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As we here in the Gator Nation prepare for tomorrows night's National Championship Championship game against Ohio State, we have reason to celebrate another local champion! Rachel Chambers RD, a dietitian at Venice Regional Medical Center (VRMC) competed in the 2007 Walt Disney World Marathon held today and finished 4th overall in the womens division and was the #2 American runner! Her time was 3:05:21. Click on the link below, courtesy of the Venice Herald Tribune, to read more about her inc... Read Full Post

Congratulations are in order for our friend Ann Roggero. She has been named the Campus Executive Officer (CEO) at the Manatee Community College (MCC) Venice Campus. I first met Ann when she was the Vice President of Human Resources at Bon Secours-Venice Health care Corporation and worked out of Bon Secours Venice Hospital. One only needs speak with Ann for a few minutes to sense her passion for people, her love of life and her commitment to our beautiful community, not to mention her consider... Read Full Post

I have just watched the news conference announcing the resignation of Bill Cowher as the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers! I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, left in 1992 and returned to the area for a year in 1994. I watched with my game jersey and terrible towel. As a Steeler fan, this decision disappoints me much more than our less than stellar performance this season. Cowher, another born and raised Pittsburgh guy, is 49 years old and says that is time for him to enjoy his family. He sa... Read Full Post

Sarasota county and City of Venice have approved a joint planning agreement that outlines components of future annexation by the city for the next 25 years. The county and the City of North Port reached a verbal agreement on Thursday, but that was not enough to prevent a referendum. What this means is that the voters will get to decide in March of this year how future growth in south county will be handled, and who will be calling the shots. The current real estate market notwithstanding, our... Read Full Post

As Promised, we will now begin to post the final 2006 Venice real estate market activity reports. We prepare these reports using data from the Venice Area MLS. This data is aggregated into a spreadsheet and we use it to educate our customers on the current activity in the Venice Market. Click on the graphic below for the first of our series of exclusive market monitors : Median Home Prices '03 to '06 As the data we have been tracking clearly shows this is not a "normal" period in the history ... Read Full Post

Venice Area Multiple Listing Service (MLS) 1553 Single Family Homes/Active 57 Single Family Homes/Sold 12/1/06 - 12/31/06 850 Condos/Active 22 Condos/Sold (12/1/06 - 12/31/06) 90 Expires Listings (12/1/06 - 12/31/06) 73 Withdrawn Listings (12/1/06 - 12/31/06) As you can see, our inventory remains a historical high levels for both Single Family Homes as well as Condominiums, both at over twice the number that this market has typically seen. Properties that care coming off the market without se... Read Full Post

EYE on 2007 Well here we are, entering 2007, a new year filled with hope and promise for our wonderful city. There are many issues that stand to be resolved...or at least addressed in the coming year. Here are some things to we look forward to as we begin 2007 with a clean slate: Growth management - the city and county, as well as the City of North Port, are all working toward a Joint Planning agreement for future growth in the area. Many people, including myself, were/are attracted to Venice... Read Full Post

First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our our readers. We hope you had a safe and joyous Holiday Season and wish you all the best in the coming year! Now, right to business.... Mortgage Insurance is getting a temporary face lift this year and should become a more attractive alternative to home buyers looking to finance their purchases with mortgages for more than 80% of a homes value. Just prior to adjourning, our most recent Congress passed legislation making mortgage insurance tax deductible ... Read Full Post

EXIT Realty International is America’s fastest growing real estate company and we now offer something long missing in the industry, and Jan and I are very excited about it. EXIT associates are able to complete the necessary requirements and become licensed Mortgage Consultants with ALTA Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of EXIT Realty International, and we are both now able to to serve our customers mortgage needs as well as their Real Estate needs. We believe providing mortgage originat... Read Full Post

Welcome to the Blog of Sam Hague and Jan Alexander of EXIT Realty Gulf Coast in Venice Florida. We are happy that you have found us and hope you will find our posts to be informative and educational. We will be commenting on all things related to Venice Florida, but primarily Real Estate and Mortgage related items. Check here monthly for our EXCLUSIVE VENICE AREA MARKET ACTIVITY reports and contact us to have these reports for YOUR area sent to you each month. We all know that the three most ... Read Full Post