Hal's blog

Days Inn Comes To Sun City Center  Sun City Center Inn, the hotel at 809 North Pebble Beach Blvd. has become part of the Days Inn franchise as of early July.  Management of Days Inn  has committed to update the facility which was built some 30-year ago. Days Inn, brings a  nationally known Hotel...

Keep the gloom and doom to yourself should be the message to the media. I understand that Good News doesn't sell newspapers, but it would be nice to pick up an issue and read the positive things that are happening in our area, State, and the world for that matter. I went to our local, family owne...

NRA recently published Bay Area statistics for the first half of 2008.  ONCE AGAIN TAMPA BAY ARE WINNERS! (1) EXISTING HOME SALES UP  76% SINCE  JANUARY, 2008 (2) INVENTORY DOWN 5.5% SINCE JANUARY 2008 (3) MONTHS OF INVENTORY DOWN 54% SINCE JANUARY 2008 (4) AVERAGE SALES PRICE DOWN TO $227,565 (5...

The public can express their opinion at meetings scheduled to take place on Monday, July 14, 2008.Hartline buses are now providing service several times a day back and forth along Sun City Center Boulevard (to Wal-Mart) on what is known as Bus Route 87, with additional service to the Brandon Town...

Reviewing our office productivity for the first six months of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007 was a lesson of the times. We enjoyed the same number of closings in both years, status quo in the current market isn't all that bad, however the dollar volume was down by 2.2 million in 2008...

Home ownership continues to be one of the soundest financial investments. Home ownership is still one of the best ways for a family to build a financial nest egg. According to a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve the median net wealth of renters was $4,000 compared to a median net wealth of ...

NEW FLOOD PLAIN MAPS You may want to invest in Flood Plain Insurance now        Hillsborough County has announced that the newest generation of Flood Plain maps for Sun City Center will become official for flood insurance and development purposes on Wednesday, August 28th.        Full Flood Plan ...

The St. Petersburg Times recently reported that Economist Dr. Sean Snaith delivered an economic report to members of Enterprise Florida's board of directors, saying that homebuyers and builders will "slowly tiptoe back to the housing market" for a solid turnaround in 2010. The head of the Univers...

Encouraging statistical information made available from Florida Association of Realtors! The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.3 percent to 88.2 from a reading of 83.0 in March. It's the highest index since last October, but remains 1...

MAY STATISTICSWOOO HOOO!  Once again, we have an uptrend on the month over month year-to-date stats.- Hillsborough County is UP a whopping 66% since the first of the year for Existing Home Sales- Inventory is down 3.6% from our highest level this year- Months Inventory dropped to the lowest point...