Your Brand New Lakefront Villa Awaits!

There are many great Orlando area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (407) 925-6833 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Your Brand New Lakefront Villa Awaits!

New Construction can at times offer a builder’s warranty for up to 30 years. In light of that, I have some great news to share with you – we’ve teamed up with the builders of The Villas at Green Gate, which is located in Groveland (just on the edge of Lake Minneola). Some benefits of the Villas are:

• Situated roughly 35 minutes away from Disney World
• Also about the same distance away from a variety of shopping centers
• Both the East and West Coast beaches are under two hours away
• The safety and security of a gated community
• The convenience and beauty of being right across from Green Valley Country Club
• Boat access to Lake Minneola
• Gorgeous pool with facility area
• 10 foot high ceilings, two-car garages
• Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and wood floor upgrades are available
• Two and three bedroom options available, starting at 1,400 square feet

Most people don’t realize that Clermont boasts the highest elevation in Florida, which makes for spectacular views! 

If you would like a tour of The Villas at Green Gates, give me a call and I can show you everything they have to offer. Thanks and have a great day!

Orlando Market Update: Buyers and Sellers Have Everything to Gain!

There are many great Orlando area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (407) 925-6833 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Orlando Market Update: Buyers and Sellers Have Everything to Gain!

The current Orlando market is doing very well – we’re coming off of an inventory spike that went from 4.5 months to 5.5 months. The process is moving along smoothly and at the same time, interest rates are very low. This makes the current market great for both buying and selling!

If you didn't know already interest rates are at an all-time low. For sellers, this means that more buyers will be able to afford your home and your monthly payment will be smaller for when you purchase your next home. Also, buying an investment home will bring you a greater return as opposed to holding your money in a bank account. In terms of selling the home in the future, your low interest mortgage will allow you to sell the home for more money.


If you have any questions about buying, selling or investing in real estate, don’t hesitate to give me a call. Thanks and have a great day!

Attention Agents: Take Advantage of an Abundance of Buyer Leads!

There are many great Orlando area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (407) 925-6833 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Joe Jones: Meet Your Trusted Listing Specialist!

My name is Joe Jones and I represent the Philbeck team. As the team’s listing specialist, I help sellers find buyers for their home by optimizing marketing resources. Having been in the business for 14 months, I am eager to create a fruitful career! Ultimately, I love real estate because of the clients; my main priorities are clear communication with the client and providing the best possible customer service in selling their property.

If you have any real estate needs, don’t hesitate to give me a call or send me an email! Thanks and have a great day.

Homeowners: Are You Tired of Your Outdated or Small Kitchen?

There are many great Orlando area homes for sale. Click here to perform a full home search, or if you're thinking of selling your home, click here for a FREE Home Price Evaluation so you know what buyers will pay for your home in today's market. You may also call me at (407) 925-6833 for a FREE home buying or selling consultation to answer any of your real estate questions.

Here are the top ten best renovated kitchens from HGTV’s House Hunters: Renovation:

10.    Sometimes all an outdated kitchen needs is a little paint and a lot of creativity! These homeowners updated their kitchen with two tones of grey and a yellow wall to brighten things up!

9.    This house may have had renovation written all over it, but the kitchen was next to perfect! After a few minor changes, the kitchen was perfect!

8.    This kitchen featured tile countertops which led the owners to scrap the countertops and the walls! They then added custom cabinets and countertops and threw a party to commemorate them.

7.    1 ugly kitchen + 2 homeowners ready for a change – 1 one wall = 1 cool kitchen!

6.    This kitchen wasn’t a nightmare, but the owner couldn’t live with its outdated styling. After some renovation magic, they created an open, airy and awesome kitchen!

5.    When a kitchen feels cramped and outdated, there is only one solution: demolition! Six weeks
later, the kitchen is styling!

4.    A completely wallpapered kitchen (even the went hood featured wallpaper) was not what these homeowners had in mind! However, a vision and $500,000 made for a much improved kitchen!

3.    This snow white kitchen wasn’t winning any style points with the homeowners, but mix in some greys, browns and stainless steel and you get a perfect 10!

2.    Get these tile counters out of our sight! Add some stainless steel appliances and much needed light and the kitchen instantly feels brighter and newer!

1.    The best renovation is... This specious galley kitchen was in the middle of a larger room and was just plain weird. Good thing the owner is also a contractor! They blew the whole thing open and created a blend of modern and beach styles, which is perfect for parties!

These were the top ten renovated kitchens from House Hunters: Renovation. If you would like so more information on home renovations, don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Thanks and have a great day!

Top 10 Roadblocks to Watch for in Your Next Renovation Project!

These ten roadblocks almost derailed these homeowner’s renovation dreams on House Hunters: Renovation.

10. Measure twice, build once! These homeowners added 6 inches to their wall after sending measurements for custom cabinets.

9. Look out for wood paneling. This stuff does not come off easy!

8. Hire a pro to do your wallpaper!

7. Make sure your oven hood actually vents! For these homeowners, the oven was venting into the wall causing them to completely gut the wall.

6. Mold. Nothing derails a renovation project like mold; you will end up gutting the room and eventually your wallet!

5. Be careful of what is under your carpet! These homeowners found a surprise patch of parquet flooring when tearing out their carpet and takes even more time to rip out.

4. You! You can be one of the biggest roadblocks in your project. We know this can be an extremely stressful project, but try and keep it together!

3. Be careful picking your designer. This couple found themselves with a designer picking his own colors to paint their house!

2. If choosing a quartz surface, measure your countertop thoroughly! Quartz is cut from slabs and is useless if cut too small.

1. Beware of stone! These renovators received 55 out of 80 pieces of tile chipped and when they received more, they didn’t like it.

Thankfully, these roadblocks didn’t stop these renovators from completing their project; but they can be a headache! Keep this in mind when starting your home renovation project.

Exclusive Orlando Market Update September 2013

Welcome back to my video blog! I wanted to give you an update on what’s happening in our Orlando market. We currently are experiencing a shift from a buyers market to a sellers market.

Multiple offer situations have become the norm. The average sales price has also increased from $120,000 to $155,000 from last year to this year.

The average days on market is just 60 days. It’s an incredible time buy and sell. Although interest rates have increased slightly to 4.66 percent, this is still a phenomenal rate. If you can remember in 2008 rates were as high as 6.08 percent.

Give me a call at (407) 925-6833 or email me at Nicole@ThePhilbeckTeam.com so I can help with all you real estate needs! Thanks for watching!

Orlando Area Real Estate Market Update – Summer 2012

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We have seen some interesting things happen in our real estate market lately – both locally and nationally. With inventory slowly dwindling down, after months and months of a buyer-centric property market we are finally seeing a strong opportunity for people on both sides of the fence.

Sellers Enjoying Control in the Marketplace

Aside from decreased inventory, sellers are enjoying plenty of attention with several buyers often vying for their properties resulting in multiple offers. This means sellers are able to sell their homes faster than we have seen in a while, they are getting top dollar for their homes and they no longer need to pull out all stops in terms of seller concessions in order to be successful. Fewer competing homes on the market also makes for smoother transactions and easier to deal with buyers.

Buyers Have Low Interest Rates and Low Prices to Fall Back On

Though buyers have been in control for much of the past several years, things are changing. One thing that has not changed for a while, record setting interest rates are still available for buyers. When combined with the low home prices of properties in our area today, the marketplace is an ideal one for first-time buyers, people looking to trade up into something better or investors. Despite the competition of other buyers out there, this is a phenomenal time to buy!

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The numbers speak for themselves. This time last year, there were 10,969 homes on the market while today there are 8,243 available homes on the market. Track back to 2009 and the number of available homes seems staggeringly high at over 22,000! More than half fewer homes points to a fast stabilizing market where we can finally expect to see increasing values. Our average Days On Market has slowly but steadily moved down to 85 DOM as of May 2012.

If you want to get in on all the action and either buy, sell or invest in a property – call me today. The opportunity is phenomenal and it remains a fantastic time for buyers and sellers alike because of home values stabilizing and interest rates remaining so low. We look forward to making your real estate goals a success!

Here is more information from Orlando Regional REALTOR Association

Median prices experience across-the-board increases

The median price of existing homes sold in the Orlando area has increased more than 15.74 percent since the beginning of the year, from $108,000 in January to $125,000 at the half-year mark in June, reports Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association. Compared to January 2011, the median price has increased 31.72 percent.

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