For information about homes for sale in Boca Raton, stay on and return to this blog. Questions are welcome and will be responded to soon. Blog is founded by Marilyn Farber Jacobs, Realtor, ePRO of Lang Realty in Boca Raton.
Prices range from about $100,000 for active over age 55 residents to over $5,000,000 for oceanfront condos and homes and gated golfing communities which require equity fees and annual dues. There is something for everyone. For families with children, Boca has A-rated public schools and private schools. Sport facilities abound (golf, tennis, fishing, e.g.) and the beaches are the best anywhere. Restaurants, shopping (from flea markets to the most upscale stores), concerts, theatre, airports... all are within Boca or nearby.
For detailed information about Boca Raton, go to www.MarilynJacobs.com, EXPLORE THE AREA, and click on "click here for more information...." under BOCA RATON. You can SEARCH THE MLS on this site, see many homes for sale on the home page, and look over communities in EXPLORE THE AREA.
Life is GOOD in BOCA RATON... C'mon down!
-Marilyn Jacobs
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My clients ask me, “What is expected in the real estate market for 2006?”
David Lereah, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors says that he expects home sales and housing starts to drop by about 5% and 8% respectively in 2006, and sees ahead “a soft landing” rather than some “bursting” of balloons. However, he is concerned about rising energy prices and their affect on home sales and the national economy.
Mr. Lereah said current trends in the housing sector are healthy. “We don’t need to break a record every year for the housing market to be good – in fact, cooling sales are necessary for the long-term health of this vital sector.” He mentioned that inventories are rising, interest rates have creeped up modestly, and while housing sales in 2005 broke records, 2006 should be the 2nd best year for housing sales. He says the key word right now is “balance,” and notes a return to a more normal rate of price growth.
Inventories are rising locally in the Boca Raton area.
You can email Marilyn at MarilynFJacobs@aol.com or call 561-988-0070.
HOMESTEAD for 2006
Property Appraiser Extends Office Hours for 2006 Homestead Exemption Filings (last day to file: March 1, 2006)
501 South Congress, Delray Beach
Service Center, Governmental Center, 301 North Olive, 1st Floor, West Palm Beach
Service Centers, 3188 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens
200 Civic Center Way, Royal Palm Beach
NEW HOURS:
Weekdays 7:30 am to 6 pm
Bring copy of recorded deed and ID (drivers liense or voters registration) and social security number.
Application can be downloaded at:
pbcgov.com/PAPA. For further information call 561-355-2866
WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO LIVE IN BOCA RATON...
Want to play golf??? Check out the many beautiful public golf courses, and look over the equity gated golfing communities, which require fees to join and annual dues. There is something in Boca for every golfer at all prices.
Is it the waterfront that you want? We have condos galore on the oceanfront and which line both sides of the Intracoastal Waterway. Inland condo communities might present properties on lakes, or with golf views... take your pick!
Are you looking for night life? Try concerts - outdoors - on the lawn on balmy summer nights - in Mizner Park. A great place to eat, imbibe and browse in a pretty area.
Do you want play areas for the children? Look under Parks in Boca Raton on a search engine (e.g. Google or msn.com) and you will find them listed.
Are you looking for A-Rated schools for your children? My website, www.MarilynJacobs.com will give you a myriad of information on local schools in Boca Raton and all nearby cities.
Tennis clubs and tennis communities are available as well.
Restaurants? All kinds of foods to eat in Boca at all kinds of prices.
If there is something else you want to know about, ASK MARILYN. (MarilynFJacobs@aol.com)
MARILYN FARBER JACOBS
Ideas for how to spend time:
Outdoor evening concerts in Mizner Park... bring your own chairs and refreshments and listen to live music
Get a reservation in a terrific restaurant "after the season" when more seats are available and the "sunset specials" are great deals...
Head for the beach and sit back and watch the waves come in and the boats go by... LIFE IS GOOD!
Swim in the early mornings before the sun is high, and find peaceful moments in "PARADISE"
Let time stand still as you relax in your yard, or on your porch, balcony or patio, or in a park.
Summer in Boca is a great time of the year!
Marilyn Farber Jacobs
Predictions for 2006 are now... that prices may rise 3-5%. Homes that are selling quickly are in move-in condition, often updated, and priced for the market.
If after 60 days a home on the market has not gotten a bid, it could be advisable to lower the price as buyers sometimes say to their agents: "I won't look at a home priced higher than $..." and therefore they might not have seen your home.
Good luck with home sales, and if I can be of any help, don't hesitate to call. Remember that:
MY INTEGRITY + MY COMMITMENT + MY DISCRETION + MY SERVICE = results for YOU!
Marilyn Farber Jacobs
561-988-0070
THanks for your kind remarks, Alicia. How did you find my blog? Have you ever visited Boca Raton? If so, what impression did you have of it?
Marilyn
The 11th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival runs from 4-20 to 4-28-06 and will feature 567 films. Part of the purpose is to entice producers, directors and production companies to like the area as a location for future cinematic projects and make the area into a filmmaking hot spot.
It takes place in
..CityPlace at the Muvico Parisian, 545 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach;
..Sunrise Cinemas at Mizner Park in Boca Raton,
..Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Avenue in Delray Beach,
..the Duncan Theatre in Palm Beach Community College, 4200 So ..Congress Ave in Lake Work and
at the Burt Reynodls Museum, 100 No US 1 in Jupiter.
Multi-film passes start at $50 - go to www.pbifilmfest.org for purchasing admission or call 561-362-0003.
Filmmakers can take bus tours of scenic spots (possible backdrops for their movies) to places like The Morikami Museum in Delray Beach, sugar cane fields in Belle Glade, Peanut Island in the Lake Worth Lagoon and a trolley ride around downtown West Palm Beach.
In 2005 film and TV prodction spending in Palm Beach County, according to Film & Television Commission reports, was about $111-million with 10 feature films produced in the county. In 2004 there were 18, including Boynton Beach Bereavement Club and In Her Shoes.
Keep watch on your silver screens for our locale in forthcoming films.
MARILYN FARBER JACOBS
This group is "getting on top of things." According to the Palm Beach Post on 4-19-06, the West Boca Community Council has asked neighborhoods to form volunteer comittees to help before, during and after hurricanes.
Various neigborhoods have been asked to submit the name of a committee leader before the end of May and to form a Safety Committee with at least 3 people on it, each having assigned duties, and they would report to the HOA's safety coordinator. One idea is to identify people who will check on residents, especially the elderly or those with special needs.
If you live in the West Boca area, you might want to contact this group and volunteer to be involved.
MARILYN FARBER JACOBS
With nearly 900 suggeestions received by Social Security during a 90-day public comment period that followed publication of a proposed regulation to improve the disability process, "good has come of this."
Based on the electronic disability claims process, decision times and benefits paid out will happen in a shorter period of time now.
Approvals, according to a final rule established by Commissioner of Social Security Jo Anne Barnhart, will now be made within 20 days after receipt of claim. Good news indeed, for those who need to know FAST.
The Appeals Council is being replaced with a Decision Review Board and other means.
Good news indeed, and the participants who made suggestions should be complemented!
No date has been set for implementation in Florida, but according to the newspaper, "it's coming."
Social Security plans to continue to meet with interested parties as the new system goes forward.
MARILYN FARBER JACOBS
DISCUSSION OF NEW YAMATO DEVELOPMENT
Boca City Council will receive ordinance proposals for development off Yamato. A hearing is set for June 13 on the complex south of Broken Sound Boulevard.
There will be two ordinance proposals. The complex would have 172 homes. 32 will be single family homes and 140 units will be townhomes. The development will be gated and guarded and will include a pool and clubhouse. The property, now part of the Boca Technology Center, includes preserves on the northern and western sections. To the west is the Pondhawk Nature Center owned by the city.
Part of the 23 acres at 5051 Broken Sound Boulevard would have the land use amended from light industrial use to residential. Another ordinance would change the designation of the remaineder of the land from light industrial to multi-family use.
After the hearing the council will vote to transmit the plans for the development to the Department of Community Affairs for review, and another hearing will then be set to finalize the project.
MARILYN FARBER JACOBS
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