John's Florida Real Estate Blog

Today, 6/19/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.17% down from 4.20% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.30%, down from 3.31% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.93%. Freddie Mac'...

Today, 6/12/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.20% up from 4.14% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.31%, up from 3.23% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.98%. Freddie Mac's sp...

Today, 6/5/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.14% up from 4.12% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.23%, up from 3.21% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.91%. Freddie Mac's spo...

The 2014 Hurricane Season began yesterday, June 1st in Florida and will be with us until November 30th this autumn. Here are some things I have mentioned in previous posts that you should keep in mind. First, the State of Florida has a website that you can use to help your family or business get ...

My June 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 June 2014 Newsletter I hope that you will find this month's articles interesti...

Today, 5/29/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.12% down from 4.14% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.21%, down from 3.25% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.81%. Freddie Mac'...

Today, 5/22/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.14% down from 4.20% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.25%, down from 3.29% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.59%. Freddie Mac...

 For years it has amazed me that many agents only put one or two pictures with their listings, even though many sites will allow up to 25 still images to be place there. People who are looking for homes love sites that have tons of photos. They want to see what the home looks like and determine i...

Today, 5/15/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.20% down from 4.21% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.29%, down from 3.32% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.51%. With the ho...

Today, 5/8/2014,  Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.21% down from 4.29% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.32%, down from 3.38% last week. A year ago the 30 year rate was 3.42%. Freddie Mac's...