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Proposed for this Lot– 3 bedroom and 3 bath home with a courtyard entrance leading to a waterfront view from the great room. The master suite & breakfast knook all opening to the lanai overlooking the water-An Avid Fisherman’s Home! 1 fixed bridge will fit most boats. Featuring 9 foot ceilings, granite, stainless appliances, french doors, impact windows, high technology, high quality ‘green’ construction. Dream Home to be built as proposed or will build to buyers spec’s. 

With home prices down 34% nationally since 2006 and mortgage rates at historic lows, homes have never [...]]]> Buying a home may never get any cheaper than this. Several housing experts are predicting that this year will be the last chance for bargain hunters to cash in on the best deals of the weak housing market.

With home prices down 34% nationally since 2006 and mortgage rates at historic lows, homes have never been more affordable — but it won’t stay this way for much longer.

Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for PNC Financial Services, said he expects home prices to flatten out by the third quarter and start climbing by next year.

A number of factors will help bolster the housing market, he said, including a decline in the number of foreclosures and continued job growth. In addition, homebuyers will have better access to mortgages as they get their finances in order and improve their credit scores.

“This is a strong indicator that we will start seeing home price indexes, like the S&P/Case-Shiller, start to report home price increases this summer,” he said.

Prospective homebuyers who’ve been sitting on the fence shouldn’t worry if they aren’t quite ready to make the leap. Analysts are predicting that the initial price gains will be modest, at least, in most markets.

Posted May 3rd By AOL Real Estate

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Palm Beach County’s median sales price for an existing single-family home lifted to $197,000 in March, a 6 percent increase from February driven in part by depleted inventory and voracious investors.

A sales report the Florida Realtors released Thursday showed the number of homes sold in Palm Beach [...]]]> By KIMBERLY MILLER

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Palm Beach County’s median sales price for an existing single-family home lifted to $197,000 in March, a 6 percent increase from February driven in part by depleted inventory and voracious investors.

A sales report the Florida Realtors released Thursday showed the number of homes sold in Palm Beach County and the state was up 24 percent and 29 percent, respectively, in March compared with February.

And while Palm Beach County’s sales dipped 7 percent last month from March 2011, prices remained 4 percent higher in the year-over-year measure.

“In the last year my buyers have had to increase their offers by 10 percent,” said Sharon Restrepo, vice president of the West Palm Beach-based Florida Real Estate Investors Association, which deals almost exclusively with investors. “Cash is coming from everywhere and everyone is finally emptying their mattresses of money.”

Statewide, the median sales price for a single family home was $139,000 in March, up 10 percent from last year and 4 percent over February.

The Florida Realtors report, which is produced by the Minneapolis-based 10K Research, differs slightly from what the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches posts because of how the data are collected by regional Multiple Listing Service groups.

According to Palm Beach Realtors, the median sales price for a single-family home not in foreclosure or sold as a short sale was $216,000 in March, up 3 percent from last year.

Florida’s upbeat home sales news matched national numbers, which showed a 5 percent increase in March compared with last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. The seasonally adjusted annual sales rate in March was 4.48 million, while the median existing sales price for a single-family home nationally was $163,000, up 1.9 percent from the same time last year.

Still, Wells Fargo advisers called a 2.6 percent drop nationally in purchases last month from February “disappointing.”

“That said we still contend the recent declines are not indicative of the trend,” the advisers said in an analysis of sales numbers.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, blamed dwindling supply for less robust March sales.

“We were expecting a seasonal increase in home listings, but a lack of inventory has suddenly become an issue in several markets with not enough homes for sale in relation to buyer interest,” Yun said. “Home sales could be held back because of supply factors and not by demand.”

Palm Beach County’s inventory of single-family homes shrank to 6.2 months in March from 13.5 months last year. Inventory statewide was at just 5.9 months, down from 10.4 months in March 2011.

More notable is the sharp drop in distressed homes – short sales and foreclosures – on the market. Just 1,090 distressed single-family homes were for sale in March, a 69 percent decrease from March last year. Distressed condominium inventory was down 78 percent.

“The banks are sitting on the inventory and trickling it out to create the demand and value, and it’s working,” said Restrepo, who is still wary of how the shadow inventory of homes in the process of foreclosure will affect the market.

Yun, who spoke Tuesday during the International Economic Forum of the Americas at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, said he is less concerned about shadow inventory and believes Florida real estate is experiencing a stable rebound.

“The Florida market, particularly South Florida, is recovering very rapidly from oversupply to a shortage of inventory,” Yun said on Tuesday. “Florida’s market is almost back to normal.”

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If you’re looking for one of the best golf clubs in Florida, look no further than The Loxahatchee Club. Being named to the prodigious Platinum Club of America list has helped this upscale residential community achieve elitist status. At Holland Group we are dedicated to finding the right house for you. Click here to see the houses we are offering. The Loxahatchee Club is not just a golf club. The homes inside the club reflect the same level of design, and commitment to quality as the world famous golf course. If you have never seriously considered a home in the club we would encourage you to look at these truly beautiful homes.

Showing properties 1 - 14 of 14. See more Loxahatchee Golf Club.
(all data current as of 5/20/2012)

1. $2,695,000 : 232 Locha Dr, Jupiter
   
   4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 4,677 sq ft

   Lot size: 30,266 sqft

   Year built: 1990

   Parking spots: 3

   Days on market: 19
   
2. $1,499,000 : 101 Echo Dr, Jupiter
   
   4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 3,129 sq ft

   Lot size: 11,047 sqft

   Year built: 1999

   Parking spots: 4

   Days on market: 30
   
3. $2,790,000 : 212 Locha Dr, Jupiter
   
   4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 5,447 sq ft

   Year built: 1994

   Parking spots: 3

   Days on market: 73
   
4. $374,000 : 104 Micco Cir, Jupiter
   
   2 beds, 2 full baths

   Home size: 1,544 sq ft

   Year built: 1987

   Parking spots: 1

   Days on market: 79
   
5. $895,000 : 202 Chinook Lane, Jupiter
   
   4 beds, 4 full baths

   Home size: 3,006 sq ft

   Lot size: 10,011 sqft

   Year built: 1986

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 83
   
6. $2,450,000 : 105 Sota Dr, Jupiter
   
   6 beds, 6 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 4,784 sq ft

   Year built: 1989

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 86
   
7. $2,750,000 : 250 Locha Dr, Jupiter
   
   4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 4,273 sq ft

   Year built: 1991

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 114
   
8. $1,200,000 : 116 Echo Dr, Jupiter
   
   3 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,737 sq ft

   Year built: 1988

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 166
   
9. $849,900 : 121 Echo Lane, Jupiter
   
   4 beds, 4 full, 1 part baths

   Home size: 2,877 sq ft

   Year built: 1989

   Parking spots: 2

   Days on market: 187
   
10. $849,000 : 123 Hawksbill Wy, Jupiter
    
    4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 3,115 sq ft

    Year built: 1994

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 226
    
11. $1,425,000 : 116 Terrapin Trl, Jupiter
    
    4 beds, 5 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 4,984 sq ft

    Year built: 1997

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 268
    
12. $1,300,000 : 151 Sota Dr, Jupiter
    
    3 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 3,211 sq ft

    Year built: 1993

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 312
    
13. $1,299,000 : 123 Echo Lane, Jupiter
    
    3 beds, 3 full, 2 part baths

    Home size: 3,028 sq ft

    Year built: 1989

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 383
    
14. $1,390,000 : 138 Sota Dr, Jupiter
    
    3 beds, 4 full baths

    Home size: 3,227 sq ft

    Year built: 1997

    Days on market: 405
    

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