House hunters in Sarasota County will find the real estate market is in prime position for major growth in the coming year. That’s according to the real estate website Trulia, which just released its top 10 list of “hot” real estate markets across the country. The data is based on five key metrics including Job growth, high affordability low, vacancy …
US home prices exceed pre-recession values with healthy sales but what about Florida?
U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a new study. The national home price index, released Tuesday, is slightly above the peak it set in July 2006, after rising 5.5 percent in September from a year earlier. The milestone comes after more than four years of steady gains. …
Trusts Remain an Important Tool for Lasting Legacies
Life, by its very nature, is uncertain, and nowhere is it more important to consider those uncertainties than when planning how the fruits of a lifetime will protect and sustain loved ones or continue to support cherished causes in the way someone wishes. In the past, trusts were mostly viewed as a strategy for preserving estates by reducing the impact …