Americans believe home prices will increase

According to information gathered by a Financial Times/Harris Poll, 68% of American adults believe home prices will increase over the next 5 years.

At the same time 39% of the adults polled are somewhat to extremely concerned about losing their primary residents over the next 12 months due to not being able to make their payments.


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- Greg Staker Watson Realty Corp. 407-304-0255

Orlando will lead Florida in population, employment and personal income gain

Good news is expected for the Sunshine State according to a news report from the University of Central Florida's economist today.

Sean Snaith, director of UCF’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness predicted that the State's population and job market will increase by more than 50% over the next 3 decades.

His comments concerning the real estate market includes:

Florida's housing construction sector bottoms out in the fourth quarter of this year. Housing starts will climb at a very slow pace. In 2010, housing starts will have recovered but at levels that will be 100,000 starts fewer than the peak level reached in 2005.

Read the full news report


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- Greg Staker Watson Realty Corp. 407-304-0255