http://www.valu-point.com/blog Real Estate Market Analysis | Real Estate Appraisal Consulting Wed, 13 May 2009 18:03:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Concurrently with the near total deterioration of the Florida real estate market encompassing most segments and categories, comes the push back against county property appraisers about their valuations and the resultant tax liability. Amidst loud and steady cries for reform the Florida legislature has recently considered several key issues that ... http://www.valu-point.com/blog/?p=9 The most compelling contemporary question I hear is "are we at the bottom of the market"? There is a variety of opinion about this; some driven by a "positive attitude" because we need some good news, some which are darker and perhaps more pragmatic responses. I am an admirer of Lou ... http://www.valu-point.com/blog/?p=8 This past week was as usual packed with tidbits of information and continued hand wringing about TARP, foreclosure and other serious subjects. What I found more interesting was closer to home. In the St. Petersburg Times on Sunday there were two references to proposed real estate projects. One is the ... http://www.valu-point.com/blog/?p=7 In a time of increasing frustration and turmoil the Tampa Bay area real estate market offers few clues to incite an outbreak of hope (with confidence). In fact, in addition to the ongoing residential slide other analysts believe that the commercial real estate market has yet to suffer a similar ... http://www.valu-point.com/blog/?p=6 My recent posting titled "The Real Estate Law of Gravity" provides some of the context for the conclusions here. A recent Tampa Tribune article detailed the current problems associated with a "late-in-the-market" apartment-to-condo conversion. While not rising to the level of an "I told you so" moment this type of project ... http://www.valu-point.com/blog/?p=4 I have been following with great interest the discussion regarding the so called "Heartland Expressway" a proposed new corridor running from I-4 NE of Lakeland through Osceola, Polk. Highlands, Hardee, Desoto and Lee Counties. This is one of those ideas which is so good that it may not happen! As a ... http://www.valu-point.com/blog/?p=3