John's Florida Real Estate Blog

As of today, 10/2/2016, Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4, storm is still south of Cuba, but is predicted to make a northerly turn shortly. As you can see in the above image, its projected path has it moving in a northerly direction, skirting Florida's east coast on Thursday and Friday of this wee...

This is the track of Tropical Storm Hermine as it approaches Florida's gulf coast on Thursday afternoon on September 1, 2016. It appears that it may turn into a hurricane briefly before hitting land. Then it changes back to a tropical storm. With those we are not worried so much about high winds ...

This very nice furnished 2 bedroom/2 bath double-wide mobile home could be just the winter retreat or year round home you're looking for. For the money, a more attractive home will be hard to come by. It is situated in Spanish Trails Village, a registered 55+ community where one owns the land und...

When I opened my mailbox today (8/22/2016 I found a letter from Mike Wells, the Pasco County Property Appraiser where I live, telling me what my proposed property taxes for 2016 would likely be. Probably most of Florida's residents are also receiving these notices, also called Truth in Millage (T...

My February Real Estate Newsletter is now available for you to see.  Just click on the following link to view this month's newsletter:  Download Februrary 2016 Newsletter-pdfI hope that you will find this month's articles interesting and helpful.If you would like to receive these newsletters auto...

 JOHN ELWELL - REALTOR at CENTURY 21 BIll Nye Realty, Inc. 34619 State Road 54, Zephyrhills, Florida 33541

For several years now the Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce has hosted an annual event called Pigz in Z'Hills. This event celebrates great barbecue and blues music. It will take place this time on January 16, 2016 from 10 AM to 6 PM at the Zephyrhills, Municipal Airport located at 39450 Sou...

Today, November 30th, is the official "last day" of the 2015 Hurricane Season. Though it sometimes happens, it is very unlikely that a storm will form now. The waters of the Atlantic Ocean are just too cool. And warm water is what powers these massive storms.We did not even get a decent tropical ...

Today, 11/25/2015, Freddie Mac reported that the average mortgage interest rate for 30 year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.95% down from 3.97% last week. The average interest rate for 15 year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.18%, unchanged from last week. A year ago the average rate for a 30 year fixed-rat...