Three Reasons to Move {Your Money} to Florida

As if you need further impetus to move to the Sunshine State, there are purely practical financial reasons to shift your residence south. Along with the mild winters and beaches, you’ll also find a favorable tax climate. This is a big deal if you’re moving from a state that mandates …

Changing the Face of Home Ownership

If change is the only constant, how does that truism play in home ownership statistics? Who’s buying new homes, in real time? How do they find those abodes? Interesting questions, right? The traditional American model of nuclear families making up the largest share of home purchasers is passé. Demographic, societal …

What Multi-Generational Families Seek in a New Home

Today’s trend toward multi-generational living is fueled partly by the tide of Baby Boomers — people age 65 and over — headed toward retirement. By 2012, there were 47 million Americans age 65 and older, per the United States Census Bureau. That’s a lot of people who typically have one foot …

Is a Saltwater Pool Right for You?

A shimmering pool beyond the back door is a prerequisite for many new Florida homeowners. Whether cooling off, turning workout laps or using it as a beautiful party backdrop, residential pools are crucial to the Florida lifestyle. But, there are more choices than the traditional chlorine pool. Saltwater pools, a …

The Booming Baby Boomers

They’re not a television sitcom or a throwback band, but the Baby Boomers are dominating demographic trends like no United States population group before them. According to the United States Census Bureau, by 2012 there were 47 million Americans age 65 and older. That’s a large segment of the population …

Turning a Second Home into Retirement Headquarters

Second homes have long been an escape for people who know their favorite getaway location. A turn-key vacation spot outfitted with personal amenities means no check-in or check-out hassle. Extending a holiday, or deciding spur-of-the-moment to take one, is hassle-free. Second homes are turning into retirement headquarters for many. Why …

Make Your Small Kitchen Sizzle

A small kitchen doesn’t mean you have to pass on your potential Florida dream home, if everything else on your must-have list checks out. Peruse this list of tricks to make that small kitchen cook and feel larger than life. Shrink It! In a small kitchen, think core activity. An …

4 Reasons why a Spec Home Might be your Best Choice

Prospective Florida home buyers have as many preferences as there are creatures in the Atlantic Ocean. We get it. We’ve matched innumerable buyers with their perfect housing dreams over the years and we love doing it every day. Over the years, we’ve garnered a bit of wisdom that might help if …

The Evolving American Dream: Comfortable Retirement Living in Central Florida

The white picket fence – a place to call home; this was the American Dream of the Greatest Generation (born 1901-1945). Their dream was to own a small plot to raise their children and create stability from the volatility of their parents who crossed oceans to come to America. Time are definitely changing. The American Dream is evolving and the beauty of Central Florida plays a huge roll in the new dream.

Tips for Building a New Home as a New Parent

The criteria for the perfect home certainly change once you decide to have children.

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