What are you doing this Saturday?  If you are thinking about selling your home, this would be a great weekend to get working on your house, and show ready for the market!This is the perfect time of the year to take advantage of the beautiful weather and make necessary improvements, as well as perform routine maintenance.  Buyers Want Move-In Ready Homes and Willing to Pay More  Want to know the current value of your home?  Click Here for a Complimentary Market Analysis  Youtube video courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens  About:  Joyce Marsh Homes & Lifestyles is a leader in luxury and waterfront real estate in the central Florida area.  We work exclusively with home sellers and home buyers.  Expertise in luxury home marketing. An award winning real estate professional with numerous cert... 04/26/2016

   Top Secrets to Sell your Home Fastby Joyce Marsh, Florida Realtor & Home Stager    1.  Prepare your Home for the Market You've heard this before, but it is worth repeating "Get rid of the clutter"Clean, Clean, Clean Make any needed repairsPaint, trim, and clean some moreConsult with a professional Home Stager for recommendationsGet your home professionally Staged or DIY from those recommendationsEnhance the curb appealReduce the amount of furniture - less furniture means rooms appear larger 2.  Price Your Home CorrectlyCorrect Pricing is keyNo amount of marketing, fixing or staging will sell an overpriced homeThe National Association of Realtors® "Field Guide to Remodeling" provides industry guidelines for expected "return on investment" for most remodeling projects and upgrades that... 11/17/2014

Wilbur-by-the-Sea is a small community nestled along the Atlantic, south of Daytona Beach.  It is a quiet residential, unincorporated area without a condo or hotel, but with stunning beachfront homes, on a no-drive part of the Daytona Beach (these are protected sand dunes which provide a natural nesting habitat for our native sea turtles). The beach consists of approximately 100 yards of soft, white, rock-free sand. Wilbur-by-the-Sea is surrounded by uncrowded, pristine beaches, nature reserves, golf courses and historic attractions.  A few minutes' walk away is Boondock's restaurant, where you can dock your boat and stop in for fish and chips (or any of their other fresh seafood dishes). Within minutes' drive is Racing's North Turn restaurant, which in the early days of motor sports se... 08/08/2009

          Daytona Beach Shores Real Estate Reports and Events. By Lisa Hill, "THE SMART CHOICE!" It's time for me to continue with my first quarter real estate reports for each city in East Volusia County. For the 1st Quarter of 2009 we're comparing New Listings, Total Number of Listings and the Number of Sales for each city. And for some cities I've separated the condo listings and sales from the houses or in one particular city (Daytona Beach Shores) we looked at the totals for each category, then just pulled the condos into a seperate category. So far we've covered Port Orange, South Daytona, Daytona Beach and Daytona Beach Shores. In this post we're going to take a quick look at Wilbur-by-the-Sea. Why are we only taking a quick look at Wilbur-by-the-Sea? For starters because Wilbur... 04/27/2009

Ponce Inlet Real Estate & Community Events blog. By Lisa C. Hill, "THE SMART CHOICE!" Believe it or not, the photos in this post are of a house I recently sold. We just closed last week. You should know that these sellers are experienced at buying and repairing houses that need a lot of work. But this house brings new meaning to needing a lot of work! It needs a LOT of work! And just before closing we had one more problem that caused the entire ceiling in the garage to collapse. Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of that disaster. However, I do need to mention that during the course of this transaction, I had the extreme displeasure of working with the most incompetent listing agent I've ever met! I'll probably elaborate on that in a future post; with no names mentioned of course. So... 09/20/2008

In my blog titled Daytona Beach Real Estate: 2007 Year in Review, I gave many details on the history of the Daytona Beach area real estate market over the last few years. Since Wilbur-by-the-Sea is closely linked to Ponce Inlet, and is part of the Daytona Beach area, I highly recommend you read most importantly, the Daytona Beach post, but also view the charts in each post. As I said in the Daytona Beach post, it was at the beginning of 2006 that some real estate agents in east Volusia County, where the Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS is located, began to report slower sales, while I personally didn't experience the market drop until July of 2006.  Meanwhile, much of the rest of the country was already a year into the real estate decline.Before I provide the real estate sale ... 01/28/2008