There were 196 price changes recorded in the MLS system in the last 7 days, over twice as many as the previous week. I wonder if the higher interest rates are starting to slow things down a bit? Biggest Drops The 25 properties with the largest price reductions last week were mainly homes in neighborhoods [...]
June 10th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
Newsweek’s report lists schools in the top 6 percent across the US. Several Alachua County schools made the list. Eastside High School ranked #5 in Florida and #20 across the US! Buchholz High School ranked #86 in the US. Gainesville High ranked #377 in the US. Here is a link to the full report: http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160 [...]
June 10th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
There were 140 price changes again last week. Biggest Changes The 25 largest price changes were spread between many different types of properties – homes with land, luxury homes, starter homes, and condos. HERE is a link to the 25 largest reductions in the last week. (A couple of the properties had more than one [...]
May 21st, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
Homes with land and horse lover’s properties are in a category of their own. Some people just want the privacy that space offers, some what to live on a farm (or pretend that they do), some love the warmth of country neighbors. Since January 1st there were 15 buyers for properties w/ larger homes (2,000+ [...]
May 18th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
There are signs that we are at or very near the bottom. We’ve been seeing it in the field, but it is great to have some empirical data showing this too! Light at the end of the Tunnel Executive Summary & Conclusions: “Most telling is the respondents’ perception of their own business outlook, which has [...]
May 13th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
About 160 homes for sale reduced their asking prices last week… here are the 25 largest ones. Largest Reductions The largest price reductions this week were for luxury homes, farms, or homes outside of Gainesville. Here is a link to the details and photos of the top 25. click here Our MLS won’t keep that [...]
May 12th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
There were a handful of home sales in Haile last month, but the area is slowly pushing through it’s inventory. Here is a pdf file with the statistics and photographs of these homes… 200904_hailesales The homes averaged $159/sqft, but the largest home in Stratford Ridge is skewing that number – it sold for $790,000 ($206/sqft) [...]
May 12th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
April 29, 2009 Capital City Bank is opening a new branch in East Gainesville. We were invited to the groundbreaking ceremony by Mike Borden, one of the community bankers. Capital City Bank Ground breaking from Seide Realty on Vimeo. The new location on Main Street south of the intersection of Main St. and NW 16th. [...]
May 2nd, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
Sometimes people who have families with long-term care at Shands need to stay in the area for months at a time. Here is a link to homes for rent within 2.5 miles of Shands & the VA:
April 30th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
Here is an analysis of residential home sales in Alachua County going back one year. This is for single-family homes only, not condos or land. November 2008 and January 2009 were both very slow months, and sales are increasing now with our main season coming into full swing soon. Take it with a grain of [...]
April 29th, 2009 by Kathleen Seide
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