http://orlandorealestatepros.com Orlando Real Estate News & Views Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:54:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (ORLANDO, FL) -- According to the Orlando Regional Realtor Association (ORRA), sales of existing single-family homes in October 2011 jumped 18% over last October's home sales pace, marking the year's greatest month-over-month increase in sales of this home type. In addition to the 18.16 percent increase in existing single-family home sales, ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/11/october-housing-stats/ We all knew that American real estate was cheap but in fact, it is the cheapest in the world, according a new report from Credit Sesame. The diagram, which aims to put US property into a global perspective, shows that America is significantly cheaper than other countries in terms of price per square ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/10/orlando-property-among-cheapest-in-world/ ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Months after Bank of America wrongly foreclosed on a house Warren and Maureen Nyerges had already paid for, they were still fighting to get reimbursed for the court battle. So on Friday, their attorney showed up at a branch office in Naples with a moving truck and ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/06/723/ Orlando is the No. 1 most popular summer travel spot for 2011, according to bookings on travel site Orbitz.com. The City Beautiful was the only Florida city to make the top 10 list this year. Among the reasons cited for Orlando’s high ranking: • Average airfare to Orlando this summer is $290, ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/04/orlando-no-1-travel-destination/ You better believe it - the housing market is back. It's time to buy again, and here are the 10 cities with the most affordable homes, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. Orlando real estate is right there, and no wonder with prices a fraction of what they were 5 ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/04/orlando-top-ten-affordable-towns/ Good news: Our MLS search provider DS Search Agent, will soon be releasing a mobile version making your Orlando real estate / home search on the fly that much easier. Stay tuned for full release info! http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/04/orlando-real-estate-pros-to-go-mobile/ Orlando Real Estate Broker & Realtor Marcus Burke was interviewed in today's Orlando Business Journal. http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2011/04/my-names-fawrest-fawrest-gump/ The MetroWest subdivision of Orlando currently has about 100 distressed single family homes for sale on the Orlando MLS.  Of those hundred, the vast majority are "short" sales (which will probably never happen) but about 20 of them are genuine bank owned foreclosures which can sell and close in about 30 ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2010/09/metrowest-foreclosures/ According to the Orlando Business Journal, Florida's economic outlook ranks fifth among the 50 U.S. states. So says of an annual study by the American Legislative Exchange Council. The 2010 "Rich States, Poor States" study presents state economic outlook rankings based on public policies that have a proven impact on growth, revealing ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2010/06/florida-5-for-economic-outlook/ According to the Florida Association of Realtors, sales of existing home sales in Florida rose 24 percent in March, with 16,294 homes sold statewide compared to 13,090 homes sold in March 2009. In addition, while March's statewide existing-home median price of $137,000 was down 3 percent from $141,300 a year ago, ... http://orlandorealestatepros.com/2010/04/march-stats-for-orlando/