With escalating property taxes negatively impacting much of the real estate market in Palm Beach Gardens and throughout Florida, we are beginning to see signs that our State Legislature has heard our pleas and will consider the issue. Property taxes in Palm Beach Gardens and throughout Florida are tied to the sales price of a home. With the price of real estate seeing double digit price increases over the past three or four years, property taxes increased proportionately. While homesteaded re... Read Full Post

Tuesday, February 27 Auditions for The Glass Menagerie, a Walla Walla Community College production, 7 p.m., China Pavilion theater on the campus. Two roles each for men and women ages 20-50 available. Bring a one-minute prepared monologue from the play. Performance dates: April 13-14, 20-22. Call 509-527-4317. Wednesday, February 28 Auditions for The Glass Menagerie, a Walla Walla Community College production, 7 p.m., China Pavilion theater on the campus. Two roles each for men and women ages... Read Full Post

The Downtown Greenville SC Condominium Market is booming! When much of the country has been experiencing price corrections in local real estate markets, the Greater Greenville South Carolina area has actually finished the 2006 year roughly 10% above 2005 numbers. This steady growth has carried over into Greenville’s downtown condominium market, fueling sales and new development. The latest entries to Greenville’s Downtown condo market are the Terrace at Riverplace (part of a 13.5 million ... Read Full Post

Here are the 2007 statistics for the Sandy Springs, GA housing market as of February 26th, 2007. I have split the statistics up into three groups; homes under $500,000, homes between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and homes above $1,000,000. The statistics are gathered from the Sandy Springs MLS, which is part of the Atlanta First Multiple Listing Service, the FMLSGA under. Homes For Sale Under $500,000 Sandy Springs, GA Under $500,000 2007 Active 74 Pending 23 Sold 23 LP/SP 94% DOM 59 Active Listin... Read Full Post

My son is a sophomore on Liberty's Varsity Basketball Team. The team took third place in state in the final second of the game to win against the Curlew Cougars. Here is the story as it was reported Sunday, February 25th, in the Tri-Cities Herald: YAKIMA -- Through four years at Liberty Christian, Drew Hegarty had yet to hit a game-winning shot. But he made sure his first one will go down in Patriots' history. The senior guard swished a 12-foot pull-up jumper from the left wing with two secon... Read Full Post

Columbia Crest Winery plans to build a 150,000-square-foot distribution and warehouse building at its Paterson winery. Keith Love, vice president of communications for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, which owns Columbia Crest, said the addition will give the company better control and monitoring of the bottle-aging process and less movement and case handling -- saving on overall costs. The new stand-alone building will include eight loading-dock doors to help move the wine more efficiently, espec... Read Full Post

BENTON CITY -- Nearly a million visitors could pour onto Red Mountain each year in the near future, and Benton County officials and Red Mountain winemakers want to be ready for the rush. They believe development could transform Red Mountain into the next wine mecca, like California's Napa Valley. County officials and Mid-Columbia business, industry and government leaders are trying to steer the area's development toward a high-end wine touring destination. The plans call for dozens more winer... Read Full Post

Good Monday Morning! It was a very nice weekend here in Wilmington. Felt a little like Spring with temps near 70 and some afternoon showers on Sunday afternoon. It's hard to believe February is almost over, this year is flying by. While I was on vacation last week our team put over 20 homes under contract. WOW! that's our single biggest contract week ever... As the market improves inventory levels are starting to be slim in some price ranges (ie $100k - $200k). We've been listing 6-8 homes pe... Read Full Post

The current real estate market conditions provide an excellent backdrop for mortgage fraud. Here are some of the typical factors that open the door to fraud: * Buyers trying to get into the market before interest rates climb much higher are tempted to cheat to get what they want; * Financially strapped homeowners with soaring adjustable rate mortgages who may be enticed to bend the rules to get out of a bad situation; * Desperate sellers unable to find ready and financially able buyers who ar... Read Full Post