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 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 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 »

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 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 »

Lakeland Real Estate Housing Report for June 2009

Sales activity has picked up for Lakeland Real Estate market with increasing sales since March 2009 recording 169 Lakeland homes sold in June. An increase from 156 homes sold the previous month and more importantly a 14% increase from the previous year. While the average sales price increased to $145,767… Read more »