Orlando Real Estate

There are 8,594 homes available for sale listed by Orlando Realtors, and 10,206 homes with contracts on them. If you are searching for homes for sale in the area try www.hotorlandorealestate.com, and search like an agent. This is the latest and most accurate information straight from the local multiple listing service. Of the homes still available, 803 are foreclosures and 2,587 are short sales. Of the homes with contracts on them, 1,269 are foreclosures and 7,287 are short sales.

Early Orlando real estate sales statistics for February: 1,149 sales with a median sales price of $105,000.

Holy Smokes! The inventory of homes available for sale listed by Orlando Realtors is continuing to slide. There are only 8,594 homes available for sale, and there are 10,187 homes with contracts on them. Of the homes still available, 819 are foreclosures and 2,596 are short sales.

Too early Orlando real estate sales statistics for February: 1,060 homes have closed with a median sales price of $105,000.

David Welch Real Estate Optimist, Orlando Real Estate, Any Home-Any Phone

There are 8,639 homes listed for sale by Orlando Realtors, and 10,143 homes with contracts. The number of available homes continues to drop with home with contracts on them continue to climb. If you are searching the different real estate sites you could be wasting your time looking at homes that are already under contract. Search for Orlando homes that are actually for sale at http://www.HotOrlandoRealEstate.com.

Too early Orlando real estate February sales statistics: 981 sales have been posted with a median sales price of $102,000.

David Welch Real Estate Optimist, Orlando Real Estate, Any Home-Any Phone

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January 2012 real estate search results are in and Orlando, FL was the #9 most searched market in the country in January 2012, based on data released today by Realtor.com, the #1 homes for sale real estate web site.

Median list prices for homes in Orlando, FL hit $155,000 in January 2012, a 3.33% increase from one year ago this month, and 0.00% increase from December 2011. The national median list price in January 2012 was $185,500, a 3.69% increase compared to January 2011.

Active for sale inventory of homes in Orlando, FL in January 2012 leveled out at 10,857, a -42.96% decrease compared to January 2011. National inventory counts for January 2012 were 1,768,663, a -23.20% decrease as compared to a year ago.

The median age of inventory in Orlando, FL in January was 81 days, a 1.25% increase compared to December 2011. Nationally, the median age of inventory was 119 days, a -2.46% decrease compared to December.

For details on all 146 MSAs monitored by Realtor.com in January 2012, click here:

http://www.realtor.com/data-portal/Real-Estate-Statistics.aspx

Contact us if you’re interested in a custom report detailing real estate trend data by county or zip code.

Each month, Realtor.com surveys up to 250 Metro Service Areas (MSA) throughout the nation and monitors real estate trends including consumer search behavior, median list prices on for sale homes, active inventory counts and median age of inventory. The information is released to local markets to help consumers and real estate professionals as they work together to successfully navigate their local market.

According to Realtor.com, the top 10 most searched real estate markets, identified as MSAs, in the United States in January 2012 include:

Chicago, IL 1^st
Detroit, MI 2^rd
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 3^rd
Philadelphia, PA 4^th
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 5^th
Atlanta, GA 6^th
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 7^th
Dallas, TX 8^th
Orlando, FL 9^th
Las Vegas, NV 10^th

In addition, the top most searched real estate markets in Florida in January 2012, and the national searched rank included:

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL #7
Orlando, FL #9
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL #12
Fort Lauderdale, FL #16
Miami, FL #20
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL #31
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL #37
Jacksonville, FL #42
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL #48
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL #51
Naples, FL #52
Daytona Beach, FL #56
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL #64
Pensacola, FL #106
Tallahassee, FL #119
Ocala, FL #128
Gainesville, FL #130
Punta Gorda, FL #131

Realtor.com is the most searched real estate web site today, and displays more than four million for sale and for rent property listings fed directly to the site for free by more than 933 multiple listing services (MLS) across the nation. More than 75 percent of all listings on Realtor.com are updated every 15 minutes with important information including price changes, sold data and property status changes, with the remaining properties updated every one to 24 hours. All homes tracked in these monthly reports are single family homes, condominiums, co-ops and townhomes.

For more information or commentary on local market trends, please contact:

Julie.Reynolds@move.com
Jennifer.DuBois@move.com
Jill.Kipnis@move.com
Candice.Cerro@move.com
Move@accesspr.com

Getting your home organized is a common New Year’s resolution, but it can also be a daunting task. Thankfully, there are many ways to make this goal more achievable, and one of the best ways is by approaching it on a room-by-room basis rather than as a single, giant task.

Before you begin, define and write down all the areas of your home that you want to get organized. Then, prioritize them and give yourself target dates for getting it done. If you find that you are missing the dates, don’t throw them out the window; reconsider the time it will take you, how busy your schedule is likely to be, and create new ones based on your experience.

Everyone has different goals for the rooms in their home, but here are some general tips for getting your home organized:

· Kitchen – Everyone knows that counter space is a premium, so before you begin, look at what’s on it. Do you throw your mail on the kitchen table as you come in the door? Do you have appliances out that you rarely use? Identify what’s causing a clutter problem, and address each individually. For example, if your mail piles up on your kitchen counter, consider putting a basket somewhere in the house that is dedicated just to holding mail so you have somewhere specific to put it rather than just saying “I won’t put my mail on the counter anymore.” Countertops aren’t the only place to consider, though. Cleaning out your cabinets, or even just organizing what’s in there, can be a breath of fresh air and give you the space you need to make preparing meals relaxing rather than a chore.

· Bathrooms – Again, before you start cleaning, find the trouble spots both visible and within storage. Are your toothbrushes always lying on the counter? Get a holder for them that matches your décor, or find a place for them in a medicine cabinet. Lots of bottles cluttering up your closet? Go through them and get rid of anything you don’t use. You may be able to open up a lot of space just by clearing out old, expired products.

· Bedrooms – The most common culprits for bedrooms are dirty clothes and toys. Give yourself and your family designated spots to put each of these. Laundry hampers come in all shapes and sizes, and you can even get ones that match the décor of a room to provide a subtle yet functional way to collect clothes. Toy boxes too can be added, as well as shelves to display their favorite toys and books and keep them in easy reach.

· Closets – The catch-all of home organization, closets often become a landfill of old jackets, outdated home décor, and anything else that just doesn’t have a place to go. Spend a day going through everything in your closets, and get rid of things you haven’t used in a year or more. If you have important items that take up space but aren’t used frequently, like family heirlooms or boxes of seasonal clothes, consider putting them in storage.

· Office – Reams of paper and stacks of letters can quickly overwhelm your office and make it hard to get actual work done. Sort through the papers and create “to do” and “completed” piles. File cabinets, even small ones, provide an invaluable infrastructure for organizing papers. Create files for bills, personal documents, automobile expenses, home expenses, and more, and sort things as they come in. Once a year, go through and get rid of anything that is no longer needed. Investing in inexpensive office supplies like folders, paper clips, and drawer organizers can also go a long way.

For any other rooms, just follow one simple rule: everything in its place. Everything in a room should have a designated spot so you know exactly where to put it and don’t end up just leaving it out. By creating a system and staying diligent with your new habits, you can make 2012 your most organized year yet.

Josh Scheid represents Zippy Shell of Central Florida, a reliable and affordable provider of solutions for portable storage in Orlando.

There are currently 8,750 homes for sale listed by Orlando Realtors, and 9,984 homes with contracts. Of the homes still available, 821 are foreclosures and 2,733 are short sales. The Orlando Regional Realtor Association's monthly Market Pulse is out, and while closed sales were down last month, new contracts jumped by more than 500 homes compared to December. Of the homes with contracts, 1,264 are foreclosures and 7,159 are short sales.

Too early February Orlando real estate sales statistics: 729 closed sales with a median price of $100,000. At the current sales pace, I expect to see the month end with somewhere around 2,000 sales.

David Welch Real Estate Optimist, Orlando Real Estate, Any Home-Any Phone

There are 8,771 homes available for sale listed by Orlando Realtors, and 9,948 homes with contracts. Properties continue to go under contract faster than they come on the market and faster than they can get closed. Of the homes available, 821 are foreclosures and 2,746 are short sales. Of the homes with contracts on them, 1,249 are foreclosures and 7,141 are short sales.

Way too early February sales statistics: 633 closed sales with a median sales price of $98,000.

David Welch Real Estate Optimist, Orlando Real Estate, Any Home-Any Phone

There are 8,794 homes available for sale listed with Orlando Realtors, and 9,907 homes with contracts pending. Active listings look like they may be sliding again, while contracts keep growing. Of the homes still for sale, 810 are foreclosures and 2,759 are short sales.

Way too early February sales statistics: 535 closed sales with a median sales price of $98,000.

David Welch Real Estate Optimist, Orlando Real Estate, Any Home-Any Phone

There are 8,822 homes available listed by Orlando Realtors, and 9,853 homes with contracts pending. The available inventory continues to hold steady while contracts are continuing to climb. Of the homes still available, 810 are foreclosures and 2,761 are short sales. Of the homes with contracts on them, 1,237 are foreclosures and 7,111 are short sales.

Way too early February sales statistics: 460 sales have closed with a median price of $94,750.

David Welch Real Estate Optimist, Orlando Real Estate, Any Home-Any Phone