Will Wal-Mart Sell Your House?
What does Wal-Mart know that the rest of us don’t? The News Herald reports that Wal-Mart will so be re-opening it’s abandoned 23rd street location…AND they are planning a new… Read more »
Category: Local News and Trends
Selling your house? Some good news, some bad news…
The June 22, 2011 News Herald reported that sales of single family homes were up by 8% compared to a year ago! Great news, right? Well, at least it’s good… Read more »
Bay County Unemployment Drops in March 2011
Some welcome good news appeared in the News Herald on April 15. Our county unemployment rate dropped a full percentage point from February, to 10.3%. While that number is still… Read more »
A new twist to buying foreclosures
I have been buying foreclosures for many years. One of the first houses I ever bought, I spent 3 day in with a shovel and a wheelbarrow, cleaning out the… Read more »
Some good economic news for Bay County
The News Herald had a couple of encouraging articles this past week. One was about our county population (link)…it posted a small increase for the most recent reporting period (July… Read more »
Bay County Unemployment makes it hard to sell houses!
The News Herald reports that 2010 unemployment in our fair county set a 10 year high. You can read the full article here. I have said it before, and I… Read more »
Bay County Unemployment Update
Some bad news, and some good news! First, the bad: The News Herald reported Sunday that local unemployment was outpacing job growth in the county. While we are seeing a net gain… Read more »
2010 Home Foreclosure Trends In Bay County
Foreclosure is the word on everybody’s lips nowadays when talking about real estate. The real estate bust has caused unprecedented numbers of mortgages to go into default. In Florida, over 18% of… Read more »
Median Sales Price Trends
Now that 2010 has come to a close, I wanted to look back at the general trend in house prices in Bay County. The accompanying chart shows the median sales… Read more »
Are Panama City House Sales Picking Up?
First the bad news. I started the New Year with a cold. Now the good news. My phone is ringing, and there are buyers on the other end! November and… Read more »