John's Florida Real Estate Blog

My September 2014 Real Estate Newsletter is now available for download as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file that all computers should be able to open. Just click on the following link to download this month's newsletter:  Download September-2014 Newsletter I hope that you will find this month's articles...

Today, 9/4/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.10% unchanged from last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.24%, down a little from 3.25% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 4.57%. Inter...

Today, 8/28/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.10% unchanged from last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.25%, up a little from 3.23% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 4.51%. Though...

Today, 8/21/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.10% down a tad from 4.12% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.23%, down a little from 3.24% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 4.58...

On Monday, August 18th, students and teachers will return to their classes in the public schools of Pasco County, Florida for the 2014-2015 academic year. I suspect that this will be the case in nearly every county in the State of Florida. When I was teaching here two decades ago, we started afte...

Today, 8/14/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.12% down a tad from 4.14% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.24%, down a little from 3.27% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 4.40...

When I opened my mailbox today (8/14/2014) I found a letter from Mike Wells, the Pasco County Property Appraiser where I live, telling me what my proposed property taxes for 2014 would likely be. Probably most of Florida's residents are also receiving these notices, also called Truth in Millage (...

For those of you who are lovers of good jazz, we will have a local venue that will permit you to enjoy a bit of it right here in central Pasco County. This event will take place at Boyette Park on Saturday, August 30th. And best of all: IT'S FREE! To get to the park, from Interstate 75 go east on...

My August 2014 Real Estate Newsletter is now available for download as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file that all computers should be able to open. Just click on the following link to download this month's newsletter:  Download August-2014-newsletter I hope that you will find this month's articles inter...

Today, 8/7/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.14% up a tad from 4.12% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.27%, up a little from 3.23% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 4.40%. Fr...