Rae Catanese

Prudential Tropical Realty

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Housing Inventory

Aol Money and Finance posted an article about the Best Places to buy a second home or vacation home. I decided to do some research based on their criteria for a smart Vacation Home Buy. What Makes a Smart Vacation Home Buy? 1. Affordable: homes for less than $350K 2. Convenient: less than three hours from [...]

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Figures recently released by Florida Realtors show a changed housing market punctuated by levels that can be likened to the more normal events of the  ‘pre-boom’ era of 2002.    Reports illustrate that in 2009, home sales rose statewide 31 percent with a total of 163,148 homes sold compared to 124,168 homes sold in 2008.  Florida’s [...]

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The upside of Florida real estate: 15 market positives Let’s take a look at some of the opportunities for today and the future of Florida’s real estate market. 1. Great prices. Statewide, the existing-home median sales price was $161,200 in the fourth quarter of 2008; a year earlier, it was $216,600 for a decrease of [...]

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Prudential Tropical Realty Announces First Quarter Increase  TAMPA BAY, FL -  Prudential Tropical Realty announced this week that it has posted an increase in sales during the first quarter of 2009.  During the time period of January – March, 2009 the company posted a 20 percent increase over Jan.-March 2008 in pending dollar volume.  Even [...]

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In the Tampa Bay Area defining a luxury home community usually means a large waterfront home in a desirable neighborhood.  How is Tampa, Florida’s Real Estate Market performing in high end home sales? I compiled statistics from the Tampa MLS.  As of May 2009, there are approximately 109 active listings between 1m-2m for sale in Hillsborough [...]

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