Pulte Homes has recently announced some great buyers incentives at Vista Cay  at Harbor Square and The Isles at Cay Commons. These Central Florida communities are in an excellent location adjacent to the Orlando Convention Center and offer a many resort style amenities.

Below are the current incentives offered on these great Orlando Investment Properties:

Vista Cay at Harbour Square - Bayshore: Price incentive $30,000

Vista Cay at Harbour Square - Monterey: Price incentive $25,000

The Isles at Cay Commons - Ventura: Price Incentive $15,000

Buyers are also able to participate in the Pulte Rewards Program where they will receive the following:

• $6,000 Closing cost contribution
• Homeowner's Association Dues Paid Through:
• Vista Cay

Lake Nona in the Southeast section of Orlando is about to see it’s first construction on a mixed-use development. The Lake Nona Village project construction is said to begin in October.

This mixed-use project will include seven hundred thousand square feet of retail, restaurants and office condos. Also included in the project are twenty-two residential condos and ninety-nine apartment units. This project, which will be known as Lake Nona Village, will sit atop fourteen and a half acres on Narcoossee Road.

The commercial and retail space will be built first with the residential units being started when those are just about completed. The developer for the project is Van Metre Companies and Colliers Arnold will be responsible for leasing out the

Everyone is going green these days and it’s no different when it comes to homebuilding. Homes take up a lot of the energy consumption being used and by micro-managing and making sure that one thinks green when thinking about the small details, this can have a huge impact on the environment, the bank account, and the health of everyone living on the planet.

One of the biggest advantages to building green are the health benefits involved. Often, indoor air quality can be much poorer than the air quality of the outdoors. This is because there are many furnishings, carpet and insulation that can release toxins and trap moisture. There are also a number of household products that can release harmful toxins into the environment. These include cleaners,

The Orlando - Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new marketing campaign that was recently announced by President Gary Sain. Sain made the announcement at an industry-wide luncheon, which had over six hundred and fifty guests. This marketing campaign focuses on keeping summer in bloom all year round with the tag line “Endless Summer – It’s not a season. It’s a state of mind.”

The luncheon was one event in a day-long program that the bureau hosted for those in the industry to let them know the status of the first year’s marketing tactics and to let them know what the next year will bring.

The bureau’s vice president of public relations, Danielle Courtenay, explained that this campaign was perfect for Florida as people don’t often

Two million dollars worth of improvements have gone underway at the Celebration Golf Club. These improvements will include having the golf course bunkers completely redone. Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Robert Trent Jones Jr. co-designed the course, which was built ten years ago. Golf Digest Magazine has given the course four and a half stars and Florida Golf News has ranked the course twelfth.

The club’s general manager, Gene Garrote, is hoping that the course will have a five star status once the improvements have been completed. Completion is scheduled for October. Garrote reports that one third of the new improvements is for new equipment, including completely new golf carts.

However there are other improvements being made. One of these is repaving

Are you interested in buying a distressed property? Pre-foreclosure filings were on the rise last month in Florida, placing it at the No. 2 spot across the nation for total filings and filings per capita, claims Foreclosures.com. In first place was California with 132,101 year-to-date pre-foreclosures, and Florida followed closely behind with 111,236. Florida was also just behind Nevada’s 2.55 percent per capita with a 1.76 percent per capita.

In July alone, Florida had 21,120 filings, which was well above the 13,005 filed in June. These were still very close to the numbers in California who had a total of 23,662 filings in July. However, they were much higher than the 6,498 cases filed in Texas. A report from Realty Trac. shows that Florida is number

Homes prices in the Orlando area are continuing to be lowered. During the second quarter, Orlando experienced a forty percent drop in sales on single-family homes. The number of home sales dropped from 8,189 last year to 4,933 for the same time period this year. The average sale price has also dropped from $265,500 in the second quarter of 2006 to $253,800 for the same time this year.

Condo sales for Orlando have also dropped by sixty-one percent. During the second quarter of 2006 the figure was 1,456, compared to 572 for the same period of time this year. Average sale prices for these condos have also dropped from $163,500 in the second quarter of 2006 to $155,700 this year.

The entire state has experienced a decrease in single-family homes. During

I am happy to report that I have some good news regarding tourism numbers. Resort tax collections in Orange County were raised almost four percent in the month of June. This should be good news for people that are looking to purchase an Orlando vacation property in our current buyers market.

The six percent hotel tax had produced $14.9 million in June. $12.4 million was taken from the first five cents of the tax. The sixth cent took $2.5 million. The sixth cent was added in September by The County Commission.

The June 2007 tax receipts had increased to $466,000 or 3.9 percent. In June 2006, the five percent rate created $11.9 million.

It is definitely encouraging to know that the resort tax had increased some after two months of declining tax

One of the things I love about living in the Orlando area is that all of my friends from around the country love to visit here. With this in mind we have always tried to have a nice comfortable guest room for all of our out of town vistors. A guest room can be much more than just a spare bed with a lamp and maybe a night stand. These rooms can be a true getaway paradise for guests that stay with you, keeping just a few design trends in mind.

The first thing is to make sure that the guest will be comfortable staying in the room. The best place to start is with the bed. For added comfort, a plush mattress topper can be added to make the guests feel as if they truly are sleeping in luxury. Double sheeting also adds a touch of class. To do this, place one

There really is nothing like moving into a brand new home where nothing has been used and there is no redecorating that needs to be done. A home that is one hundred percent, truly and only yours, brings about a feeling like no other. However, there is much more to building a home than some might think. Below are a few key things to keep in mind when building your dream home.

Consider very carefully where the home is going to be built. Check to make sure that any lots that you are considering building on are actually zoned for building. Although the real estate agent or the seller may tell you that this is not a building lot, this is not their responsibility so if you don’t check it out for yourself, you could end up with a lot that you can’t do