Hello there!

This is the Baldwin Park Market Report for 9/17/2009.

There are 97 properties for sale in Baldwin Park right now.

• The high asking price is for a 6 bath, 6 bedroom
  estate being offered for $3,994,000.00. It has
  been on the market for almost 3 years.
• The low asking price is for a 2 bedroom 2
  bathroom unit. The asking price is $160,000.00.
• The aveage price in Baldwin Park is about
  $700,000.00. The average time on the market
  is 210 days or about 3/4 of a year.

To see fine real estate in Baldwin Park for sale
in central Florida just click on that link!

Baldwin Park has come a LONG way from when it was
a military installation. When the base was closed down in
1999, investors took over and the result is QUITE a transformation!

Downtown Orlando is just 2 minutes away and the Orlando
International Airport is 8 miles away. You will spend MINUTES,
not a half an hour or more driving to go dancing, shopping, out
to a picnic, the ballet or an Orlando Magic basketball game. There
is easy access to highway Interstate 4, Route 408 or Route 417
to get you anywhere you want to travel.

The Baldwin Park Community Network provides owners access to a
business directory, resident directory, calendar of Property Owners
Association events and parties, developer updates, club information,
current neighborhood news, classifieds, a photo gallery plus links to
recreation, shopping and others areas of interest.

Clubs in Baldwin Park currently include a Maj Jong & Canasta Club,
Sand Volleyball Team, Aviation Club, Book Club, Walking Club and more.
All clubs and organizations are sponsored by residents.

There are four major parks and recreational facilities in Baldwin Park:

• Cady Way Trail is a very well-known jogging and bike trail in central Florida that has over 50 miles of walking paths with benches and tranquil rest areas alongs its route.
• Blue Jacket Park, a 55-acre City of Orlando park, sports lighted baseball fields and concession stand, a track and field complex,tennis courts,  picnic areas with covered pavilions, two children's playgrounds, basketball courts, a great lawn for soccer and field games, fountain plaza and grand stairs. Reservations are made through the City.
• Enders Park is a recreation center for residents only that offers a state-of-the-art fitness room, a community gathering room, large pool and kiddie pool, playground and much, much more. Swimming lessons and fitness classes such as Pilates and yoga are available. This facility is access-controlled.
• Grace Hopper Hall is another beautiful residents-only recreational
  facility that offers many of the same features as Enders Park. Grace
  Hopper Hall is access-controlled and also home to the Property Owners
  Association office.

Not only are the community features excellent, but so are the schools!

• The Winter Park High School campus borders Baldwin Park.
• Audubon Park Elementary School is now located within the neighborhood.
• Glenridge Middle School borders Blue Jacket Park and is just a short walk for many residents.
  
• Excellent private schools are nearby, as are esteemed Rollins College in Winter Park and the University of Central Florida.

Here are some recent news articles and press releases about Baldwin Park:

• TenUnited Wins Top National Award for Baldwin Park 
  
• Medical offices also call Baldwin Park home 
• Baldwin Park Home To Nine Parade of Homes Winners  
• Baldwin Park's Landscape Architect Wins Award  
  
• Baldwin Park is #1 in the Top 10 Urban Areas

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Hello again!

Here is the Lake Nona market report for Sepotember 2009.

There are 87 active Lake Nona listings in the
central Florida Orlando MLS.

• The high asking price is for an 8 bedroom 8
  bathroom estate with just over 11,000 square
  feet of living space. If you want this wonderful
  home, it is listing for $7,495,000.00. It has been
  on the market for 3 and 4/5 years.
• The low asking price is for a 2 bedroom 2
  bathroom home with about 1300 square feet
  of living space. Its asking price is $119,000.00
  and it has been on the market for ONE DAY !!
• The average asking price in Lake Nona is a little
  over $1,300,000.00 with the average number of
  days on market being about 3/4 of a year.

To see all the latest central Florida real estate for sale in Lake Nona, click on the link in this sentance!!

Extensive care has been taken to include walking trails all through out the community. Nature is NOT something to be pushed aside in Lake Nona, but something to be celebrated! 

Over 40 percent of Lake Nona is open space...which leaves You free to bike, ride horses, rollerblade, hike, jog, run or just observe nature in its unhurried setting.

Lake Nona has over 1000 acres of parks to enjoy family and freinds with. There are even two dog parks just for your four footed pets! There is an Aquatic Center and an Equestrian center....weather you want to swim or go for a brisk ride on a horse, Lake Nona has it all!!

Lake Nona is known for its many amenities:

• Lake Nona Town Center -- An open air mall that is 1,000,000 square feet of upscale retail shops, fashion boutiques, department stores, restaurants and a cineplex.
• The 600 acre Lake Nona Science and Technology Park -- which includes the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Healthcare, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, University of Florida Reasearch Center, Orlando VA Medical Center, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center.
• The four communities of Lake Nona: The Waters Edge -- With a boat dock boat storage and more, this community has homes starting at $298,000. North Lake Park -- Includes a YMCA and "A" Rated Elementary School all
  under one roof. Village Walk  -- This community won the 2007 Parade of
  Homes Community Award. Quaint bridges to walk on connecting to the
  town center, a fitness center, cafes, and more are why! Lake Nona Golf
  and Country Club -- Featuring a Tom Fazio professionally acclaimed golf
  course, this community has a fitness center and much, MUCH more!!

To get FREE access to the Orlando and central Florida MLS to see current
homes for sale, just click on this link!

Hello everyone!

Here is an updated Hunters Creek market report
in sunny central Florida.

There are currently 134 properties for sale in Hunters
Creek.

The statistics are as follows:

• The high list price is for an estate with over
  3800 square feet of living space. It's asking price
  is $590,000.00. It has been on the market for
  939 days, or about 2 years.
• The low asking price is for a condo with 600
  suqare feet of living space. It has one bedroom
  and one bathroom. The asking price is $39,800.00.
  It has been on the market for ONE DAY!
• The average asking price in Hunters Creek is
  about $204,000.00 and has 3 bedrooms and 2
  bathrooms. The average square footage is
  about 1,800.

To see all the available properties just click here for
central Florida real estate in Hunters Creek !

Hunters Creek is right on the border of Orange and Osceola Counties,
convieniently located near Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and
downtown Orlando. Routes 528, and 417 are just a minute or so away,
so you can get ANYWHERE in central Florida FAST!

This is a community that prides itself on excellence and professionalism,
from the landscaped medians with palm trees and flowers, to the types of
businesses in the area:

• Target Retail Super Center
• Publix Grocery store
• Numerous casual and some fine dining restaurants
• The LOOP Retail Center
• And many others

Hunter Creek schools are consistently ranked at or near the
top of the scoring system for Florida schools. You know your
children will be getting a GREAT education when they attend
schools in the Hunters Creek area.

Every month I will be doing market updates about MANY
subdivisions for central Florida, Orlando Florida and the
surrounding areas. So, if you want to know about specific
Orlando Florida real estate or central Florida real estate,
just e-mail me and I will get the information to you FAST!

View Hunters Creek, Orlando Florida in a larger map

Here are properties for sale in Hunters Creek, a
community in gorgeous central Florida.

All the properties I have picked come with these features:

• Stove / Oven
• Refridgerator
• Washer
• Dryer
• Garbage disposal

There are 121 of these homes in Hunters Creek.

• The low asking price is for a 600 square foot condo
  short sale.... for $40,000.00 !!!!! This property will
  NOT LAST LONG!!
• The high asking price is for a 3400 square foot estate
  home with 5 bedrooms and 4 and a half baths. The
  asking price is $579,000.00. BOTH the condo AND the
  estate are recent additions to the Orlando MLS.
• 67 of these properties are in distressed circumstances....

Click on the link below to see all
homes in Hunters Creek, Florida for sale
as of 08.15.2009 !!

Hunters Creek is right on the border of Orange and Osceola Counties,
convieniently located near Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and
downtown Orlando. Routes 528, and 417 are just a minute or so away,
so you can get ANYWHERE in central Florida FAST!

This is a community that prides itself on excellence and professionalism,
from the landscaped medians with palm trees and flowers, to the types of
businesses in the area:

• Target Retail Super Center
• Publix Grocery store
• Numerous casual and some fine dining restaurants
• The LOOP Retail Center
• And many others

Hunter Creek schools are consistently ranked at or near the
top of the scoring system for Florida schools. You know your
children will be getting a GREAT education when they attend
schools in the Hunters Creek area.

Every month I will be doing market updates about MANY
subdivisions for central Florida, Orlando Florida and the
surrounding areas. So, if you want to know about specific
Orlando Florida real estate or central Florida real estate,
just e-mail me and I will get the information to you FAST!

This information about Orlando Florida real estate
and central Florida real estate is brought to you by:

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales Leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

  Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

Buying, selling or just searching, 
The Knights Team has what 
you are looking for!

I have been tracking the Orlando and central Florida
real estate market all of my real estate career..... that
is 13 years of information my clients can depend on!

From statistics in the marketplace now, the balance bet-
ween buyers and sellers at at almost a balance. Believe
me when I say that balance RARELY stays for long! When
the current market changed into the bearish buyers market
we have had for the last several years, the change happened
in a matter of about 2 weeks! People did not realize it until
it was too late.

People who bought homes in the final months of that awesome
sellers market were left holding onto homes that were WAY
over priced because of the feeding frenzy created by the low
interest rates and the deceptive teaser rates mortgage companies
and loan officers were advertising. When homes stopped appric-
iating, home owners were shocked and were left with large bala-
ncesheets and were upside down in what they owed verses what
their homes were worth.

Home owners take note of these latest statisctics:

• There is just over an 8 month supply of homes for sale
  in the Orlando and central Florida real estate market;
  when the market has 6 months of supply it is considered
  by housing pundits to be balanced between buyers and
  sellers.
• In June, REALTORS® sold over 43% more homes than in
  June of last year, making the area’s year-to-date sales
  an increase of almost 44%. If that is not a rebound, I don't
  know what is!!
  
• 46% of those completed transactions were homes in "Special
  circumstances" ~~ Bank owned, Sold as-is, corporate owned,
  in foreclosure, in pre-foreclosure, or sold as a short sale. That
  HIGH NUMBER is reported in EVERY single market report I do.
  I always point out the DEALS to buyers of central Florida real
  estate, so YOU can SAVE MONEY!
  
• There is more than double the number of homes currently
  awaiting closings (7,230) than in June of last year (3,329).

There are currently almost 18,000 residential homes available for purchase through the Orlando Regional MLS. Inventory fell from last month. Compared to last year, the June 2009 inventory level is just over 27% lower than it was in June 2008.

Here are links to market reports I have done in the past AND you can search the Orlando Regional MLS for yourself. You can also set up automatic searches and have properties sent to you when homes that fit the criteria you specify come up for sale. ALL this is FREE information to you from me. When you are ready to make an offer on Orlando or central Florida real estate, just contact us and The Knights Team Real Estate Group will take it from there!

Central Florida Real Estate Happenings ~~~ Lake Nona Market Report!! 6.12.2009

Central Florida Real Estate Happenings ~~~ Longwood, Florida Homes for Sale!!

Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... Altamonte Springs homes for sale!

Central Florida Real Estate Happenings ---- The Hunters Creek Market Report

Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... Baldwin Park Market Report

Every month I will be reporting on what is happening in the Orlando and central Florida real estate market. You will also see market reports on communities and local Orlando suburbs in central Florida

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

  Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

Buying, selling or just searching, 
The Knights Team has what 
you are looking for!

Orlando is named the best
vacation spot

The Forbes Traveler named Orlando, Florida North Americas
Number 1 ranked vacation spot in its most recent list of places to go for a vacation in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Forbes based its rankings on 15 of the top vacation spots from
information collected on flights, hotels, vacation packages and customer preferences.

The other top destinations in the upper five are New York City Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

It looks like if you are going to be making plans for a vaction,
Orlando, Florida is THEE place to be!!

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

  Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

Buying, selling or just searching, 
The Knights Team has what 
you are looking for!

The central Florida real estate market is continuing to florish,
according to sales numbers contrasting this year from last year.

• 44% MORE sales have been made year to date over last year.
• 38% more homes sold in May this year than in 2008.

Driving this sales wave are the homes in "Special Circumstances":

• 51% of homes sold this year were bank owned or
  "distress sales". The Knights Team reports on these homes
  in city and community market reports every week.
• This has driven the median home price in central Florida
  down to $130,000.
• The median price for "normal" homes being sold is $165,000
  (Homes NOT being sold in distress situations), so home owners
  who sell their home and do not tap into their equity should make
  a good return on thier investment, assuming they have been in
  their home for around 5 years or more.

Pending sales are also WAY up over last year at this time:

• There are over 6,600 homes currently pending to close, as
  opposed to about 3,200 last May.
  
• 3,400 of those homes under contract in May of this year were
  put into agreements in that month alone, which is a forward
  looking indicator of an further imporoving of the central Florida
  real estate market.

The first time homebuyer affordability index is WAY over 100%, which means any person making the reported median state income of $35,600 or more can purchase a home from the over 6,500 homes advertized in the regional central Florida MLS for $155,000 or less.

The Knights Team has contact information that can get you money for a downpayment and closing costs that you DO NOT PAY BACK. Just contact us for more information (guidelines and rules apply, ask for more information).

Knowing what to expect from The Knights Team is important....
here is a link to tell you what we are all about.

Knowing what we expect from you as a client is important also......
here is the link to see.

To get FREE access to the Orlando and central Florida MLS to see current
homes for sale, just click on this link!

This Lake Nona Market Report
is brought to you by:

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

  Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

Buying, selling or just searching, 
The Knights Team has what 
you are looking for!

This is the Lake Nona Market report for June 12, 2009.

From the last report we see:

• The low asking price in prestigious Lake Nona is an
  UNBELIEVEABLE $120,000 for a 1600 square foot
  townhouse. This home has not been on the market
  for too long, compared to most other homes in central
  Florida.... IT WILL NOT LAST LONG!!
• The high asking price is STILL the same estate that was
  being marketed in the last Lake Nona market report.
  The asking price has not come down and is holding
  steady at $7,495,000...this home has a LOT of wonderful
  features, if you are in the market for a high end estate
  home.
• There are 90 homes for sale in Lake Nona.... with 18 of
  these wonderful homes in "Special Circumstances":
  Owner will assist with closing costs and/or financing
  Bank Owned
  Corporate Owned
  In Foreclosure
  In Pre-forclosure
  Sold As-Is
  Sold as a Short Sale
  Has an Assumable Mortgage
  Is a Fixer-Upper
• The average time on the market for properties in Lake
  Nona is 21 months....... being that these are mostly
  high end properties, this number makes a lot of sense.
  
  

Extensive care has been taken to include walking trails all through out the community. Nature is NOT something to be pushed aside in Lake Nona, but something to be celebrated! 

Over 40 percent of Lake Nona is open space...which leaves You free to bike, ride horses, rollerblade, hike, jog, run or just observe nature in its unhurried setting.

Lake Nona has over 1000 acres of parks to enjoy family and freinds with. There are even two dog parks just for your four footed pets! There is an Aquatic Center and an Equestrian center....weather you want to swim or go for a brisk ride on a horse, Lake Nona has it all!!

To get FREE access to the Orlando and central Florida MLS to see current
homes for sale, just click on this link!

This Lake Nona Market Report
is brought to you by:

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

  Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

Buying, selling or just searching, 
The Knights Team has what 
you are looking for!

The central Florida real estate home market continues it's upward surge!!

Here are the market statistics for April 2009:

• SEVEN times MORE homes were exchanged in the lower sales price ranges than upper price ranges.
• 75% of homes sold were less than $200,000 in price.
• There has been almost double the number of sales transactions
  as this time last year.
• The median price of Orlando homes sold in April ($132,900)
  decreased by over 37% compared to April 2008..this is GREAT
  news for home buyers looking to take advantage of the $8000.00
  credit for new home buyers!!
• Almost half of homes sold were in a distressed condition... (Bank owned, in foreclosure, etc.) I REGULARLY report on homes in this situation on ALL the Orlando and central Florida real estate market reports I give! YOU will find out what is happening and be able to take advantage of what is out there!
• There are currently 20,194 homes available for purchase through the Orlando Regional Realtors® MLS.
• The sales of condos in the Orlando area have increased by a staggering 167%.
• 148 condos in the price category that sold were in the $1 - $50,000 price range, nearly three times the number (49) that were sold in the next category ~~ $50,000 - $60,000. Do you see a trend here too?
• Orlando real estate buyers purchased 148 duplexes, town homes,
  and villas in April 2009, which is over a 23% increase from April 2008
  when 120 of these alternative housing types were purchased.
• The majority of duplexes, town homes, and villas sold in April 2009
  fell into the $100,000 - $120,000 price category.

Here is what has been happening for the past 10 to 12
MONTHS in the central Florida real estate market. And
I have PAST blogs to show I am on TOP of what is
happening in the area:

• Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... A CONTINUING upsurge in market activity!! Authored on 03/26/2009

• • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... The Median Sales price is Even LOWER!!  Authored 12/11/08
  • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... wondering if things are happening in Orlando... heres some news!! Authored 12/03/08
  • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... 2 months of GREAT THINGS happening in the market!!  Authored 11/20/08 
  • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... Orlando and central Florida real estate Market report 9.19.2008  Authored 09/19/08
  • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings --- The Market report for central Florida July 2008  Authored on 08/24/08
  • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... The Market CONTINUES to strengthen!!  Authored 07/11/08
  • Central Florida Real Estate Happenings..... The market is slowly turning around... Authored 06/10/08

   

 This just a smattering of the over 100 posts I have
made about the local central Florida real estate market.

To see the other posts, just click on this link:

Central Florida Real Estate News

You will find a wealth of information and links to
webpages that will help you get inside information
on what is happening in popular communities and
areas of central Florida.

Brought to you by:
Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales Leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

 Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

Buying, selling or just searching, 
The Knights Team has what 
you are looking for!

Hello everyone, here is the Market Report for Hunters Creek
in south west central Florida.

Since my last report, there are 114 properties for sale in
Hunters Creek. That is DOWN  8 homes from the 122 units
offered for sale last month.

• The low asking price in Hunters Creek is $159,900 for
  several homes. These range from almost 1400 square
  feet to almost 1500 square feet in living space. 
• The high asking price in Hunters creek is $689,000 for an
  estate that is almost 3,300 square feet in living space.
• 54 of the properties in Hunters Creek are in special
  situations: Bank Owned, Corporate Owned, Assumable
  Mortgage, Fixer Upper, in Foreclosure, in Pre-foreclosure,
  Owner will assist with closing costs and/or financing, some
  are short sales, or sold "As Is". This number is 10 units
  higher than last month.

Click on the link below to see all
homes in Hunters Creek, Florida for sale
as of 4.29.2009 !!

Hunters Creek is right on the border of Orange and Osceola Counties,
convieniently located near Disney, Universal Studios, Sea World and
downtown Orlando. Routes 528, and 417 are just a minute or so away,
so you can get ANYWHERE in central Florida FAST!

 This is a community that prides itself on excellence and professionalism,
from the landscaped medians with palm trees and flowers, to the types of
businesses in the area:

• Target Retail Super Center
• Publix Grocery store
• Numerous casual and some fine dining restaurants
• The LOOP Retail Center
• And many others

Hunter Creek schools are consistently ranked at or near the
top of the scoring system for Florida schools. You know your
children will be getting a GREAT education when they attend
schools in the Hunters Creek area.

Every month I will be doing market updates about MANY
subdivisions for central Florida, Orlando Florida and the
surrounding areas. So, if you want to know about specific
Orlando Florida real estate or central Florida real estate,
just e-mail me and I will get the information to you FAST!

This information about Orlando Florida real estate
and central Florida real estate is brought to you by:

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
The Knights Team Sales Leader

Beach and Luxury Realty Inc.

  Just click on any of these links
to find the type of help you need.

  Buying, selling or just searching,
The Knights Team has what
you are looking for!