Florida Real Estate

Seven of the best sites for buying or learning about real estate in the state of Florida. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Florida Mortgage, Florida Title Insurance, Crestview Real Estate)

1. Florida Real Estate at Realtor.com - Click on the map of Florida to narrow down your search for real estate in any region of the state — northwest Florida, northeast Florida, southwest Florida, southeast Florida, central Florida, Gulf Coast, Atlantic Coast. Know the exact city you want? Skip the map by typing in your city or zip code of interest. (www.realtor.com)

2. Florida Real Estate at Trulia.com - From Cape Coral to Clearwater to Fort Myers to Hollywood to Venice, choose your Florida city to see homes currently on the market, as well as comparable homes up for sale and comparable recent sales for each property listed. (www.trulia.com)

3. Coldwell Banker Florida Keys Real Estate - Search this local real estate agency’s listings for residential houses or commercial real estate in Key West, Key Largo, Islamorada, and the Middle and Lower Keys. (www.realestatefloridakeys.com)

4. Florida Real Estate at Weichert Realtors - This real estate company with offices throughout Florida does something smart on its site — it shows you all the available Florida homes, condos, land, etc. for sale throughout the state, even if the properties are represented by other agencies. Click on the map to narrow your search, from Pensacola in the Panhandle to Jacksonville in north Florida to Ocala and Orlando in central Florida to Tampa, Sarasota, Naples and down to Miami and other south Florida cities. Once you find your area of interest, choose price, number of bedrooms and baths, etc. to narrow down further. (www.weichert.com)

5. Existing-Home Sales in Orlando Area May Have Bottomed Out - March 12, 2008 article reports that despite a 40% year-over-year drop in real estate sales in Orlando, that drop was actually the smallest in 6 months, suggesting the market may be hitting bottom. (www.orlandosentinel.com)

6. What Housing Slump? Fort Lauderdale OKs New Condos - March 12, 2008 reports that over 600 requests by developers for construction of condos or apartments were recently approved, despite an uncertain market. (www.sun-sentinel.com)

7. Real Estate Schools Stay Busy Despite Downturn - March 8, 2008 article reports that while requests for new licenses went down in 2005, there was an uptick in interest during 2006. Unfortunately there aren’t any numbers for 2007 or 2008 to see where things stand today, but local real estate schools say they’re still quite busy. (naplesnews.com)

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