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HUGH YARD SALE in the parking lot of the Weeki Wachee Springs Park on SR 19 just south of SR 50. There are going to be 50 vendors and all kinds of fun stuff! It is from 9 - 3. See you there. We will always keep you posted. Have a great day and enjoy! ELSIE KEMPSEY & JULIE LUDOVICO Team Tropic [Read More]

Goldman Sachs reported that the housing market is recovering and they believe it has reached the bottom. The national decline in the housing market from 2007 was approximately 35%. It is predicted that it may decline another 2.5% in 2012 and then start going up again. However, the belief is it will [Read More]

It is a real joke that "short sales" are called "short"; what a misconception.  They need to find different verbiage because a while back people thought "short sales" didn't take too long.   We have one "short sale" that is now going past f [Read More]

As a realtor for a couple of years in Hernando County (Spring Hill, Brooksville and Weeki Wachee) when I first started, I really felt uncomfortable asking people about "pre approval" and their finances.  Frankly, I didn't think it was any of my business.  At that time, it re [Read More]

My husband made me laugh this morning when he said you and Julie (my business partner) in TeamTropic Hernando, need to get our feet rocking and our knuckes knocking.  What did he mean - we are going to go visit For Sale By Owners and explain why it might behoove them to list with a realtor. M [Read More]

My husband and I, along with two friends, have made it our mission to go to Tampa from Weeki Wachee where we live every Friday night and try a different restaurant. Many of you may not know we have a Soho District in Tampa.  It is quite a happening spot with the bars and all types of great re [Read More]

It was reported that Hernando Countyfiled a counterclaim againstthe original contractor for the Hernando Beach Channel dredging project and the contractor's bonding company. Their counterclaim states taht Orion Dredging Services LLC did not complete the work according to their work permit. They a [Read More]

Standard & Poors redcuded America's credit rating from AAA to AA+, something that has not happened in many years. This is very scary to all of us and what does it mean to us? One of the ways to "correct" this according to the news reports, is that they would raise the interest rates. Not sure if t [Read More]

THe lucky residents of Hernando County have a brand spanking new K-8 opening on August 200 for more than 700 students.  This is along side the Weeki Wachee High School that opened last year!  It is located right off RT 19, approximately 5 miles north of SR 50 in the Royal Highlands area o [Read More]

State regulators, who have the final say on Citizens Property Insurance's proposal to raise sinkhole rates by 429 percent, said they haven't decided yet on whether to hold public hearings on the request. The board of state-backed Citizens, Florida's largest home insurer, approved the sinkhole rate [Read More]