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Finding recreation in Palm Harbor is really an easy thing to do.  Palm Harbor is an unincorporated community in north Pinellas County, FL with plenty of recreational activities.  There is the Palm Harbor Community Center, with a full calendar of recreation for everyone, from day trips to bus trip...

This Royal Stewart Arms real estate update covers the last 60 days.  This is a very active 55+ community at the entrance to Honeymoon Island state park in Dunedin, FL.  There are several 55+ communities in Dunedin, however, this is the one on a beautiful island in the intracoastal waterway in the...

It's time for another 60 day Palm Harbor real estate update.  Today we'll take a look at Autumn Woods Palm Harbor and Country Woods Palm Harbor.  Both of these communities are executive level neighborhoods with mature landscaping, sidewalks and in locations with access to the best schools, includ...

This morning, I had a conversation with the CEO of a company who honestly said: "You should have lots of time as a realtor since you can work when you want to." He truly felt that realtors have lots of time and was taken aback when I told him just a little about a typical day.  Any realtor can sh...

In today's real estate market, every advantage counts.  When selling your home, the most important factor is, of course, price.  If a house is priced above the market value, even by just a few thousand dollars, it is very possible that the best buyer for that house will not even look at it becaus...

Here is the Baywood Village 60 day update for real estate activity in this waterfront Palm Harbor community.  There presently are 9 homes listed for sale in Baywood Village, with 5 houses under contract and 2 houses sold in the last 60 days in Baywood Village, Palm Harbor. Of the 9 homes for sale...

In today's market, more than in the past ten years, price is the single most important part of getting a house sold.  In the past, if the realtor and owner did not price it right, and with a rising market, the market could catch up to an overpriced listing.  In today's market, if a house is price...

Baywood Village, Palm Harbor - a Waterfront Community Monday, September 12, 2011 by Doug & Gwen Campbell at Sun Bay Associates ShareThis Baywood Village, Palm Harbor is a waterfront community with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico.  This is a very water activity focused community, with a boatin...

Every once in a while there comes along a rare find in real estate.  This is one of those.  This is an original Victorian home, built in 1892 in Dunedin, FL.  It has spectacular Gulf front vistas of Honeymoon Island.  It has a private fishing dock.  All told, there are 10 bedrooms, a couple of fi...

Has the Pinellas County real estate market stabilized yet?  The honest answer should be "Who knows?"  The numbers are giving us clues that just maybe, the Pinellas County real estate market has stabilized or at least started to stabilize.  The number of single family listings for year on year in ...