List your home in 2017 With the start of the new year, families across the country will be deciding if this is the year that they will sell their current house and move into their dream home. Many will decide that it is smarter to wait until the spring “buyer’s market” to list their house. In the past, that might have made sense. However, this winter is not like recent years. The recent jump in...
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Florida Best for Business Florida ranked number five in the United States for ‘best business climate’ for the fourth straight year according to the 2015 State Business Tax Climate report conducted by the Tax Foundation. The Tax Foundation looks at over 100 factors in order to create the annual ranking, including corporate tax, individual income tax, sales tax, unemployment insurance tax, and...
Looking to Buy Your Beach Dream Home? Do it Quick! It appears that Americans are regaining faith in the U.S. economy. The following indexes have each shown a dramatic jump in consumer confidence in their latest surveys: The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index National Federation of Independent Businesses' Small Business Optimism Index CNBC All-America Economic Survey The Conference...
Real Estate Offices Panama City Beach New Year, New Office! Life's a Beach is proud to announce our new, very visible, office in the front portion of The Origin Beach Resort condo across the street from the world's most beautiful beaches of Panama City Beach! The new Life's a Beach office is next to the newest coffee and sandwich shop on the beach, The Saltwater Marketplace. While we have always...
5 Reasons to Hire a Real Estate Professional Whether you are buying or selling a home, it can be quite an adventurous journey; you need an experienced Real Estate Professional to lead you to your ultimate goal. In this world of instant gratification and internet searches, many sellers think that they can For Sale by Owner or FSBO. The 5 Reasons You NEED a Real Estate Professional in your corner haven’t...
Mortgage Interest Rates Ticking Upwards Mortgage interest rates, as reported by Freddie Mac, have increased over the last several weeks. Along with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Association of Realtors are all calling for mortgage rates to continue to rise over the next four quarters. This has caused some purchasers to lament the fact they may no longer...
U.S. home prices surpass pre-recession peak WASHINGTON (AP) – Nov 29, 2016 – U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index is slightly above the peak it set in July 2006, after rising 5.5 percent in September from a year earlier....
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Majestic Beach is a rental machine!!
By COLLIN BREAUX News Herald Reporter PANAMA CITY BEACH — Every week this summer, Alan and Tracy Jagiello's rental homes were full. The couple rent out townhouses on the west and east ends of Panama City Beach using Airbnb, an online and app-based lodging service. In their first year using the service, the Jagiellos said they have had pleasant guests and no major problems. Their renters, who tend to...