Tallahassee Real Estate and Homes

Let’s take a look at some of the opportunities for today and the future of Tallahassee & Florida’s real estate market. 1. Great prices. Statewide, the existing-home median sales price was $161,200 in the fourth quarter of 2008; a year earlier, it was $216,600 for a decrease of 26 percent. 2. The time is right. [...]

* The current $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time Tallahassee home-buyers is extended to April 30, 2010. Tallahassee Home Buyers LOOK!!! * A new tax credit for certain existing Tallahassee homeowners has been created. The amount of the new credit is $6,500. To qualify, an individual must have owned and resided in a home for [...]

Housing Rehabilitation Programs in Tallahassee Overview The primary goal of the Housing Services Department for Tallahassee is to provide safe, sanitary and affordable housing to very low and low income citizens in the unincorporated areas of Leon County. The County Department of Housing reviews applications and verifies all information provided by the applicant, to ensure [...]

Sales are up 3% from this time a year ago, while median prices are up 8% from that time. February home sales in the Tallahassee real estate market barely budged from a year ago, while the median price – though up from a year ago – hit a 12-month low, according to a report from [...]

Tallahassee andLeon County Foreclosure-Prevention Assistance Program The County will provide up to $7,500 in foreclosure prevention assistance to qualified Leon County residents to bring current the existing first mortgage for their primary residence. Assistance will be approved for the amount required to bring the mortgage current after other relief measures have been exhausted, credit counseling, [...]

Strategies to Avoid Foreclosure in Tallahassee and Surrounding Areas • Be Proactive about the problem when the first warning signs appear. Not only does this reduce the stress of not knowing what is going on but it makes it easier for the creditors to work out a plan. • Contact your lender when you become [...]

Money will aid first-time home buyers The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development presented the Tallahassee Lenders’ Consortium with a check for $62,464 Wednesday, money that will be used locally to assist potential first-time home purchasers and offer counseling services. Advertisement The grant is one of 42 being presented to HUD/FHA-approved housing counseling agencies [...]