Alisa Stone Herring's (thebeachpeach) Blog

Get financials in order. Buyers should check their credit score, taxes, 401(k)s and other aspects of their financial situation to determine the maximum they're comfortable affording for their monthly mortgage, utilities, maintenance, taxes and insurance. "If your credit score is a mess, clean it ...

   U.S. taxes can be offset by a number of real estate-related credits and deductions, and the IRS offers information on each. Karen Russell, real estate industry liaison for Georgia, and in this instance, Florida as well, compiled a list of educational documents for the real estate industry to s...

 The St. Joe Company announced plans to move its corporate headquarters to its large-scale development project adjacent to the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Bay County. The new location is surrounded by some of the company's most valuable land holdings. St. Joe's new head...

Photos of the NEW Grand Lagoon Bridge on Thomas Drive are available!   Construction is coming along.  For updates & additional photos, please visit the  GrandLagoonProject.net website.    5 Week Temporary Road Closure Notice Estimated Dates:  January 25 - March 10, 2010 4823 to 4723 Thomas Drive...

Signs of a recovery in the real estate market indicate this may not be the "Winter of your Discount Tent." Home sales, value and mortgage applications have risen slightly as mortgage rates stand at a historic low. This slight glimmer of positive news is offset by estimates that about 48 percent o...

Termite swarming season gets under way in late February and early March as temperatures begin to warm. Swarming means the termites are leaving their colonies to search for new nesting sites. Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is again warning Floridians to t...

St. Joe Co., the largest private property owner in Northwest Florida, hopes Southwest Airlines will lift the company and region out of a major recession that has crashed the real estate market. "We continue to believe we will be positioned to take advantage of the new airport," St. Joe president ...

 PANAMA CITY - Transfer of development rights, or TDR, is a program that allows people to extend building limits on one property by taking them away from another. It is designed "to get development where it is most suitable, and to keep it from where it is unsuitable," said Lora Lucero, an attorn...

NEW STORES NOW OPEN AT PIER PARK:    -La Cantina   -Hallmark    -Earthbound Trading Co.       TEANTS COMING SOON: -Yogurty's Yummy Yogurt -Break Thru -Laser Tag   -Lattitude 29  RETAILERS NOW OPEN Dillard's  JCPenney  Target   Borders Books and Music The Grand Movie Theatre  Jimmy Buffett's Marg...

NEW YORK - Feb. 11, 2010 - Seeking alternatives to the nation's struggling foreclosure prevention efforts, federal and mortgage industry officials increasingly are looking for ways to get distressed borrowers to leave their homes voluntarily, without going through the expensive foreclosure proces...