What’s up with Florida’s Homeowner’s Insurance?
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Have you noticed a change in your Florida homeowner’s insurance? In the last few years, 400,000 Floridians have been dropped or not renewed by their homeowner insurance company (I’m one of them). Recently 14 insurance carriers left the state refusing to do business here anymore, and five closed down altogether. In 2019 the average homeowner’s premium […]
Interest Rates, Housing Prices, and Should You Buy?
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Should you buy a house? Interest rates, real estate, and the economy in general are taking a wild ride this summer. In an attempt to curb a 9%+ inflation rate, the Fed started raising interest rates in March and in mid-June hiked the benchmark rate three-quarters of a point. A few days ago on July […]
Rent versus Buy
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Should you rent or should you buy? That’s an interesting question in this market. Rents are going sky-high but so are home prices. Couple that with inflation, and housing just seems to become unaffordable along with all the other necessities of life. Here are some good questions to ask yourself when considering whether to buy […]
What is the future of real estate in Central Florida?
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I get asked the same sort of real estate question pretty often: “What do you think will happen with real estate?” “Are we in a real estate bubble?” “Will it get easier to buy a house in the future?” “Will prices come down?” There are big things are driving the market: Mortgage rates are up and […]