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Orlando Community Reports - May 2012
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 10:05am.
The May Team Donovan community reports have now been updated and are available from the following link:
Orlando Real Estate Market News - April 2012
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 at 11:43am.
April 'arithmetic' From The Four Corners…
The communities tracked by Team Donovan recorded 281 sales in April which was down 41 closings from last months total. The overall inventory level of listed homes closed the month at 917 which reduced the total inventory pool by a further 49 listings. By type the current inventory comprises 678 normal owner sales, 55 bank owned and 184 short sale listings. During this last month existing owners withdrew from the market 146 homes having been unable to secure a willing and able purchaser. The homes that did sell on average took 159 days to do so and secured 96.75% of their final listed price. Last month these figures posted as 157 and 97.12% respectively. The number pending homes at the month end awaiting closure…
Orlando Community Reports - April 2012
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 at 4:40pm.
The April Team Donovan community reports have now been updated and are available from the following link:
Orlando Real Estate Market News - March 2012
Sunday, April 1st, 2012 at 4:13pm.
March 'math' From The Four Corners…
The inventory pool of available homes for sale in the communities tracked by Team Donovan fell below 1000 in March to revise the total number of homes listed for sale to 966 which was a decrease of 98 homes compared to the February total. By type this total inventory comprised 50 Bank owned homes, 202 short sales and 714 conventional owner listings. The average days that a home takes to sell was down by 3 days from last month to 157 whilst the average home sold in March achieved 97.12% of its final listed price. March sales recorded 322 total closings whilst 60 homes were withdrawn from the market during the month having failed to achieve a sale. The total number of homes recorded as pending under offer/contract now…
Orlando Community Reports - March 2012
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 12:59pm.
The March Team Donovan community reports have now been updated and are available from the following link:
Orlando Real Estate Market News - February 2012
Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 10:28am.
February 'figures' From The Four Corners…
For the third consecutive month latest figures show that those communities tracked by Team Donovan report no change in the number of days a home takes to sell or percentage price achieved at 160 days and 96.6% respectively. The number of homes that closed and sold in February was up by 55 from January as the communities reported a total 228 sales. Overall inventory levels continued to fall with 1064 homes now advertised as listed for sale, down by over 700 homes from 12 months ago and down 103 from last month. During this last month records also show that 73 homes withdrew from the market having failed to attract a buyer and that the total number of homes under offer/contract increased to 920 which is 107 more than…
All-Star Weekend party time in Orlando!
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 1:24pm.
ORLANDO -- Leave the kids at home.
NBA All-Star Weekend -- and the party scene it inspires -- will be in the mouse's house this weekend and it'll be an adult affair. The weekend won't be as wild and out as a Super Bowl to-do, but the world's tallest men will be partying in the Sunshine State to celebrate the sport, toast the league's best players and party in the name of all things basketball.
Maybe we should blame the lockout, but events are still being planned and finalized for the big weekend as you're reading this! Still, we were able to snag some key details of what sounds like some of the hottest, exclusive events going on in Orlando this weekend. Here are some of the biggest events your favorite party-loving Page 2 reporters will be…
Orlando Community Reports - February 2012
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 11:11am.
The February Team Donovan community reports have now been updated and are available from the following link:
Orlando Real Estate Market News - January 2012
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 11:11am.
January 'numbers' From Four Corners…
The average percentage price achieved and number of days that a home takes to sell across the communities tracked by Team Donovan was unchanged from January to December with these numbers remaining at 96.6% and 160 respectively. The January 2011 figures record that 12 months ago a listed home sold 14 days faster but still on average achieved 96% of the final listed price. The communities tracked recorded 173 sales during the last 31 days which was down 47 compared to Decembers 220 sold total and down 21 sales from the January 2011 194 sold total. The number of homes recorded as under offer/contract and awaiting closure remained unchanged from December at 813. This figure was was down by 83 compared to the January 2011…
Forbes: Orlando Is Best City For Bargain Shopping
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 12:27pm.
When international tourists arrive in Orlando, their first stop is rarely a Disney property, but one of the city’s 500 factory outlet stores. And they’re looking for a very specific item: an empty suitcase.
According to Susan Lomax, the associate vice president of publicity for the city of Orlando, shopping has become the number one activity for international tourists visiting the city, drawn by the brand names at lower prices afforded by the country’s most concentrated city for outlets. And Lomax’s group, which watches the behavior of these visitors to their city as it increases its attention to shopping as a top tourism draw, reveals an interesting pattern of consumption. “They start in a luggage outlet,” she says, “They buy an empty suitcase and…
