Today I saw on the state's website that my real estate company is finally registered.

It is GEEK REALTY LLC

To see my website click here

School is out here in Polk and Hillsborough counties.

It is now the holiday weekend.  For the last two years, this weekend has been a slow real estate week for me.  But the next week has been VERY BUSY!

We shall see!!!

Currently the market is a little flat in Plant City.  Sellers have finally begun to drop their prices a meaningful amount or taking their houses off the market entirely.

Those that are dropping the price are typically those that have already moved out of the area and are feeling the pain of two mortgages.  Those that are removing their home from the market are those that did not have to sell, just wanted to.

Then there are those with dollar signs in their eyes.  Many of these people still have their home listed at last years prices and if they sell, it will be a miracle.  But, if they keep them listed long enough, maybe the market will catch back up with them.  History indicates that this will happen, the question is "When?".

But with this full blown buyer's market, there are still exceptions.  There was a house I was working with a buyer on and we were thinking he could get it for something less than list, when out of the blue another buyer stepped in and bought it for $182,000 and the house was only listed for $175,000.

One problem with buyers now are that they are afraid that prices are going to go down more and they don't want to buy until they can convince hemselves the deal they are getting is the best they can get.  This is causing them to want to look at more homes and sometimes, like the situation above, by the time they decide to act it is too late.  And maybe too little.

Call volume has been sporadic lately with some weekends going by without a single call.  This is unusual, but is allowing me to catch up on a lot of things I have been putting off. :)

I read all of the polls from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR) and they tell me how I should be finding my customers and how my customers should be finding me.  The problem is that my numbers aren't even close to theirs.  My customers are mostly referrals and sign calls.

If you recently bought or sold, or intend to buy or sell real estate in the near future, please leave me a comment and let me know how you chose your Realtor.  If you are local (Tampa area), I would love to be your Realtor, but I promise I will not contact you if you reply to this post unless you explicitly ask me to.

We are still in a buyer's market, meaning there are more sellers than there are buyers.

If you are a buyer, there are plenty of good deals out there.

If you are a seller, there are buyers that are buying.  You just need to do something to make your house the one they want.  Unless your house has some outstanding and unique features, the only other item you can change is the price or some form of financing.  This market is tough for sellers and this appears to be the outlook for at least a few more months.  I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you want to sell your house, you have to be realistic.

You or your realtor can do all of the advertising in the world, but if there is another house just down the street with the same features and it is priced less, it will be hard to sell yours.  Just look at how many people flock to Wal-Mart everyday to save a few pennies.  They will definitely go down the street to save $10,000!

If you are a seller who wants to sell or a buyer who is ready and able to buy, deals are being made everyday.  Are you ready to make a deal?

My comments will follow later today.

The table below is for the overall local Tampa market.

Now look what happens in the upper price ranges.

If you would like for me to give you the statistics for your price range, give me a call or email me.  No Realtors please, this information is available to you through the MLS.