2-story single family courtyard estate home listed for sale in central Boca Raton. Built in 2003, this custom home features 6 bedrooms, 7 ½ baths, 3-car garage and a private in-ground heated swimming pool. This home is located in the Boca Hamlet subdivision of Montoya Circle.

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Beautifully laid out, this quality home has plenty of room for indoor and outdoor entertaining. The formal living room with fireplace is truly impressive. The kosher chef’s kitchen includes a six-burner gas range, three ovens, two microwaves, two dishwashers, warming drawers, granite counter tops, granite prep island and much more.

The master suite with its magnificent master bathroom and massive walk-in closet is located on the first floor along with the study, media…

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I recently listed this 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath single family home in the Thornhill Green subdivision of the Montoya Circle area of Boca Raton it sold in 4 days and for more than the list price!22200 Larkspur Front Exterior


Originally listed for an asking price of $675,000, this rarely available single story property with pool and separate screened-in patio sold for $683,500. The property also included a beautiful eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, a large family room with custom built-in wall unit, custom closets in all bedrooms, newer A/C, water heater, roof and impact garage door.


If looking for assistance with the sale of your home, please contact Gloria Singer, Managing Broker of Boca Expert Realty at 561.347.6444 or by email at…

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I thought it would be interesting to analyze the state of the housing market in the Boca area. For the purposes of this analysis, I used single family homes in Boca Raton and Highland Beach for the period of July 1 - September 30, 2015 over $300,000 and broke out the analysis into price bands. I will analyze the condo market in future posts, but I believe that the numbers are comparable.

What do we learn?

The inventory levels are very low. In the price range of $300-500K there is not even a month’s worth of active listings based upon the recent sales. (The number of months of inventory is simply the number of current listings divided by the actual sales per month). As you go up the price ladder, the time on market and inventory supply increases,…

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There were a total of only 23 closed home sales in the Montoya Circle Boca Raton neighborhood in 2010, comparable to the 24 which closed in 2009. Both these past years saw a decline of the numbers in recent previous years. Of this year’s Montoya Circle sales, six were short sales, and two were bank owned properties. The trend towards lower prices continued, especially in the lower end townhomes and homes in Montoya Estates and Captiva, as there is more supply than demand in the under $400,000 price range. Two homes in Montoya Circle sold for $1,000,000 in the past year, which were the highest priced properties which sold in the neighborhood. The community is characterized by its proximity to the popular Boca Raton Synagogue and continues to…

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South Florida home sales are threatened as banks freeze foreclosures

Another snag has hit the already the troubled housing market throughout the US and particularly in South Florida, including the Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Highland Beach and Boynton Beach real estate markets in which our team specializes.
Because of a myriad of legal and paperwork issues, many banks have halted the sales process of their REO (real estate owned) bank owned properties while the investigation into the improper actions takes place. This is leaving many pending sales in limbo, including several pending contracts that we are working with. More banks are threatening to follow suit and freeze their pipeline of foreclosure sales as well.
Many of our clients are investors, and are…

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As agents bring potential buyers through your home, we call them afterward as they provide valuable information to help us make your property more desirable. In today's competitive South Florida market, it is vital that we find out as much information as possible about the buyer's opinion of your house.  

THE PURPOSE OF FEEDBACK

1.   To refresh the agent’s memory about the house and to make it easier to arrange for a second showing.

2.  To answer any questions or concerns the buyer may have expressed so the house will be  reconsidered.

3.  To learn about what features buyers liked most and what aspects they found less desirable.

4.  To consider their opinions about your home in comparison to other homes they have seen. This information is…

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Selling your South Florida home in today’s market is certainly a challenge. With a slow market and strict lending guidelines it can be very frustrating for sellers when considering whether or not to sit back and be patient or make a price adjustment. Of course, if the goal is to sell the home quickly, a price adjustment may be considered earlier rather than later. Either way, even in the market of Boca Raton, where there are many homes for sale right now, your home will sell if the price is right. Here are some specific scenarios that may indicate a price adjustment is necessary.

The house is not being shown.
This may indicate that agents think the price is too high for that specific neighborhood. A relatively significant price adjustment should be…

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This is a rare occurance. The seller of this home in Thornhill Estates in Montoya Circle in Boca Raton spoke to Gloria Singer about possibly listing his home. Gloria already had the perfect buyer in mind and the transaction was made before even officially putting the home on the market! This unique .33 acre lot located on a cul-de-sac was perfectly suited for the excited new owner who loves to garden! The 3 bedroom home had many updates and upgrades. The original asking price was $624,980. It sold for $575,000.

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Please allow me to vent. I was just scheduling some showings to take a buyer out to see some two bedroom condos in Regency in Boca Pointe. I have a listing there, which she saw online,  but she also wanted to see some other condos as well as mine. Four in total. Mine is easy to show. I have a key, plus it is on a supra lockbox for the convenience of co-operating Realtors. All the others required appointments with the listing agents. So I figured out the schedule, which is very dependent upon the promptness of the buyer client, and called the brokers to schedule the appointments. On two there was no problem. On the third, I caught the agent and his partner-wife on vacation. He said, “OH we are out of town for the week, sorry we can’t show it”. I was…

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As a continuation to an earlier blog (which you can view here), another way to ready your Boca Raton home is to conduct a spring cleaning. Open the closet doors and get all those items that are constantly falling out into boxes or donated to a charity. The prospective buyer will want to see how large the closets are and this is not possible when they are full of clutter. The essentials can be rearranged to present a neat appearance instead of being haphazardly thrown into the closet.  

 

If you have too much stuff in your Boca Raton, FL house, take it to storage. Do not stack boxes in rooms that people will be inspecting. The only items that need to be left are essential items and furniture that displays the purpose of the room.

 

There are items…

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