Kathleen West - Palm Coast/Flagler County
Palm Coast & Flagler County Real Estate
The local market has definitely had a good year thus far. So far the area as a whole is trending about 4% above last year for the total number of homes sold with median sales price trending around 4% above the previous year as well. May and June both had positive gains over last year […]
Home sales in Flagler County saw decent gains in regards to the number of sales over 2016 in both March & April coming in at about +16% & +14% respectively. This was good news especially since home sales during those months were down in 2016 vs 2015. May of this year however is a slightly […]
2016 was the first year since 2009 that Flagler County did not see homes flat or exceed the previous year’s performance. The area saw about a 3% decline with a total of 2,240 homes sold versus the 2,318 in 2015. Only 5 months saw sales out performance the same month the previous year. Median home […]
2015 started off slightly down with January and February both 4% under the number of sales compared to 2014, but the area rallied last month and took off. March had 202 residential houses close which was around a 27% gain compared to March 2014, and bringing the total number of sales at around +9% compared […]
This past December finished up as one of the strongest for real estate home sales in recent years with 194 residential house sale closings. This was about 15% higher than the December 2013 and the highest number of closings in a December going back to 2009. For the year, the area saw about a 2% […]
Matanzas Woods has had some interesting dialogue over the last several weeks. Jim Cullis of Grand Haven Properties was in the process of purchasing the Golf Course property from The Golf Group, LLC. He had been meeting with residents to discuss uses for the property to improve the neighborhood which included the possibility of re-opening the […]
If you’ve ever attended a public meeting regarding something occurring in your town or neighborhood, you’ve probably heard at least one person make the claim of how the change or situation will effect their “property value”. Property value is also one of the most misunderstood items of homeowners. It’s rightfully so one of the most […]
When it comes to buying and selling real estate, it’s important to make informed and educated decisions. The worst thing to do is to speculate about the seller, the buyer, the market conditions, the property, etc. Speculating on any of these things can cause buyers to lose out on a property they really wanted, over […]
Over the past 2 years we have seen a very dramatic, and very positive, change in local market conditions. The average number of days on the market is down below 100 days in Palm Coast and slightly over 100 in all of Flagler County year-to-date. We continue to see the number of residential home sales […]
Owners who have short sold their home know that it can be a daunting ordeal, and there are some negative ramifications on credit . The question for most at the end of it all is, “When can I buy a house again?” especially with so many great deals available today. Blair Lamphier, owner of Community Mortgage […]