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Real Property St PeteFebruary 2025 SFH Market UpdatePodcast Title: Real Property St. Pete PodcastHosts: Julie Jones (Smith and Associates) & David Van (Re/Max Metro) Topic: February 2025 Real Estate Statistics – Pinellas County🏡 Market OverviewFebruary is a short month, and the market update is also brief.Stats released by the Pinellas Realtor Organization show minimal change overall.Market remains stable with gradual shifts, not dramatic changes.📊 Key StatisticsMedian Time to Contract:42 days (↑ 4 days from Jan 2025, ↑ 6 days from Feb 2024)Hom...2025-04-1905 minReal Property St PeteSellers Make a Deal: April 2025In this episode, Julie and David dive into the evolving real estate market and share insights on pricing strategy and negotiating offers. Tune in for practical tips and real talk on making deals happen.Key Highlights:📉 Why every buyer expects a discount in today’s market🚪 No showings = overpriced: how to read the signs💸 What happens after a price reduction—and how it sparks activity🤝 Managing discounted offers and realistic expectations🔁 The realtor’s role: facilitating, not dictating negotiations⏳ Why timing and market conditions matter more than ever🧠 Seller mindset: focusing on offers in hand, not emotional expect...2025-04-1507 minReal Property St PeteUnderstanding Home Value -- A Buyer's PerspectiveThought provoking podcast aimed to help Buyers Understand how to search for property and then understand and interpret value. Great to share with friends who are considering a home purchase in this market. Enjoy!!!Here's a bulleted synopsis for the Real Property St. Pete podcast:Julie Jones from Smith and Associates Real Estate and David Vann from REMAX Metro discuss the intricacies of determining home value in a fluctuating market.They emphasize that market value is what an informed buyer would pay, influenced by recent comparable sales ("comps").The podcast highlights three key va...2025-04-0419 minReal Property St PeteJanuary 2025 Market ReportThe hosts, Julie Jones and David Vann, discuss the January 2025 real estate market statistics. Key points include:Market Overview:Closed Sales: Up 13% year-over-year, signaling positive market movement.Cash Sales: Increased by 15%, with cash buyers representing 46% of sales.New Listings: Up 14.5%, contributing to a 28% increase in active inventory.Pending Inventory: Down 3%, indicating slower absorption.Inventory and Pricing Trends:Active inventory rose 28% overall and 43% for single-family homes, resembling a shift toward a buyer's market.Median sale prices dropped 4.4%, marking a rare decline after years of growth.Average sale...2025-03-2120 min
Plague Remedy PodcastDiving Into the Ocean and the Unconscious with Prize-Winning Novelist David VannDavid Vann joins us for a candid conversation about the unconscious, why we hurt the people we love, and why his latest novels are only available in French. Where can I find David Vann?David Vann's websiteWhere can I buy his books? (but not all of them)Legend of a SuicideCaribou IslandHalibut on the MoonDavid Vann's two books & two others - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthyHousekeeping...2025-03-181h 02Real Property St PeteDecember 2024 Market Stats (Jan 2025 PRO Release)David and Julie discuss the January release of statistics about the month of December. Significant story of the market and what is driving the most activity. Check out the January Stats coming soon which further push the themes of this recovering market.Closed Sales: Up 33% (918 in Dec 2024 vs. 689 in Dec 2023)Cash Purchases: Up 43% (379 total), driven largely by flood-damaged or land-only propertiesMedian Sale Price: Up 10% to $436,000Average Sale Price: Down slightly to $600,000New Listings: Up 38.7% (974 new listings vs. 700 the previous year)Active Listings: Up...2025-03-1211 minReal Property St PeteShore Acres Market: Tammy Brophy InterviewJulie and David discuss the market in Shore Acres with Tammy Brophy. Tammy has been selling real estate in Shore Acres for 30 years and lived in the neighborhood even longer. A great story of serving community, family and friends in a time of hardship and crisis. How are the Sellers? How are the Buyers? Where is the market and how will it change? All great questions to discuss. Please enjoy a great discussion among friends.Want to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be found here! Reach out! We're nice, and we...2025-02-0719 minReal Property St PeteMarket Shift: October to November 2024David and Julie share the tale of the tape for the market statistics in October and November of 2024. David also sneaks in a peek at the weekly stats that were being released in the first part of December. Trending looks good for the month of December and final numbers will be released January 24th. Check out the increase in Pending sales in November...up 42%. A healthy rise in active homes listed as well. Keeping it short in the New Year. Happy 2025!!! #GoVannTeam #RealPropertyStPeteWant to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be f...2025-01-2215 minReal Property St PeteAugust and Sept 2024 Market ReportDavid and Julie discuss the statistics during the Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Basically a retrospective on what happened in the wake of the storms. Flood Zone properties, flooded properties, land for sale versus homes which were high and dry. Both hosts of the podcast have sold more than 30 homes in the areas which flooded. Many days and hours were spent helping fellow St Petersburgers recover from these crisis situations. Want to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be found here! Reach out! We're nice, and we'd love to hear from you! 2025-01-1726 minReal Property St PeteHow to Connect with a Great Buyer's AgentAs a consumer, buyer of new real estate, especially a First-Time Buyer of residential real estate, there are some things that you should know. One, you will need to have a real estate agent under contract to go and see a wide array of homes. Selecting an experienced real estate agent who fits your personality and communicates effectively is going to be a key to your success. Finding an agent who specializes in the types of homes that you are seeking and the location of homes where you would like to live is critical. Understanding how...2024-12-2122 min
A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan800 - Holiday KidCast ft. David Jolly Thanksgiving special of "A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan" featured family members, including all kids together for the first time. Fun Thanksgiving moments included manhunt, four-wheelers, and kids sharing their feelings on cursing and embarrassing parent behavior. Kids discussed their perspective on their dads’ podcast and radio show, including describing their jobs to others. Maisie cleaned the studio, uncovering moldy cups and forgotten snacks, contrasting cleaning habits of the Dennis and Van families. Music preferences ranged from Outkast to rap, with Maisie expressing her dislike for public loudness. Morning routines included Maisie making eggs with hot sauce and kids sh...2024-11-272h 16
Speaking Out of PlaceOn the Significance of the New Indonesian Regime and the Need to Revitalize Decolonial Critique: A Conversation with Intan Paramaditha and Michael VannToday, Sunday morning, October 20, former general Prabowo Subianto is being sworn in as Indonesia’s new president. We release a conversation we had earlier this month with Intan Paramaditha and Michael Vann about the road leading up to this inauguration, beginning in the 1960s with the Suharto regime. Prabowo is a strong-arm authoritarian figure with a bloody record of human rights violations, yet he has remade his image as a cuddly, elder populist figure. We spend some time talking about how his regime is likely to continue, if not accelerate, aggressive and brutal economic development policies that have wrecked the...2024-10-201h 09Real Property St Pete5 Things to Know About the NAR SettlementDavid and Julie discuss the new NAR Settlement Agreement. What Buyers and Sellers need to know about the changes to the landscape of the residential real estate businessBuyers need a Buyer Broker Agreement with a Realtor to see a home offered in the MLS How is the Buyer’s Agent Compensation Negotiated Who pays the compensation for the Buyer’s Agent Can the Compensation for the Buyer Agent be Financed? Why is it likely for the seller to continue paying the buyer's agent's commission? Want to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be...2024-09-1520 minReal Property St PeteJuly 2024 Market ReportDavid and Julie hit the air with recently released stats from the doldrums of Summer. Find out what they're seeing out there on the street, in their listings and with buyers. What's affecting the market: elections, NAR Settlement, plethora of inventory... Condos and Single Family Homes in Pinellas county is the subject du jour. This month, they have shortened the episode a bit, so you can get the facts quick and accurate.Want to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be found here! Reach out! We're nice, and we'd love to he...2024-09-0114 minReal Property St PeteJune 2024 Statistics, NAR, and a New Broker for JulieCongrats to Julie Jones on joining Smith and Associates. The new NAR Settlement Agreement is impending and the June Statistical report is what it is. Lots of listings available for Buyers and we explore the pending...or not pending sales. Check out David's listing at 215 19th Ave NE is Old Northeast. https://stellar.mlsmatrix.com/matrix/shared/L9xRycDkq8c/21519THAVENUENEWant to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be found here! Reach out! We're nice, and we'd love to hear from you! 2024-08-2618 minReal Property St PeteMay 2024 Market StatisticsWant to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be found here! Reach out! We're nice, and we'd love to hear from you! 2024-07-1920 minReal Property St PeteApril 2024 StatisticsJulie and David hit the Single Family Home stats hard and quick. Get the answers to a pretty hot spring market. Increased Volume and Unit Sales, Prices up, Inventory steady. Julie has a HOT NEW LISTING: The Wedding Cake House is on the market!!Want to work with us? David Vann can be found here, and Julie Jones can be found here! Reach out! We're nice, and we'd love to hear from you! 2024-06-0711 min