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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
8869 Glen Abby Dr, Tallahassee, FL Click here to Get Directions$869,000 4 Beds - 3 Baths - 36590 sqft Lot Photos Maps & Local Schools Print Exquisite property in the highly desirable Golden Eagle! Built by one of Tallahassee's best known luxury builders, Tom Ertl, this well appointed home with four spacious bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms lives open and bright. Featuring elevated ceilings, perfect hardwood flooring throughout most of the home, gourmet kitchen with a bar and all stainless steel appliances & quartz countertops that flows into the great room with custom moulding & built-ins, formal dining room, three generous bedrooms and a separate over-sized master suite with a luxurious bath suite (soaking tub & shower) and massive walk in closet. An abundance of windows throug...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
3905 Bellac Rd, Tallahassee, FL Click here to Get Directions$610,000 5 Beds - 5 Baths - 3.35 acres Lot Photos Maps & Local Schools Print STORYBOOK CHARM WITH MODERN FLAIR! Find yourself charmed by this spacious and peaceful home in the heart of nature, set back from the bustle but convenient to everything. With an abundance of natural light throughout the both homes, this two-building residence truly is one-of-a-kind. You will never run out of space in the enormous and updated kitchen or on one of the multiple covered patios overlooking the grounds. With generous bedrooms throughout, this home is filled with thoughtful updates for all kinds of Buyers. Enjoy the best of everything with this spacious, modern home on one of Tallahassee's hidden picturesque streets with mature trees and st...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
  1628 New Legend CT, Tallahassee, FL Click here to Get Directions$$425,000 3 Beds - 2 Baths - Photos Maps & Local Schools Print Take a first look at the OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, November 24th from 2pm-4pm!! Located on a quiet cul-de-sac inside Golden Eagle, a premier NE Tallahassee gated golf course community, this amazing home has PLENTY to offer! An inviting foyer welcomes you to soaring ceilings throughout with tray and vaulted ceilings up to 21 feet tall! The warm engineered wood floors flow into the first floor owner's suite where you will find two walk in closets, tile walk in shower, huge soaking jetted tub, and dual sink vanity. The two separate living areas provide ample space to spread out. Corian counters in kitchen with SS appliances, large island for plenty of storage, and a ...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
311 Inglewood Dr, Tallahassee, FL Click here to Get Directions$285000 3 Beds - 2 Baths - 0.27 acres Lot Photos Maps & Local Schools Print Spacious updated home that backs up to greenspace near the center of Tallahassee?! Yes Please! Real hardwood floors invite you in from the covered front porch to a combination living room/dining room. Enjoy cooking in your updated kitchen complete with quartz counter tops, SS appliances, and SS single basin farm sink that peers into the adjoining family room. Vaulted ceiling with beams, built in cabinetry, and woodburning stove add to the charm and flexibility of this home with the additional spacious family room (use as combination living room, home gym, play room, office, or whatever your heart desires!) Out back, enjoy the screened porch and view ...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
This is a video of a 5000 square foot home being built from the cleared lot to the finished home.It is also my first attempt at figuring out how to use youtube in my business plan.I would love some feedback on the entire process. Duration, picture quality, music selection, etc.Watch A Home Being Built In Tallahassee By A Class Builder If you like this Article then please subscribe to my full RSS feed. You will be able to stay informed about the happenings in the Tallahassee Real Estate Market. You can also subscribe by Email.   Joe Manausa is the Broker and Co-Owner of Century 21 First Realty. He can be reached by clicking on the comments button below, via e-mail through his company website at www.manausa.com, or by calling (850) 386-2001.       Add to Onlywire
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
I have written numerous blogs about the Tallahassee real estate market, specifically the over-abundance of homes for sale in Tallahassee. Sometimes I hear stories that truly amaze me about what is actually happening on the street.A top Tallahassee Realtor in our office for the past five years brought me this story. I felt that it would make for a good blog article because many people might not be aware that their own beliefs and emotions can affect their ability to sell their Tallahassee home. So, thank you Kathy Lollis for sharing this story!  Kathy is working with a buyer (a cash buyer) who is looking to buy a home in Tallahassee. The buyer is in a price range that has well over a year's supply of homes for sale right now. So, serious sellers know that when a good buyer comes along (l...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
In yesterday’s blog, I analyzed the Northwest Area of the Tallahassee Real Estate Market for the purpose of demonstrating how to use the Free Monthly Tallahassee Real Estate Market Report that anyone can download from the Century 21 First Realty web site. Today, we’ll conduct the same analysis on the Southeast Leon County real estate market. The picture below represents the Southeast Section of Leon County. The price ranges are featured on the left, and then 9 columns of data fall to the right of each price range. Those 9 columns are actually three sets of three columns. The first set of three are homes for sale in Southeast Tallahassee (All, New Construction, Resales), the second set of three columns are homes that sold in Southeast Tallahassee in the past twelve months, and the final...
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By Josh Payton
(C21)
We are havin’ a Party!! Realtor socials are all the rage here in Tallahassee, FL. Well okay, maybe ‘all the rage’ is overstating it a bit, but they are popular and happen on a regular basis. Traditionally, we at Century 21 First Realty In Tallahassee have not participated in the festivities much. And we recently have come to suspect that we might be missing the boat. These events have value as opportunities to mingle with fellow realtors from other offices and network with builders and such. So we figured that if we host one at our office it would be a great way to show off a more personable side of the best real estate company in Tallahassee. Hell, we know how to have fun!! Being new to this game, I was hoping to get some party planning tips from real estate professionals on Active Ra...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
I've had many readers, agents and customers ask me lately, what is happening in the Summerbrooke neighborhood? Well, I know that Summerbrooke is a golf course community located on the northeast side of the Tallahassee real estate market which has homes that generally sell from $300,000 to the mid $500,000s. In order to get a more analytical look, I went to the tax records and the MLS to find out what was going on. This first chart, the Market Snapshot, shows that 25 homes are on the market in Summerbrooke, with 28 homes having sold over the past 12 months. This implies roughly 10.7 months of supply. Too much supply, but not terrible. We can also see that the avergage asking price is roughly 3.8% higher (on a per square footage basis) than the homes that have been sold. While this is ver...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
I met with a property owner in Ox Bottom Manor yesterday who had read my most recent blog discussing activity in the Summerbrooke Subdivision in Tallahassee. She wanted to know if I could provide the same type of overview for the Ox Bottom Manor Subdivision in Tallahassee. I told her to check here today.... so here it is. The Ox Bottom Manor Subdivision in Tallahassee is located off of Ox Bottom Road and Meridian Road in the northeast side of the Tallahassee Real Estate Market. 28 homes sold in the past 12 months, and there are currently 24 homes for sale in Ox Bottom Manor, meaning that Ox Bottom Manor has 10.3 months of supply of homes. The actual numbers listed below come from the Tallahassee Board of Realtors Multiple Listing Service (MLS). We can see that prices have tightened but ...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
The West Point Society of Tallahassee was honored by the presence of Major General Bernard (Burn) Loeffke who served as the Distinguished Guest Speaker at their annual United States Military Academy Founder's Day celebration. General Loeffke gave a very inspirational talk reminding everybody that the true soldier-scholar seeks peace. He advised the Cadets (and others) in the audience to learn a foreign language and to use this as a means to create and stengthen relationships around the world. His simple advice: "Learn to heal, learn to sing songs in their language, and make them laugh." I am certain those who heard his message will remember it for a long time. Also in attendance were three West Point Cadets, including Tallahassee's own Zach Joanos. Zach was a star guard at Godby High S...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
Many of our readers like to see information, charts and graphs about the Tallahassee real estate market. We have been blogging nearly daily between our 3 blog sites. We have decided that we will dedicate a page in our site to post daily (M-F) information about the changes in the inventory in the Tallahassee real estate market. We will update information on: New homes for sale in Tallahassee Homes back on the market in Tallahassee Homes that have gone under contract in Tallahassee Home that have failed to sell in Tallahassee The page that will host the continually updated information on homes in Tallahassee will be located on the Tallahassee Real Estate Market Update page on www.manausa.com. Now, here is the interesting part. We can design this page to provide just about any recurring in...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
We have had great feedback from our readers in the Tallahassee real estate market since launching our new Tallahassee Real Estate Web Site on December 19, 2007. Over the past year, we had been conducting surveys, soliciting feedback, and speaking to customers about what they wanted in real estate website in Tallahassee. Some of the key features that we have launched include: Full Tallahassee MLS Property Search (Data provided by the MLS) Complete Access to Homes For Sale In Tallahassee without annoying registration A new and growing Tallahassee Neighborhoods and Subdivisions map and information service A near-daily view of the market provided by the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog Tallahassee Real Estate Market Information delivered by a full RSS feed Tallahassee Real Estate Market Informa...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
was asked by a reader why I felt so strongly about now being the right time to buy a home in Tallahassee. My response is a bit long-winded, but simple to understand. Unless you are one of the fortunate few who can buy a home in Tallahassee without borrowing money, the cost of the money that you borrow is one of the greatest costs that you pay. In order to see this better, I created a simple scenario. Let’s assume that you want to buy a home in Tallahassee for $250,000. Let’s say you sell your previous home and use the proceeds of $50,000 as your down payment, thus financing $200,000 in the new home. Your monthly payment (principal and interest), would be as seen in the table below (payment changes for different interest rate): In this example, we can buy a $250,000 home with a monthly ...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
In yesterday’s blog about the Tallahassee real estate market, we published our numerical report on how each area of Leon County was doing. This report is particularly useful to Tallahassee real estate agents in helping to determine the competition for somebody wanting to sell a home in Tallahassee. One of the first bits of feedback we received was “how do I use this” and “can you make this into a graph,” so we decided to use this opportunity to do both. Today’s Tallahassee Real Estate Blog will use the Northeast Quadrant of the Tallahassee real estate market to explain how to use this report. If you would like to download the free Tallahassee Real Estate Market Report so that you can use it as we go along, just click the link and print the form. The picture below represents the Northeas...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
Recently, we began a new feature on our Tallahassee real estate web site with the intent of providing Tallahassee Real Estate Market Data to our visitors. We have requested input from our visitors and from our blog subscribers to help us make this page valuable to everyone in the Tallahassee real estate market. We have received numerous requests and are now determining the best way to “deliver” on the Tallahassee Real Estate Market Report. I would like to say “thank you” to all who have sent us recommendations and I would encourage everyone to keep the recommendations coming. The easiest way to do that is with a comment on this blog! One reader asked us to provide a regular update on Tallahassee residential real estate inventory, so we have made the report below something that we will u...
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By Gene and Rebekah Rivers, The Rivers Team, Broker/Owner
(Keller Williams Town & Country Realty)
Hello All!Warning: The article from TIME magazine linked below contains (gasp!) a POSITIVE outlook on real estate and explains why it's smart to buy now. It's long overdue! I hope you take a minute to read it and let me know your thoughts.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1713483,00.html p.s. Tallahassee homes appreciated last year and we expect gaines in 2008 as well!Happy Selling!Kim Riverskim@ringtherivers.com     
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By Gene and Rebekah Rivers, The Rivers Team, Broker/Owner
(Keller Williams Town & Country Realty)
Real Wood Floors: Add Value to Your HomeDid you know that homes with real wood floors sell faster and for more money than homes without wood floors?It's true. In a survey of real estate agents across the country, 58% of agents surveyed agree that homes with wood floors sell for more money than homes without wood floors -- up to 10% more. In addition, 46% agree that homes with wood floors sell faster than homes without them.There's no doubt that real wood floors add value to a home. In the same survey, 90% of agents agreed that hardwood floors influence a home's marketability. That's value you can bank on. Wood floors add warmth and charm to any decor. No matter what your decorating style, chances are that the wood floors in your home can remain unchanged, and adapt to a completely diffe...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
HERE'S WHAT I THINKReal estate is a great investmentThe Tallahassee real estate market has continually shown over the past fifty years to be an excellent place to invest for long-term wealth creation. Currently, the Tallahassee real estate market, stable with government employment and student population growth, is holding strong in a tough real estate market, compared to the rest of the state of Florida.But there is a debate going on. It's the bulls versus the bears, and the comments are flying in all directions. If you are a Rainer who cares about getting the word out, go to The Great Real Estate Debate and let your voice be heard. Don't let the bears line up and trounce real estate as an investment. Click on the "I Agree" and explain why you know real estate is a great long-term inves...
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By Nadia Scheffers, GRI, TRC, SRES, CHMS, CLG
(Coldwell Banker Hartung & Noblin, Inc.)
March 9, 2008Today, I attended the fair that was put on by the Tallahassee Lenders Consortium (TLC) for first time homebuyers. My Broker had set up a booth. I was very happy to be there. I spoke with quite few of attendees who were there looking for information on the home buying process. A lot of them had gone through the training put on by the TLC. Some of them had not been pre-qualified. Although quite a few of them felt that they were ready to begin the buying process. However, I have learned my lessons with quite a few clients that I had taken out and were not pre-qualified. When the time came, I ask them if they were working with a Lender. Well, they turn our not being quite ready yet. So, I will be sure to have them speak with one of the lenders that I work with.Over all, it was ...
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By Alex Mordas, Green Building Consultant
(EarthSTEPS)
Want to use alternative fuel? ...got a car that could, but don't know where to get it? Maybe you are like me, and just have an interest in the topic and would be happy to know it is available if you ever go that route. Thanks to a conversation i had the other day in my office at Keller Williams, i'm now aware that alternative fuel is indeed available in this area, and it is affordable! Here's a map and list of local alternative fuel providers, with information on the type of fuel that they carry. As you can see, it is here, it's a start, and i would say that we're not doing too bad for this neck of the woods. West Florida Alternative and Renewable Fuel Sites Milton Bitco Auto Center 7106 Hwy 90 Milton, Fl. 32570 Available Fuel: B-20 Pensacola Area T. Gill Fuels 2103 W Herman St. Pensaco...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
We get a lot of traffic on our Tallahassee Real Estate Website from people looking for information on specific subdivisions. One of the most actively "searched" subdivisions in Tallahassee is the Adiron Woods Subdivision. This Tallahassee neighborhood is a little more than two years old, and is located near the intersection of Mahan East (Hwy 90) and I-10, just off Walden Road.Taking a quick peak at what is going on yields some interesting information that probably typifies best what is happening to much of the new home sales in the Tallahassee real estate market. From the graph, we can see that the builders have lowered the price of what is being brought onto the market in Adiron Woods. The blue line in the above graph is better seen in the graph below:  We can see out of the four "Sta...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
During my most recent Tallahassee Real Estate Blog in the series of blogs on different Tallahassee Subdivisions, a reader asked if I could profile the Lakeshore Estates Neighborhood.   Lakeshore Estates is located at the intersection of Timberlane Road and Meridian Road and is an excellent example of a "Tallahassee Neighborhood." It is situated in a highly desirable location, yet the prices fall right on the median pricing line in the Tallahassee real estate market. I went to the Tallahassee Board of Realtors MLS and reviewed the most recent sales figures in order to create the following chart: Here we see a graph that is very different from ones we have seen in the past. The gold line, which forms a "V," shows us that homes are on the market for a lower price than have sold (and failed...
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By Joe Manausa - Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Real Estate
(Joe Manausa Real Estate)
I was visiting my parents yesterday at their "new home" (they built it in 1987) and I got to thinking about the home in which I was raised. I believe my parents came to Tallahassee in 1964, a year before I was born, and ended up buying a home in Town 'N Country Park. Situated off of Old Bainbridge Road, between the Tallahassee Mall and Godby High School, Town 'N Country Park was a great Tallahassee neighborhood to grow up in. All the kids in the neighborhood played in the streets all day.So I was wondering how home values were doing in the Town 'N Country Park subdivision. A quick look in the Tallahassee MLS yielded the following chart: With nine months supply of homes on the market, the Town 'N Country Park neighborhood is doing a little better than the average Tallahassee subdivision....
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