With the rising price of lumber – which is due in large part to the slow down of mills during the COVID-19 pandemic – home builders and contractors have had to play a waiting game…and some consumers are paying much higher prices. As of April 2021, lumber prices have soared by approximately 232% since the [...]
Building a new home is exciting. It offers you the opportunity to truly customize your living space. But creating your ideal dream home can also take time – particularly in light of the vast demand (and corresponding slow down) for materials and building contractors over the past year. Being in the midst of a seller’s [...]
Building a new custom home can be a great way to truly make your house YOUR home. But depending on the amenities that you choose, it can also come with a high price tag. According to Home Advisor, the average cost of building a new home in 2020 was just over $300,000. So, how much [...]
With social distancing and wearing masks becoming almost second nature now, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way that we live, work, and learn in a variety of ways. In fact, many of the biggest changes involve your home – starting with most people spending more time in it. For the past several months, the [...]
As a homeowner in Florida, it is important to understand property taxes, as well as how much you owe each year. While the Sunshine State doesn’t tax income at the state level, there are other tax obligations that Floridians have – including those that are levied on real estate. For example, if you are the [...]
As we approach the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are various industries that have been hit hard, while others are booming. The real estate market is one that falls into the latter category. In fact, this particular area of the economy may have even been changed forever. One reason for this has to [...]
If you’re planning to build a new custom home, the process could take some time. In fact, depending on the specifics of the residence, as well as the availability of materials, it may be a year or more before you are able to move in. But even though you haven’t unpacked any boxes yet, it [...]
The year 2020 has been about as unpredictable as the weather and the stock market. While some aspects of the past 10 months – like the COVID-19 pandemic – have brought a number of changes to the way we work and live, others, such as the historically low mortgage rates in Florida as well as [...]
If you’ve been planning the construction of a custom home this year, it’s likely that the COVID-19 pandemic has had at least some type of impact on the timing, as well as the availability of necessary materials, and the interest rates on home mortgages and construction loans. Even though the housing market in Florida – [...]
If you’re thinking about building a custom home in Florida, then it is likely that you have considered how you can keep it safe in the event of a hurricane or other type of violent weather. Here in the Sunshine State, hurricane season runs from June 1st to November 1st every year, with the storms [...]