Hillsborough & Manatee County Florida Real Estate

A new plan for residential and commercial development has just been proposed for downtown Palmetto.  The full city block of  4th & 5th Streets and 10th & 9th Avenues is stated to be a project to happen over the next 5 years.The project calls 6 phases with a combination of 28 store fronts and 88 o...

Anyone ever used Angie's List?  Or maybe you had never heard of it, like myself?  I didn't know this website even existed until this morning.  I was watching TV and saw the advertisement for it.So what exactly is Angie's List?  "A word-of-mouth network for consumers.  Angie's List is a growing co...

Anyone care to share with us what your thoughts are on what is going to happen short term or long term due to many of the sub-prime lenders closing their doors and some of the large prime lenders now screaming of financial difficulties and some of them may be going under?I hate to say this....but...

I was doing some reading online tonight and came across a link on Realtor.org for people's funniest real estate stories.  I never knew this page existed on the site until tonight.  I decided to check it out and got a laugh out of some of them.There are quite a few of them for your enjoyment, and ...

Parrish will be seeing a few more new stores opening in the next month or so."A pizzeria/Italian restaurant and a Chinese restaurant are already confirmed as new tenants of the Shops at Silverleaf, where Publix opened a new store on July 26. The plaza is on U.S. 301, near Chin Road.""A nail salon...

I was reading the paper this afternoon online and came across this story.  I thought it was a neat story to share with you.It's a story about a woman who was surprised on her 83rd birthday.  Her daughter planned a surprise party for her 83rd birthday at a home she was born in and grew up in, in E...

If you are, I highly recommend Michelle Chevalier with CornerStone Title.  She is very nice and very easy to work with.  She will go to great lengths to sort out any problems to get a deal closed as smooth as possible.  She keeps in contact with the lender and also keeps us posted with regular up...

Below are the stats for properties that SOLD and closed in July for Manatee County:July 2006# of single family homes SOLD = 234# of condos SOLD = 49Avg SOLD price for SFR = $372,162Avg SOLD price for condos = $286,861July 2007# of single family homes SOLD = 182# of condos SOLD = 45Avg SOLD price ...

This is just a reminder that the Florida Sales Tax Holiday starts today.  The holiday goes from today until midnight August 13th.  During the next 10 days would be a good time to get all of your school shopping done for your kids.  Stock up on all the school supplies and school clothes for your k...

Another bill was introduced to Congress on Friday to reduce the costs of insurance premiums for homeowners in disaster-prone areas .  But really, how far will this bill go?  It's failed before, so are they really going to pass it this time around?  "The bill would create a voluntary, market-drive...