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Orlando Florida Real Estate

Orlando's Altamonte Springs Allows You To Avoid The Long Daily Commute! 

Altamonte Springs is conveniently located in the heart of Central Florida, near Orlando, close to the business centers of North Orlando, Lake Mary, Apopka and Maitland. Altamonte Springs is in Seminole County, at the crossroads of Interstate 4 and State Road 436. It is just 15 minutes away from downtown Orlando and a little more than half an hour away from Orlando International Airport.  

Planning to invest in Altamonte Springs real estate?

There has been very rapid growth in the Orlando area, and Altamonte Springs & Orlando real estate is still moving! Altamonte Springs has a lot to offer, including a central location, new condo developments, job opportunities, good schools, entertainment, and shopping at Uptown Altamonte.

Altamonte Springs has beautiful lakes, parks, and nature trails, where nature lovers can have a good time. You can enjoy great fishing and water sports, stroll down the walkways, or just relax on the benches. The warm weather is great!

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Enjoy World-Class Real Estate & Amenities In The Wild At Orlando's Alaqua!

The Alaqua Country Club is an exclusive country club and golf community, located in Orlando suburb of Longwood, in Seminole County, Florida. The club lies along the Little Wekiva River, in the middle of a heavily wooded area. Alaqua Country Club has a superb 18-hole golf course, designed by golfing legend Gary Player.

The Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes has an award-winning Arnold Palmer-signature designed, 18-hole golf course, and is located in an undulating, heavily wooded countryside. It offers breathtaking natural beauty, with excellent real estate, amenities, and service!

Thinking of settling down near Alaqua?

If you want to live near Alaqua, you can consider investing in real estate in Orlando's Longwood, a great Orlando suburb with residential communities that offer boating, golfing, biking, jogging, horseback riding, and more!    

Longwood has a small town atmosphere, and it offers a safe and comfortable life to its residents, even though it is surrounded by a booming metropolitan area. It has brick streets lined with mature live-oak trees, and is well known for its quiet ambience and wonderful weather! 

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Taming the Jumbo Mortgage in the Orlando Florida Real Estate Market

Everyone knows the jumbo loan market has been out of whack for nearly 18 months. "Jumbo" loans, those amounting to more than $417,000, took it on the chin, especially in Orlando Florida's real estate market, when mortgage investors stopped buying subprime and alternative loans. For that reason, jumbo rates can be as much as 1.50 percent higher than conforming rates. Historically, jumbo rates were only about a quarter of a percent higher than a conforming rate, but this new spread has kept many out of the Orlando Florida housing market: especially those that we refer to as, "just jumbo."

So what exactly is "just jumbo?" It's a loan amount that just exceeds the conforming limit of $417,000 and typically reflects a sales price in the $500,000­­-$600,000 range. The Orlando Florida Real Estate market offers many homes in this price category, but the marked difference in rate from conforming to jumbo is slowing down Orlando's real estate sales. What is the difference in payment between a conforming loan at 6 percent and a jumbo loan at 7.50 percent? On a $500,000 jumbo loan, mortgage payments jump from $2,997 to $3,496 a month. That's almost $500 more!

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Orlando Florida Luxury Real Estate - Celebrity Homes Throughout the U.S.

Where they grew up and where they call home now: rags to riches celebrity real estate stories

Eddie Murphy, See Home

Beverly Hills, CA - Eddie Murphy built a Mission-style $20 million mission in 2005.

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, film director, producer and comedian. Murphy ranks as the number one grossing film star in history, having a total of 33 films to date, his films grossing over $3.4 billion in the US alone, averaging $104 million per film.^[1] He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He has also enjoyed a minor singing career.

Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the 1960's where the median home price was $75,400.

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Lake Mary New Construction, Luxury Homes - A Rare Find!

It's quite rare these days to find new construction homes in Lake Mary Florida, ranked 4^th in CNN's Top 100 Best Places to Live!  The Key West inspired homes of Banyon Pointe are a rare gem in the heart of Lake Mary.  Banyon Pointe is an exclusive, maintenance-free, gated community of only thirty-three luxury single family homes.  But hurry...at I write this, only 15 lots remain available.

The homes in Banyan Pointe's charming community combine the charm of Key West's architecture and design with the most modern building techniques and appointments.  The use of living space is maximized with their modern and extremely functional floor plans, while the exterior features authentic coastal paint schemes and trim details.  And to top it all off, yard and lawn maintenance are taken care of by the HOA.  This is worry free living at it's best!

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