Prepare Your Home for the Fall Checklist!

With summer coming to an end, and fall right around the corner, here are some tips for you to prepare your home for the cooler temperatures!

Home Depot has created a wonderful check list for maintaining the inside and outside of your home!

Click here to find the check list that will get your home ready for the fall! 

Live Your Dream In Panama, Central America

Live Your Dream in Panama, Central America!

Are you looking to buy a second home in Panama, Central America? Looking for a quaint place to retire and enjoy the peaceful shores of Panama?

Marie has the information to help you!

We are pleased to offer you the February 2014 Panama Tour! If you are interested in discovering the next location for the home of your dreams, please contact us for details on how to sign up for this fantastic tour of Panama, Central America!

Read the top 20 reasons to why you should make your next home in Panama!

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Marie Farrell 

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Marie's Pick Of The Week!

The PERFECT place to call home!

680 Bonaire Circle, Jacksonville, Florida

Ocean Cay Neighborhood

Only a few blocks from the Ocean with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. This home is beautifully maintained and ready for a new owner. Open and spacious floor plan with eat-in-kitchen, great room with fireplace and sliding glass doors to screened lanai with pretty lake views, formal dining room and good size master bedroom with trey ceilings. Ocean Cay is a small neighborhood close to the beach, shops, restaurants, Mayo Clinic and Mayport Naval Station.

For a closer look of this beautiful home click here:680 Bonaire Circle Jacksonville, FL

Is a Smart Home in your Future

The smart phone has become a household item. It has revolutionized the phone allowing you to do almost anything with a simple touch of your finger.  Call your mom, text your significant other, play games, search the web, watch YouTube videos of cats, stay on top of social media and a hundred other things. If only everything in life was as simple and easy as the smart phone.

Well good news for all you smart phone lovers out there: a smart home might be in your future! I'm not talking about the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House.

 

 

Wouldn't you just love to lock all your doors, turn your lights off and set your alarm automatically with the single push of a button? There is nothing more irritating than laying in bed at the end of the day, finding that comfortable spot and then having to get up to check that you locked the back door. Just lock it from the comfort of your bed!

 According to floridarealtors.org "That kind of 'smart home' feature may sound futuristic or simply beyond reach for those without a lot of money or technical expertise. But the technology is already available and new  products and services are making it and similar home automation features increasingly accessible to the average homeowner".

For the complete article visit Is a smart home in your future?

 Have questions? Interested in buying or selling a house? Call us at 904.742.8534 or visit our website www.mariefarrell.com

 

Consumers feel even better about ownership

"Despite slow job growth, attitudes about homeownership, the economy and personal finances continue to improve."

Pending Home Sales Rise, Market Recovering
 “The housing market has clearly turned the corner. Rising sales are bringing down inventory and creating much more balanced conditions around the county, which means home prices will be rising in more areas as the year progresses,” Yun said.