Lake Okeechobee - Best Bass Fishing in the World

Build your own place on the Lake Okeechobee Rim Canal and go fishing every day!

Lake Okeechobee Rim Canal

Check out this great 2+ acre property directly on the Lake Okeechobee rim canal. You can launch your boat directly from the proprty or at any of the public ramps located within a few minutes drive. Build your own vacation home on this oak tree studded lot.

Elvis is in the House

Elvis bought, Graceland, the 10,266 sq. ft. colonial mansion on 13 acres, on March 26th, 1957 for only $102,500 according to selling agent Virginia Grant, broker-owner of Virginia Grant Realty Co in Memphis.

South Florids'a Housing Market Keeps Getting Better

South Florida's housing market keeps getting better, at least for sellers.
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Strong demand and a shortage of available homes helped push prices higher in October. Broward County's median sales price for existing homes last month was $211,000, a 16 percent increase from a year earlier, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors said Monday.

Broward saw 1,198 homes trade hands, up 21 percent from October 2011.
Palm Beach County's median price was $222,500, a 23 percent increase, according to the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches. The county posted 1,159 home sales, a 22 percent jump.
Existing condominium prices also increased, hitting $90,000 in both Broward and Palm Beach counties. Condo sales rose 17 percent in Broward and 15 percent in Palm Beach County.

Fla.’s housing market continues positive trends in Oct. 2012

Fla.’s housing market continues positive trends in Oct. 2012

Related: NAR: Existing-home sales rise in Oct. with price, equity gains.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Nov. 19, 2012 – Pending sales, closed sales and median prices rose, while the inventory of homes and condos for sale dropped in Florida’s housing market in October, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.

“With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we have a lot to be thankful for here in Florida,” said 2012 Florida Realtors President Summer Greene, regional manager of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Florida 1st in Fort Lauderdale. “The state’s latest unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent, the lowest in nearly four years – and combined with the momentum of the housing market, it clearly shows that Florida is on a positive path and has been for months. Pending sales, closed sales and prices are trending up.”

FAR: "Investors becoming the new landlords"

FORT MYERS, Fla. – April 25, 2012 – Gene Richards is a lifelong Vermonter, but on a recent weekday afternoon he found himself back on Florida’s west coast, scouting foreclosures to add to the collection of rental properties he has amassed in the wake of the housing crisis.
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