This real estate market report covering not only the Lakeland real estate market, it specifically covers the whole real estate market in Polk County. It was published in the October 3, 2009 edition of Polk Homes of The Ledger. I realize that some of my readers do not subscribe to… Read more »
Added MLS search feature for “Short Sale” and “Bank Owned” homes in Lakeland Florida
Recently, our Mid Florida Regional MLS added this feature when searching for Lakeland real estate that is being categorized as “short sale” and “bank owned”. Surely, it is great feature to have now in how we Realtors® search for our clients in the MLS. Often times, I get calls from… Read more »
Lakeland Real Estate Housing Report for August 2009
Lakeland real estate sales activity decreased for August, there were 166 homes sold down 12% from the previous month of 188. While prices are also lagging behind the numbers from last year, home sales increased by 27% from August 2008 in Lakeland, Florida. While the median prices held steady for… Read more »
Lakeland FL Homes for Sale – Bi-weekly Update on New Listings 08/24/09-09/06/09
Bi-weekly update for the Lakeland real estate market! Currently, there are 1933 homes for sale throughout Lakeland – as of 09/10/09. The homes newly listed for sale decreased from two weeks ago to 127 homes in Lakeland with an average sales price of $160,907 or $84.66 per square foot with… Read more »
Lakeland FL Mayoral Candidates Answer Questions by its Citizens
Lakeland FL voters go to the poll November 1st and vote for a new major. Three mayor candidates came together to kick off Lakeland Florida mayoral race recently discussing issues related to downtown Lakeland and homeless, as well as taking questions from the forum of about 100 Lakeland citizens. Businessman… Read more »
Lakeland FL Real Estate for Sale – Biweekly Update Newly Listed 08/10-08/23/09
Bi-weekly update for the Lakeland real estate market! Currently, there are 1942 homes for sale throughout Lakeland, Florida– as of 08/27/09. The homes newly listed for sale increased a bit from two weeks ago to 134 homes in Lakeland with an average sales price of $184,796 or $92.49 per square… Read more »
Lenders are more apt to approve Short Sales for Lakeland Real Estate
Foreclosing on your home is not cheap for the lender and with bank-owned inventory on the rise in the Lakeland real estate market in and around Polk County, FL. Banks are more inclined to encourage short sales. First of all, it is very time consuming from the start of a… Read more »
Lakeland Florida Real Estate Market Report for July 2009
Since February, I have seen a continuous increase in sales activity in the Lakeland Real Estate market. For July the sales of Lakeland homes sold has increased 26% to 188 homes from the previous year and more importantly an 11% increase from the previous month. Moderate increases were recorded for… Read more »
Lakeland Homes for Sale – Bi-weekly Update on New Listings 07/27/09-08/09/09
Bi-weekly update for the Lakeland real estate market! Currently, there are 1952 homes for sale throughout Lakeland – as of 08/12/09. The homes newly listed for sale dropped from two weeks ago to 129 homes in Lakeland with an average sales price of $176,288 or $90.32 per square foot with… Read more »
Having a hard time making your Mortgage Payment?
The very first thing you should do when experiencing difficulty making mortgage payments is to contact your lender immediately should you want to keep your Lakeland home and before asking a Lakeland Real estate agent about a Lakeland Short Sale. The longer you wait and ignore the fact you are… Read more »
Lakeland Homes for Sale – Bi-weekly Update on New Listings 07/13/09 – 07/26/09
Bi-weekly update for the Lakeland real estate market! Currently, there are 1967 homes for sale throughout Lakeland – as of 7/30/09. The homes newly listed for sale dropped from two weeks ago to 138 homes in Lakeland with an average sales price of $229,481 or $100.38 per square foot with… Read more »
Lakeland Home Buying Needs Made Easy
When searching for Lakeland Real Estate, you most likely first type in Lakeland Homes for Sale into your web browser and you see pages after pages of web sites with links for you to click on. But, which one should you click on? It is a challenge because you never… Read more »