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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
2801 Chancellorsville Dr #335, Tallahassee, FL Photos Maps & Local Schools Print Click here to Get Directions$239900 2 Beds - 2 Baths - 10890 sqft Lot This sleek updated 3rd floor condo is conveniently located in the desirable NE gated community of Barrington Park between WalMart and Chili's so both are only a few steps away. Condo features 2 BR's and 2 full baths with an upstairs loft perfect for a guest suite or office. The kitchen and baths feature brand new granite, sinks and plumbing fixtures and imported Italian tile flooring. Stainless steel appliances and upgraded light fixtures complement this contemporary home. Publix, Target, many restaurants and shopping are all within one mile of the community and I-10 is within 5 minutes. The neighborhood offers amenities such as a clubho...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
3043 Cloudland Dr, Tallahassee, FL Click here to Get Directions$220000 2 Beds - 1 Baths - 0.52 acres Lot Photos Maps & Local Schools Print Welcome to your own piece of paradise in Lakeshore! This charming 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home rests on over half an acre of lush land, offering a serene retreat for nature lovers and garden enthusiasts alike. The property was recently updated with vinyl plank flooring upstairs (2022), a new fence (2022), new appliances (2022-2023) ensuring convenience and style. It also features a 2018 roof, new 200AMP electric in 2022, and 2016 HVAC & Water Heater. The property has an abundance of fruit trees including cara cara navel orange, blood orange, tangerine, peach, lemon, lime, mulberries, figs, olives, persimmon, pear, pomegranate, kumquat, loquat, bananas...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  3503 Doe Run Road, Tallahassee, FL Click here to Get Directions$900000 4 Beds - 3.5 Baths - Photos Maps & Local Schools Print This meticulously fully renovated home has it all. From the custom coffered ceilings to the shining wood floors, no detail has been overlooked during the renovation process. Each bedroom is not only an en suite, its bathroom has been completely renovated. The master bath now includes new floors, a redesigned Roman shower with multiple heads, and new marble counter tops. The main living area and the kitchen have undergone extensive design changes including wall removal that create an undeniable open and airy feeling. The chef inspired kitchen is perfect for those who love entertaining. This amazing space includes a Thor 6 burner gas stove with an oversized oven,...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
30 Sand Pine Cir, Midway, FL Click here to Get Directions$290000 3 Beds - 2 Baths - 10890 sqft Lot Photos Maps & Local Schools Print 2 hr notice for easy showings** **Heated/Cooled space in garage not included in sq ftg and can easily be removed** This turnkey All Brick property seems to tick all the boxes for convenience and comfort. Its close proximity to the highway, as well as its short commute of roughly 25min to the Capital and FSU stadium, make it incredibly desirable location. And with the added bonus of savings on property taxes and utilities, it's not just a great home but also a smart investment. Plus, knowing that the HVAC system was replaced in 2014 and the property has only been owner-occupied adds to its appeal. Follow This Home
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  When it comes to comparing interest rates for a mortgage loan, home buyers often have the option of choosing a loan with a lower interest rate by paying discount points. Simply put, discount points are fees charged by the lender to reduce (discount) the interest rate charged to the borrower. A point is equal to 1 percent of the loan amount. For example, with a $200,000 loan, one point equals $2,000. Points are usually paid out-of-pocket by the buyer at closing. Paying points may seem attractive, because a lower interest rate means smaller monthly payments. But is paying points always a good idea? The answer generally depends on how long you plan to stay in the house. Let’s look at an example: Mortgage Discount Points Example John and Jane Doe are shopping for loan rates on a $150,000 ...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
By Better Homes & Gardens Chambray Technique with Glaze   Creating a chambray-look wall is a process consisting of rolling a tinted glaze over a white or cream-color wall, then dragging a weaver brush vertically and horizontally through the wet glaze.   Stone Sorcery Achieve this textured look by rolling on a liquid-stone product and creating more textural variation with a trowel. Once the stone product dries, add more depth and color by ragging on two shades of glaze.
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  Foreclosures and short sales dominated the national news for such a long period that news of foreclosures in Tallahassee does not carry the whallup that it would have just one year ago. But people better pay close attention to what is happening with foreclosures, because we have only scratched the surface of this epidemic thus far! We have been monitoring the Lis Pendens filings for many years, and the number of properties that actually make it to the court-house steps is usually less than ten each month. But about two years ago, we noticed that lis pendens filings in Tallahassee were on the rise, so we suspected that we would eventually see the corresponding rise in foreclosures. With all the speculation on bailouts and government intervention, many of the lenders were not so swift t...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
Transform any space into your dream room with professional decorating points and tips on how to develop a color palette. Then coordinate colors and accessories for a pulled together look that is your own personal style.   View Colors View Colors View Colors  Starting Points for Decorating a Room Draw up a list and start writing down the basics - which key elements (couch, rug, flooring) will stay, and which will go. Determine a budget. Consider which changes make the most impact for your dollar, such as paint, slipcovers, and fresh accessories. Generate ideas by creating a portfolio that appeals to you. Collect images from magazines, fabric, and paint swatches, pictures of favorite vacation spots, flowers from the garden - anything to which you're drawn. Don't worry about creating a th...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
Yesterday, my brother Mike and I were discussing our townhomes that we purchased in Richview Park in the early 90s. Richview Park is a town home community of roughly 150 homes in a very convenient location off of Richview Road and Apalachee Parkway in downtown Tallahassee. Anyway, we were discussing the fact that real estate had dropped in value lately, yet his townhouse was still an incredible investment. This Tallahassee townhouses was purchased in the early 90s and if sold today would show a five percent annualized appreciation rate. Considering the fact that leverage was used, his return on investment (ROI) is going to be huge. Great Returns On Townhomes In Richview Park The real estate graph below shows that unit sales have slowed considerably in Richview Park, but values are only ...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
The color wheel is an excellent device for understanding how color families interact. The color wheel most people are familiar with includes high-intensity pure colors. While you may not use these vibrant colors as they appear on the color wheel for your home decorating, the principles associated with this helpful tool will assist you in achieving the effect you want to create. Color Designations There are 12 colors in a standard color wheel that are divided into three designations: primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors. Primary colors - These are pure red, blue, and yellow colors only. Secondary colors - A combination of two primary colors to create a third color: orange (red + yellow), green (yellow + blue), and violet (blue + red). Tertiary colors - A combination of p...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  Do you ever sneak over to The Market Bulletin to check out the current state of the Tallahassee Housing Market? A lot of people do, as we get many of our questions at CENTURY 21 First Realty that are based upon the information that is posted there twice a week. This is a simple, one-page, real estate website designed to put out a quick opinion on supply and demand of homes in Tallahassee. The Market Bulletin includes charts, graphs, and analysis of the Tallahassee real estate market based upon information that can be currently found in the Tallahassee MLS. Another great Tallahassee housing resource that you can always find at The Market Bulletin is the FREE download-able supply and demand report for the Tallahassee housing market. This current Supply and Demand For Tallahassee Housing...
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By Mike Carlos, Realtor, Tallahassee FL
(Keller Williams Town & Country Realty)
This summer has been great for the Tallahassee real estate market.  We have seen some signs of improving conditions.  By that I mean homes have been selling a little bit faster than previously because there has been more buyer activity.  There has also been a small retraction of the total number of homes for sale which is also a good sign.  However there has been no sign of prices going back up just yet, as we still an over supply of homes for sale and the foreclosures and short sales are still putting downward pressure on prices. Here is what to watch for... The next 4 months are generally the slowest for the market so we have that to face at the same time that the first time home buyer tax incentive comes to an end.  Some say the end of the year could bring about a sharp decline in pr...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
By Benjamin Moore Paint What is Color?   View Colors View Colors Defining ColorThe perception of color is a phenomenon of light - a form of energy with its own frequency and wavelength. Shine a light through a prism and you'll see it divide into six color families: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.White light is the combination of all colors, while black is the absence of all colors.We perceive color due to the pigments in a given object. A blue pillow appears blue to our eyes because the pigment in the pillow is absorbing all the colors of the light except for the color blue reflecting back to us.   Color and LightHave you ever tried to match a color swatch in a store only to find it looks like a completely different color when you bring it home? You've just experienced met...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  Neighborhood reports have always been popular when we do them both here in the blog as well as on the Tallahassee Real Estate Web Site. It seems that many people in Tallahassee want to know what’s happening with home valuations in the many Tallahassee subdivisions that we have. A Tallahassee neighborhood that we have featured for several years now is Golden Eagle Plantation. One of several golf course communities in the northeast side of Tallahassee, Golden Eagle offers larger homes with golf course and lake view properties, all bundled inside of a gated community. Because we discuss valuations in the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog on a regular basis, I will assume the reader knows that all of the Tallahassee housing market is in a decline, both in the number of homes sold as well as in...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
The crash of the housing market nationwide has made real estate a hot topic for news people and fiction writers alike for more than two years. It seems that no matter where you look, somebody has something new to say about the current state of the housing market, yet they usually reference their story with hearsay or a biased assessment from a specific lobby. The toughest thing about trying to sell a home today is determining who is giving the correct guidance and advice. There is so much bias in both spoken and written reports that frustrated homeowners can be confused very easily. Home Sellers Beware Corrupted News The Homebuilder lobby pushes hard to show that new homes need to be built. Wouldn’t you if you made your living building homes? Just take their reports (or at least their ...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
Artificial Light Color rendition appears warm under incandescent and halogen lights. Reds and yellows are enhanced and blues and greens are culled. Under the cool cast of fluorescent lights, blues and greens are enhanced, while reds and yellows are muted.
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
Just a reminder, the Tallahassee Real Estate Newsletter goes out again today. If you are a subscriber, then the email and link are either in your inbox or your spam filter. If you are not a subscriber,  you can subscribe very easily in the link above or the graphic at the end of this post. Average real estate prices continue to drop in the Tallahassee real estate market, with the exception of condos/townhouses. One has to remember that the drop in average prices does not absolutely represent depreciation, rather it represents the prices that buyers are currently buying. One has to measure both the average price as well as the comparative changes in the “average” house in order to determine whether or not depreciation is occurring. We know from previous blog articles that home prices in ...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
Direct Sunlight Considered the ideal light source, natural sunlight maintains a neutral balance between both the warm (yellow cast) and cool (blue cast) ends of the light spectrum. Northern light is the coolest, while light from a southern exposure is the strongest. Direct sunlight provides the "truest" rendition of colors in a room. View Colors     Indirect Sunlight Natural sunlight is not consistent. It changes from sunrise to noon, to late afternoon and dusk. The intense golden rays and distinct shadows of a sunny, late afternoon can have a profound effect on the colors in a room.
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
I am writing today’s blog from historic Hotel Thayer located at West Point, NY. My family and I are snugly fit into a room overlooking the United States Military Academy and the Hudson River, so today’s blog will be short but bountiful. Real estate graphs often provide a much clearer picture of what is going on in the housing market than merely reading the numbers. With this in mind, I have selected four graphs to provide both a clear picture of where the Tallahassee real estate market is today, as well as how that compares to the past 20 years. July Housing Report Sees Continued Decline The real estate graph above shows the one-year trend on both unit sales as well as the average sales price of a home in Tallahassee. The unit sales trend is far lower than any point in the past 20 year...
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By John Stehmeyer
(Riverking Custom Painting)
The type of light under which color is viewed impacts how we perceive a particular hue. Temperature Whether we perceive a color as warm or cool is relative to the particular color and its surrounding colors. Generally, reds, yellows, and oranges are warm colors, while blues, greens, and violets are considered cool.Warm colors tend to "advance" or "condense" a room, while cool colors "recede" or "expand" a room. Combining both warm and cool colors in a decorating scheme intensifies the temperature of the respective colors. Intensity Intensity (or chroma) refers to a color's purity or brightness and, conversely, its dullness. The purer or less gray a color, the more intensity it has. Bright yellow and cherry red are high-intensity colors; ochre and brick are low-intensity colors. Try usin...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  The data is in for the July housing reports in the Tallahassee real estate market. Even though I am still in New York City, I am able to download the data and I brought my spreadsheets with me. Of course, the first thing that I did after I recorded the data for the month of July was look to the Year over Year Housing Report to see how we did. Year Over Year Home Sales Decline For Record 37th Consecutive Month Every month I look to this real estate graph with the hope that we will see the next step in the turn of the housing market in Tallahassee. When we look at the history of home sales in Tallahassee, we cannot find a time when more than nine months in succession were recorded with the same trend. We see runs of nine months in a row positive, and we see some runs of nine months in a...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
My wife is attending her 20th highschool reunion in Long Island, NY this coming Saturday, so the family and I decided to make it a summer vacation. Just to make it more entertaining, rather than fly or drive form Tallahassee, we chose to take the train. We picked up the Amtrak train in Jacksonville, Florida and stayed on the train from 5:30 p.m. on Monday until noon on Tuesday. With merely 18 stops along the way, it was quite an adventure. Since we have made it safely to New York, 1/2 of our train experience is completed. I have never taken such a long trip on a train, but it was definitely a positive experience. We had a few set-backs, like the train dying on the track and us having to jump trains (which resulted in our bags arriving six hours behind us). But nevertheless, it was neat...
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