Simon Conway's Orlando Real Estate Blog

It is certainly true that a single month's numbers should never be looked at in isolation, but today the December 2008 numbers for Orlando housing were released and while they continue to show the trend of slow recovery, the biggest three numbers - inventory, under contract and closed sales - ha...

My buddy Hugh Krone sent out an e-mail recently asking for REAL Christmas posts for his group - Walking by Faith in the Rain. So not wanting to be the one person who let him down, I went in search of video. Couldn't find any! And then a blinding flash of light and a few claps of thunder later, I ...

I just love this - and I know you will too. This is how a couple of dogs greeted "daddy" after he had been away from home for 14 months! What a wonderful piece just in time for the Holidays! I have to confess that I'm a little surprised that they remembered him in this way after he had been away ...

As Christmas approaches, now is the time to think about those who continue to sacrifice to ensure that you get to have the freedom to celebrate and if you are so inclined, to pray to your god. Last year there was a campaign to send greetings cards to those undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Hosp...

They've been wrong over and over again, but it does not deter the Hurricane forecasters coming out again - just two weeks after the end of the 2008 season in which they were pretty much wrong and predicting another torrid time for Florida in 2009! Now all of this would be OK if it didn't have a d...

It was yet again cold in Central Florida last night and my family again told me that my wonderful Chocolate Brown Lab, Katie, would not enjoy her walk! My typical response to this ridiculous comment is always "she's a dog and she has her very own fur coat"! Anyway, I then came across the followin...

Right now we have fallen through the looking glass. The United States Government is promising Trillions of Dollars in bail outs and so-called stimulus packages to avoid something that scares them to death - DEFLATION!  Once upon a time all western governments agreed that the most important thing ...

Back in 2004, Florida was hit by three hurricanes in six weeks. It was a freak of nature! Central Florida had not had a direct hit for 40 years before that. In 2005 there was one major storm - again, nothing in Central Florida. In 2006 and 2007 there was nothing at all. Each time, rates went up. ...

There are a bunch of them out there - most of them are the first one lifted here from YouTube, but the second one I hadn't seen before. If the trailers are anything to go by then this season looks to be much better than last and certainly way better than the two hour special we all just saw. Enjo...

There is still time to share your Thanksgiving with members of our military who are far from home. You see at this time of year there are thousands of men and women who serve in our armed services who are hundreds of miles from home and only have what the military are able to dish up. I did think...