Whether they’re getting their house ready for the market or creating a dream kitchen in a home they just bought, clients considering a major kitchen redo will need guidance. Here are 12 tips and trends to help you serve as their resource. A Dozen Ways to Make Kitchens Sizzle | Realtor Magazine

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – May 30, 2014 – As Floridians prepare for the beginning of another Atlantic hurricane season that starts on Sunday, Florida's retailers are gearing up for the sales tax holiday on hurricane preparedness items that begins May 31 and ends June 8. Starts tomorrow: No sales tax on hurricane supplies

Sarasota County saw the second highest level of sales in its history in April 2014 – a total of 1,195 closed transactions recorded in the My Florida Regional MLS system. That figure was topped only by the 1,223 sales reported a decade ago, in April 2004, just preceding the real estate boom that saw rapid price escalation. Sarasota Association of Realtors® - SAR Releases Statistics for April 2014 Details

Nearly one in four home purchases by an international buyer in the United States takes place in Florida. BMO Private Bank reports foreign buyers drive up Florida home prices - Tampa Bay Business Journal

Sarasota tops list of best cities | HeraldTribune.com

Florida's housing market reported higher median prices, more new listings, fewer days on the market and a slight uptick in inventory during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors ® . Fla.’s housing market shows strength in 1Q 2014

Italianate Manse on SoCal's Naples Island Wants $10.9M - House of the Day - Curbed National

  WASHINGTON – May 9, 2014 – The market share of all-cash purchases is on the rise, despite declines in distressed sales and investor activity, according to the National Association of Realtors ® (NAR). The results spring from an analysis of data collected for the latest Realtors Confidence Index. Cash sales up – distressed sales and investors down

Sales to First Time Buyers: 30 Percent of Sales in March 2014

Do You Really Understand Your Home's Equity? As a homeowner, you probably think you know all about what your home is worth, what your interest rate really means, what you are paying out every month, and how to access your equity if you needed to. But do you really? If your home is worth $20,000 more today that it was when you purchased it, does that mean you are entitled to all 20,000 of those dollars? Does having equity in your home automatically mean you can sell for a profit? Would you know what your best option was if you needed some equity in a pinch? Check out the scenarios below for a quick equity tune-up.