent - truly happy, happy, happy. However, when I noticed my e-mail inbox count hit - I kid you not - 1300 - I realized that I had something to be very UNHAPPY about. How did I get to this point and what
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06/20/2008
Galveston's East Beach Palisade Palms Luxury Condos Now Closing . . . So what's a Florida real estate broker doing blogging on a Texas condominium project? I'm so glad you asked! While my primary real estate market area is the Greater Pensacola Bay Area and I sell all manner of residential (and o
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06/15/2008
Downtown Pensacola - Fiestas, Festivals and French Architecture - Could you have more fun than watching the merriment of costume clad people tossing candy and beads? Every summer Pensacolians line the downtown streets for the Fiesta of Five Flags procession and parade. And every summer I do my b
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06/13/2008
Creative Real Estate Marketing or Just Plain Silly? Now, I am the first to admit there is more than one way to skin the cat . . . or sell the home in this instance. But . . . luring buyers with $30 bottles or chardonnay, free dog biscuits or aromatherapy candles? I'm just not so sure. I'm referri
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06/09/2008
Welcome New Member Rick Howes - Working as a full time Realtor on the beach (Pensacola Beach) has its perks. And one of my favorites is all the true characters I have the great pleasure of working with. Please welcome a great addition to the Active Rain network and one of those true characters, M
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06/08/2008
Market Trends in the Pensacola Bay Area - We've had our Ups (2003 to 2006) and we've had our Downs (2007 to . . . ). So where are we right now? Here's a year over year comparison for the Pensacola Bay Area's real estate market: Sales in the Pensacola Bay Area 6/1/06 to 6/1/07 6/1/07 to 6/1/08 Tot
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06/07/2008
It's Raining Real Estate Contracts in Pensacola - Okay, it never fails. Those of us who have been in real estate for ANY time know the scenario well. Get in your car or hop on a plane; anytime you head out of town, HERE COME THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACTS! In my small office on Pensacola Beach we joke
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06/07/2008
A front page article in today's Wall Street Journal (Real Estate Woes of Banks Mount) laments the fact that we continue to see turmoil in the banking industry on the heels of mounting bad loans the industry made to finance home and condo construction. The same article includes the sentiment that
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06/06/2008
Volunteer, Pensacola Needs You! One of the best things about Northwest Florida is all the things we have going on! We are blessed to have beautiful beaches to walk and rivers to canoe, then there are the great shopping venues, sports events, concerts and festivals. Wheewww . . . like I said, lot'
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06/01/2008
