Your Handiest Party-Planning Checklist

Hosting a party — or any social event — can be as involved or as simple as you make it. Especially during those big end-of-the-year holidays, when most of us enjoy attending or throwing a few soirees. Whether you’re an extraordinary party-planner or an inexperienced host facing your first get-together …

Make Live Oak Estates Your Lake Nona Home Base

Looking for a new home on the quiet side of Orlando? A place where your daily commute won’t leave you stewing in road-construction traffic? The only night noise comes from sharp-eyed owls in your backyard treetops.

Lake Nona Living, ICI Homes-Style

Residents of Lake Nona live in some of Central Florida’s most desirable zip codes. The area southeast of Orlando is removed from the typical congestion, traffic and noise found elsewhere, while still convenient to anywhere a Lake Nona resident wants or needs to be. Live Oak Estates, an ICI Homes …

Live on a Golf Course, Florida Style

Seeking a new home for your clubs? Maybe your cart, too? You’ve come to the right state. Florida boasts thousands of golf courses and plenty of communities in which to enjoy the sport. If you’re ready for a new Florida home with an on-site tee box — or, you live …

5 Reasons Why Building a New Florida Home is the Right Choice

Thinking about relocating to a new neighborhood, city or state? The decision might be made for you thanks to a new job or family circumstances. But regardless, moving means deciding whether to build a new Florida home or buy an existing one. Building a new home or buying a resale …

Everyone Wants to Move to Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida is a popular place to be. It’s a growing area thanks to a variety of new housing communities at all price points. Plus, it boasts a healthy job market compared to many metropolitan areas in other states. Forbes recently ranked Jacksonville as the second city on this awesome-places-to-move-to …

Guide to Choosing the Perfect Florida Community

You know you’re moving to Florida. Maybe you even know what part of the state, or which city. You just don’t know where in those locales. But, choosing the perfect community for your new Florida home doesn’t have to be a dice roll. Answering a few questions will help you …

How to Successfully Find a Florida Retirement Home

If retirement is in your immediate or near future, is a change of venue also in play? That decision might be easy if snow removal is a seasonal chore at your current home. Or de-icing the car. Or weathering an ice storm. You’ll have none of that when you retire …

Renting vs Buying: A Comparison

Tough question, isn’t it? Some folks fall squarely on either side for very legitimate and often personal reasons. Where you find yourself in life also might affect whether you choose to rent or buy. Then there’s that wild card called the economy, which affects us all. But, absent current variables, …

More Buyers Starting Their Home Search Online (And Why You Should too)

If you’re in the market for a new home, tune up that tablet or computer touchpad. A recent poll from the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors confirmed that 70 percent of Pennsylvania home buyers under age 50 now launch their new-home search online. Shocker? It shouldn’t be, and it’s likely not a …

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