Donna Gallegos's (pcolaagent) Blog

  Heading into the active spring homeselling season, many homeowners are joining forces with Florida’s Realtors to participate in Florida Open House Weekend on March 26-27, 2011.  Welcome Home Week, March 21- 27, leading up to the largest statewide open house event in the country – it’s a great t...

For the past few days, I have read that 30 year fixed rate mortgages may become passé’. Housing experts are saying proposals are looming to phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac resulting in hard to find 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. Alex J. Pollock, a former chief executive of the Federal Home Lo...

  I love  investors and they are back!  Signs are pointing to the housing market finally bottoming out and rebounding over the next year. According to the Florida Association of Realtors, Investors, who were burned when the housing bubble burst in 2006, are back in the real estate market betting ...

  I wouldn’t say I am exactly a “parrothead” but I do love Jimmy Buffet, no doubt about that. Jimmy was raised 45 minutes from Pensacola in Mobile, Alabama. I first saw Jimmy Buffet at the old municipal auditorium in downtown Pensacola in the early 80’s. He walked out on stage all alone, grabbed ...

HUGE PRICE REDUCTION!! Now priced at 1/2 2008 value-- It's Time To Buy this Exquisite Prime Waterfront and water view acreage while the price is low. Bargain Priced at $450,000.00 Approx. 4 1/2 acres with approx. 1-acre located Bay Front! This is Deep Water, no limit to boat size, so what's your...

Beginning a home search usually starts out sounding like a fun way to spend your off time. These days most people start their search online. Just Google any place U.S.A., and you will find a huge number of sites to click concerning real estate in your search area. For the first few days this can ...

When I was 14 yrs. old, I traveled through Pensacola and fell in love with the area. I couldn’t wait to call Pensacola Home. As soon as I was old enough, I loaded up my 17ft. travel trailer and headed for my new home. It has been 30 years since I made my move to the beautiful Florida Panhandle. A...

  So you have interviewed a few Realtors in your area and you are a wee bit disappointed with the suggested listing price by these folks. Of course you want to get the “biggest bang for you buck”, so to speak. Some sellers are afraid they are going to sell their precious home with all the pricele...

A total of 15,550 existing single-family homes sold statewide in December, up 4 percent from the 14,923 homes sold in December 2009. The statewide existing home median sales price last month was $133,100; in December ’09 it was $139,800 for a 5 percent decrease, according to Florida Realtors’ dat...

    Stonechase is a lovely Gated community located in Pace Florida. It is located just north of Pensacola, Florida and adjacent to Escambia Bay and the Escambia River Wildlife Management Area. The Escambia River has the richest collection of freshwater fish of any river in Florida, including nume...