Roy Barker's Blog

I just read an article in RISMedia that I thought was interesting.  Of the 300 top real estate markets in the country, over half (55%) have now reached full recovery.  That is up 24 markets from June.We have been watching prices increase at a pretty good pace here in SW Florida and I would have t...

It seems like we always look outside our area for things to do.  I remember when we were living in CA (Sunnyvale) we had so many things around us to do and didn't do most of them.  Once we realized that we were moving we started going to those local attractions.Fast forward to the present.  We ha...

We just found out that one of our largest outdoor 'malls' is now in foreclosure!  The Gulf Coast Town Center reports that they are more than $190 million in debt to Wells Fargo and did not pay off the debt.  This is one of the largest foreclosures in SW Florida History!I am not a commercial broke...