A few years ago the golf communities thrived when they had an excellent designed
and maintained golf course. However, that is no longer enough in this competitive
golf world to be successful and survive. As statistics show more golf courses
have closed in the most recent time than new ones have opened.
The developers of these golf communities have realized that they have to offer
more than only golfing and putting greens in a nice manicured grass area.
The newer golf community developments include recreation areas with fruit
trees and designed landscaped parks. Another option are additional sport activity options like
yoga and gym training or horseback riding a la ranch style and luxury camp
grounds.
You will not find everything at every community, therefore you have to make your
choice what fits best to your individual lifestyle.
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Are you also tired in
spending month after month more money for power and water only to keep your home cool and
your landscaping blooming and green? Then it is time for a change. Sit down and
start your plan for the change.
Florida is a wonderful
and sunny state with a mild breeze and some rain. That is what Mother Nature
gave you and it is your turn to apply this natural resource to your home.
The sun offers you the
opportunity to install solar panels on your roof. These panels are collecting
the energy of the sunshine and transforms it into electricity. You can use this
electricity to power your appliances in the home during the day time. That can
already save much money, especially when you use energy efficient appliances.
Another easy fix in your home is to
seal the windows and doors, so that the cool interior air cannot escape to the
outside through these tiny spaces. And the insulation of your attic is also a
good idea, especially when you have a flat roof or only a small pitch. The summer heat comes directly into your interior space and your A/C has to
work harder to cool that air down.
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One of the biggest natural
threats in Florida are the hurricanes that can occur each year between June 1
and November 30. Since 2005 when Hurricane Wilma swept over the south tip of the
peninsula, we have not had a big storm and every Floridian is thankful for that.
It take only one storm to cause major damages and hurt the Floridians.
Since the last big
storms the building code in Florida has been changed. When building a home today, it needs to be much more storm resistant. The home construction rules base on
these new code regulations and the regulations have strict requirement for wall reinforcements of the
exterior house walls. The windows and doors have to meet guidelines for wind
resistances and the roofs need stronger straps connecting it to the main home structure. The
building code is mandatory for all new construction projects. However, when you as a homeowner
make exterior upgrading efforts like windows and doors replacement, you are also forced to
obey by these regulations.
Another important
point to protect your home against strong storms is to change your landscaping
from a flat lawn to a landscaping with hedges, bushes and trees that
slow down the wind forces that blow against your home. With the right choice of native plants your home is
not only naturally protected against the tropical storms, but you save water for irrigation too. Native
Florida plants need less water to survive and often they “water” themselves with the
morning and evening moisture as well as the rain during the summer.
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Each age of home buyers
are looking for different home features based on their personal needs and
circumstances. For example in Florida many young families have at least one at
home staying parent who earns a part of the family income from their home
office.
In such a circumstance of life the home buyers are seeking a home that allows them to live energy efficient
and will have green components like modern appliances and water saving method in
their home to cut costs. The yard and the home itself should be equipped with an updated kitchen and
bathrooms and they expect low maintenance of their homes.
They need flexibility
in their home space because when they stay at home for work the interior of the
house should be multifunctional, flexible and entertaining for themselves, their family and
their friends too. All this together should also be affordable for them.
With these high
stacks they need competent assistance from a real estate professional who helps
them to navigate the existing home inventory and find the perfect cozy home that meets most of their needs.
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With the end of the
recession and the economy growth the interest in luxury real estate is awakened
too. When the buyers have more money in their pockets they spend it for items
that give them pleasure and delight. And the best of all is, when these items
are not only nice to look at but also rise in value like real estate
properties.
One of the latest
studies shows that this trend is not only concentrated to US properties but
also in other major countries. However, the spot one and three belong to the US
cities San Francisco and Miami. On spot two you find the Indian city Bangalore.
The Canadian City of Vancouver is on position four and is follow by the cities
of Jakarta, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. The only European city in this comparison on position eight is
Dublin in Ireland.
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Maybe you have
heard from the financial crisis in housing industry from years ago. At that
time only the lenders had the opportunity and the money to foreclosure on a
home. But as soon as the homeowner was in default and did not pay the mortgage,
they often also stopped paying their homeowner association fees when their property
was located in a mandatory homeowner association community.
The unpaid association fees to the homeowner association resulted in a shortfall of
the association's budget and the remaining homeowners of the association had to cover
that shortfall. This financial problem of the homeowner association
started to happen shortly after the financial crisis in many state and the
homeowner association began to foreclose on the defaulting homeowners themselves.
However, in these cases the mortgage of the lender was not erased from the property
records and the banks could still foreclose on the property later and they often did. During this period
the lender did not pay the homeowner association fees but the new title owner, which were
often the homeowner associations could at least rent the property and cover their shortfall with the rental payments.
Now 22 states and
the District of Columbia have granted the homeowner associations a so-called
Super-Priority Lien. This means that such a homeowner association liens that
results from not paying the homeowner association dues will have the priority
before the mortgage lien of the lenders.
This is a potential risk for the
lenders and can lead to higher interest rates for such a mortgage in a homeowner
association community or a higher down payment requirement for the purchase. Either way you
as the home buyer will have to pay the price. Therefore check with your lender
their policy in this matter before you make your decision to buy a home in
homeowner association community.
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Many sellers and also their agents when they are hired by
such a seller are not very smart when they agree to make a pocket listing. Both
the seller and their agent will leave good money on the table.
The reason for this is that the pocket listings are not
marketed to the biggest possible audience because it is a pocket listing. The
nature of a pocket listing is that it sits in the pocket of the seller or the
agent and only a hand selected buyer audience will have the chance to make an
offer.
On the other hand the members of this ‘elite’ crowd may not include that potential
buyer with the deep pockets that the seller is hoping for or need to get out of his/her property. The buyer with the
deep pockets is often outside this crowd and the seller will not get to this buyer
because this buyer does not know that the
seller wanted to sell his/her property. That is not a good position for the
seller.
Therefore Mr. Seller you should think twice what is
better for you – Make a pocket listing and get a lower price from a limited
buyer audience or publish your listing with an broker on the MLS and get a higher
sale price and a potential higher gain from your sale because your property is
seen by a much bigger buyer crowd with deeper pocket?
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