Commentary: Confronting The Illusion of Affordable Housing

Palm Coast’s Comprehensive Plan says, “Citizens of all income levels shall have the opportunity to obtain quality housing at a reasonable cost.” Yet...

March 7, 2019 | read full story

March 6, 2019 - 2019 Florida Legislature Begins Session

March 4, 2019 - Marina del Palma to be Featured Community in 25th Annual Flagler Parade of Homes

February 26, 2019 - Texas Roadhouse Steak Restaurant Coming to Palm Coast

February 26, 2019 - HUD: Drop Affordable Housing’s Not-in-my-backyard Mindset

Palm Coast, Flagler Co. - The First End-to-end Look at the Great Housing Recession - Bubble, Crash, Recovery

January 18, 2017 – Flagler County (including Palm Coast) in Northeast Florida has been called the poster child of the Great Recession. Its housing market suffered for more than ten years. Properties dropped nearly 60% in value. For three years, 2009, 2010 and 2011, more than half of homes sold were either short sales or foreclosures. Palm Coast was featured in a front-page story in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post in June, 2011. That chapter is now over. 2016 marks the year in which the Flagler County housing market emerged from the cycle’s doldrums to regain a sense of normalcy. Now, the first end-to-end look at the cycle that lasted more than a decade; the Bubble, the Crash and the Recovery. read full story

Flagler-Palm Coast YTD Real Estate Report

October 23, 2017 - The Flagler-Palm Coast real estate market is unquestionably healthy. Like most coastal markets, ours encompasses a broad range of prices. Sales of a relatively few high-priced homes skew statistics and distort the overall picture. read full story

PODCAST: Toby's March 16th broadcast of REAL ESTATE MATTERS - GUESTS: Ken Belshe, Marina del Palma and Annamaria Abad, Flagler Homebuilders Association TOPIC: Parade of Homes

First-Time Homebuyer Market at Pre-Crisis Level

What are 'granny flats' – are they next bargain homes?

HUD Secretary Ben Carson says he'll leave office after first term

More homeowners paying their mortgages on time

VA loans skyrocket in popularity for first-time homebuyers

JPMorgan Chase chief economist bets against 2020 recession

U.S. homeownership rate hits highest level since 2014

NEW SMART HOMES COMING TO PARC’S “ETOWN” IN JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

Tax collectors chase rich New Yorkers moving to low-tax states. Auditors inspect cell records, even your dog's vet bills

TAX REFORM AND THE 55+ MARKET FOR NEW HOMES

Homeownership for older Millennials quickly becoming a thing

Golf courses disappear as developers seek new kind of green

Getting a Mortgage Becomes Easier for the Self-Employed