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The City of Orlando Historic Preservation Board is seeking photographs for the 2014 Historic Preservation Calendar contest. The 2014 calendar will focus on the historic homes of the Rosemere Historic Residential District which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior on October 21, 2009.

The Historic Preservation Board is looking for individuals interested in photography to capture the uniqueness and distinct styles of the Rosemere Historic Residential district in black and white pictures.  

Information provided by CityOfOrlando.net

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Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently.  You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.

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Orlando’s theme parks are world renowned and great fun but what else is there to do while on vacation in Orlando Florida?

Extra! Extra! There’s a new newspaper in town!

The Orlando Avenue Top Team is proud to announce our NEW online newspaper, Orlando News Today!

Here you get get the latest headlines in an easy to read format and without any advertising!! No pop-up windows to drive you crazy or ads to watch before you can view the video yo want.

We’ve pulled the day’s top news stories about the Orlando area including news, sports, arts, entertainment, technology and business. And of course we wouldn’t be complete without the latest trending photos and videos.

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“With tools to help users do everything from manage their mortgage payments to compare job opportunities and pay off debt, this website aggregates more than 175 financial calculators.” This is what Entrepreneur has to say about the new calculator at Calcmoolator.com.

Calcmoolator’s free, easy-to-use financial calculators make it simple to calculate your mortgage payment, compare job opportunities, make educated financial decisions like whether to lease vs. buy and ultimately save money. The  most popular calculators include:

• Auto Lease vs. Buy
• Auto Loan Estimate
• First-Year Baby Costs
• Estimate Your Credit Score
• Pay Off My CC Debt Sooner
• My Lifetime Earnings
• Salary to Hourly Wage
• Rent vs. Buy
• What If I Pay More?
• Mortgage Payment Estimate

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Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.

Orlando Real Estate For Sale: The Home You Have Been Looking for!

814 Duff Dr, Winter Garden FL 34787
MLS# S4707972

You have now found the home you have been searching for, and it is ready for you to move right in. This beautifully maintained property in the gated community of Glynwood offers 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, plus an office, plus a bonus room! As you enter, the home welcomes you with a view through the living room to the custom solar heated swimming pool, its waterfalls, and covered lanai perfect for enjoying with family and friends. This private backyard retreat faces a wooded area and is also accessible from the family room and master bedroom. The upgraded kitchen features 42″ cherry cabinets, solid surface Corian counters, and stainless steel appliances. The versatility of the upstairs bonus room and its full bath enable your imagination to create a wonderful game room, guest room, or media room. The open floor-plan is complimented with four downstairs bedrooms which are ideally located in 3 separate areas. This lovely home has great curb appeal, has a side-entry garage, comes with plantation shutters, is pre-wired for surround sound, and shows like a model. Make it yours today!

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Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently.  You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.

Consolidating credit cards and loan debts into your Orlando home mortgage can seem a ‘no-brainer’ – after all, given the size of the debt, mortgage payments are really low, aren’t they? However, it’s not necessarily the win-win strategy it seems.

To learn more about whether debt consolidation is right for you read this article by Money.Co.UK. Yes it is an article from the UK, but it offers some really useful tips and information about finance that a lot of people misunderstand and some solid advice that applies no matter what country they happen to live in.

Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home shopping website.

Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently.  You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.

Orlando Real Estate For Sale:

835 Hammocks Dr, Ocoee FL 34761 MLS#O5134015

Beauty Warmth & Value!

This custom 4 bedroom, 2 bath with over 2300 square feet shows the pride of ownership. Premium Granite kitchen counters ($23K), and $3K backsplash. Travertine stone flooring throughout including enclosed porch ($35K). Marble bath & fireplace with inlay granite ($20K), paver drive & patio ($10K). Absolutely Move in Ready! You will not be disappointed. $88K of upgrades. Extra large private backyard with plenty of space to run, relax or add a pool. Split floor plan is family-friendly with privacy for parents, kids, & guests. The master bath features Garden Tub, separate shower, double vanity with ‘His & Her’ walk in closets. Egyptian marble in master bath & crème of mafil in the other. The central kitchen includes all appliances, Geriba granite, Jennaire range, $1K Frankie stainless steel sink, Bosch dishwasher, built-in desk, breakfast bar & 42″ cabinets, plus a large eating area open to the family room. $300 utility room sink + the Maytag Neptune washer and dryer stay. Extra insulation & new A/C in 2010 keeps your heating & cooling costs down. Ceiling fans, security system, sprinkler system, 10′ ceilings thru-out. Enjoy a quiet evening in the family room with a fire. Built-in display niches will provide a place for your artistic treasures. The whole effect is that of a warm, open, spacious dwelling. Original owner . IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED! Minutes to hospital, mall & shopping, 408/429/Florida turnpike/I-4, and 30-40 minutes to Orlando Airport. Convenient to area attractions. LOADED W/UPGRADES! Shows like a model. Come look inside today. THIS is the one you’ve been searching for!

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Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.

Hurricane Sandy’s immediate impact on real estate in the hardest hit Northeastern neighborhoods has become painfully evident, from New Jersey shore houses completely swept away by the sea to entire neighborhoods like Queens’ Breezy Point tragically leveled to the ground. But this latest natural disaster won’t just affect certain ZIP codes, it will weigh on America’s housing market as a whole, according to Forbes.com.

In many parts of the country a housing recover has begun. Nationally, home sales have been notably higher this year as compared to last. In September, existing home sales were up 11% year-over-year and pending sales up 14.5%, according to the National Association of Realtors. Prices have risen too, with the national median sales price $183,900, or about 11% higher than September of 2011.  Inventory has fallen drastically in many parts of the country, fueling the uptick in prices. The rising numbers have helped housing become a bright spot in recent economic reports, with analysts projecting that residential investment will positively contribute to gross domestic product this year for the first time since 2005.

Now, that rosy recovery is sure to dampen. “This will certainly create a negative in the short term,” says Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors. “The bottom line is we clearly anticipate a slowdown, but it will be temporary.”

Take a look at sales figures in our local real estate market for October.

Orange County Real Estate Sales Statistics – October 2012  

Orange County saw 191 more homes sold in October 2012 than 2011, a 12 percent increase. The average sales price increased by 6 percent and the median sales price increased by 2% from October 2011.  Market times decreased by 25 days or 15 percent.  

Osceola County Real Estate Sales Statistics – October 2012

Osceola County homes saw home sales decreased by 1 homes, a 0.2 percent decrease. Prices increased with the average sales price up 0.5 percent and the median price increased by 7 percent.  Market Times decreased by 31 days compared to October 2011.

Seminole County Real Estate Sales Statistics – October 2012

Seminole County residential sales increased by 19 percent with 115 more homes sold in October 2012. The averages sales price increased by 6 percent, and the median sales price increased by 14 percent compared to October 2011 levels. Market times decreased by 30 days or 18 percent.

Lake County Real Estate Sales Statistics – October 2012  

Residential sales in Lake County increased with 89 more home sold a 21 percent increase. The average sales price increased by 7 percent, while the median sales price increased by 9 percent during the same time period.  Market times decreased by 24 days.

Polk County Real Estate Sales Statistics – October 2012

Polk County saw 186 more home sold in October 2012 compared to 2011.  The average sales price increased by 0.3 percent, while the median sales price increased by 7 percent.  Market times decreased by 3 day compared to October 2011.

Now is the time to get your best price on an Orlando home, before the prices move upward. 

Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home shopping website.

Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently.  You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.

Good news!  The recent results of a large-scale survey strongly indicates that consumer optimism and the desire to own real estate continue to rise.

Additionally, Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey polls 1,001 Americans each month to assess their attitudes toward homeownership, renting, mortgage rates, foreclosures, the economy, household finances, and overall consumer confidence. The results of June’s survey show Americans are increasingly optimistic about the housing market despite concerns about the broader economy and their personal finances.

• According to the survey, Americans expect home prices to increase 2.0 percent over the next year.
• Among participants, 35 percent said prices would rise over the next 12 months, which is the largest percentage in the survey’s two-year history.
• Also, the number of respondents who said they would buy their next home if they were going to move rose 6.0 percent to 69 percent, which is the highest level ever recorded.
• The number of Americans who said it was a good time to buy a home increased to 73 percent.

Lets take a look at July sales figures in our local markets.

Orange County Real Estate Sales Statistics – July 2012  

Orange County saw 68 more homes sold in July 2012 than 2011, a 4 percent increase. The average sales price increased by 6 percent and the median sales price increased by 8% from July 2011.  Market times decreased by 19 days or 20 percent.  

 Osceola County Real Estate Sales Statistics – July 2012

Osceola County homes saw home sales decreased by 27 homes, a 5 percent decrease. Prices increased with the average sales price up 11 percent and the median price increased by 15 percent.  Market Times decreased by 31 days compared to July 2011.

 Seminole County Real Estate Sales Statistics – July 2012

Seminole County residential sales increased by 2 percent with 9 more homes sold in July 2012. The averages sales price increased by 4 percent, and the median sales price increased by 6 percent compared to July 2011 levels. Market times decreased by 27 days or 25 percent.

Lake County Real Estate Sales Statistics – July 2012  

Residential sales in Lake County increased with 48 more home sold a 12 percent increase. The average sales price decreased by 4 percent, while the median sales price increased by 1 percent during the same time period.  Market times increased by 29 days.

 Polk County Real Estate Sales Statistics – July 2012

Polk County saw 111 more home sold in July 2012 compared to 2011.  The average sales price increased by 9 percent,and the median sales price increased by 8 percent.  Market times decreased by 14 days the same as July 2011.

Now is the time to get your best price on an Orlando home, before the prices move upward. 

Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home shopping website.

Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 17 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.

You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently.  You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.