Pay Dirt - Linda Cullen's Real Estate Blog

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Blink, blink.  Yes, it's true, yet another doomsday story.  This isn't JUST about Real Estate; it's about Florida (yes of course, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Flamingo Park.....). When I moved to West Palm Beach in early 1985 I wanted to be associated with a with-in magazine - not a glossy...
07/14/2008
Please access the lead article in Barron's dated July 14th (but already on the streets) - "Home Prices Are About to Bottom" (subhead). "Contrary to what you've heard, the plunge should stop in many areas by year's end. How a collapse of Fannie and Freddie might help." The article claims that inve...
07/13/2008
Yes, yes I know!  We all want designer yards these days.  Pretty, pretty ..... A lot of buyers these days are still looking for a house that hasn't already been renovated to someone else's taste.  Then they find the perfect fixer-upper and the yard is basic.  There is plant material there, and tr...
07/11/2008
The City of West Palm Beach (Historic Preservation Division) is taking a pro-active approach to what historic districts all over the country are wrestling with - Houses built up to 1958 have now reached that historic age threshold of 50 years.  At first glance, most folks doesn't give homes of th...
07/10/2008
It's NEVER too hot to learn something interesting.  Customers always ask, "Is this a working fireplace?" A homeowner almost never uses the fireplaces integral to an historic homes built in the teens and 20s in South Florida. But they are part of the character and charm of our historic housing sto...
07/05/2008
Well, my cooking is a chilled cucumber/chicken broth/yogurt soup with crabmeat topping ---- not "cooked" actually - but I'm slicing and dicing and reflecting on the good news in yesterday's Palm Beach Post.  You've heard about all these vacant / dark single family home communities sitting in sile...
07/04/2008
It's the rainy season in South Florida.  The skies turn ominous in the west and let loose.  We're grateful to what seems like a return to rainy season normalcy here in these parts.  We've been under a severe drought and the restrictions that come with it.  Not that we should consider going back t...
07/03/2008
Palm Beach County (namely the old sections of West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, and Lake Worth) are home to many, many cottages!  What IS a cottage?  The dictionary defines it as a small single family house.  Architectural buffs, historians and Martha Stewart wannabes will all put their own spin on ...
07/02/2008
In real estate, we all keep an eagle eye on the geography we specialize in. As I've said before, that's the best indicator for the LOCAL market.  And every Seller is selling LOCALLY; Buyers are buying LOCALLY.  So picture a geographic rectangle in West Palm Beach (Palm Beach County), Florida - ne...
07/01/2008
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There probably isn't a real estate agent these days who would look forward to doing an Open House.  Open Houses make the Seller feel really good that you're working hard to get as much exposure for their property as possible. Do Open Houses sell?  Fifteen years in the business; I don't want to co...
06/30/2008
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