TeamDuncan Blog

If 2009 will go down in our minds as the year of the economic slowdown, then 2010 is hopefully going to become the year when gray skies cleared. One sign of this new beginning is the fact that the number of residential home sales in Manatee County from January 1 of this year through December [...]

Close to 500 buyers will be having a very merry holiday this season, as they move into their new purchases. According to MLS, 473 residential properties have come under contract in Manatee County since November 1, most of which are expected to close before the end of 2009. Their average listing price, according [...]

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has just recently announced new lending rules for condominium buyers, which are sure to be a blow to the numbers of buyers who have increasingly relied on FHA financing. The rules place limits on the number of buyers in a given building who can get FHA financing and in new [...]

Although the latest statistics issued by the Florida Association of Realtors point to a 45% rise in the number of existing home sales in October as compared to the same month last year, and an amazing 82% jump in condo sales for the same period, there is nothing out there pointing to a full housing [...]

In a move designed to better serve our ever growing Property Management business, I am very pleased to announce that Elaine Mullhaupt, a TeamDuncan veteran, will be leading our rental management division. Elaine, who also speaks Spanish, has spent more than 20 years in the international arena, managing sizeable properties and those belonging to [...]