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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Melanie Thomas</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61019.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2006-11-21T01:00:00Z</updated><entry><title>New Home Builders - Everything Must Go!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/10/04/new-home-builders-everything-must-go.aspx" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/10/04/new-home-builders-everything-must-go.aspx</id><published>2007-10-04T10:11:00Z</published><updated>2007-10-04T10:11:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Well here we are in the fourth quarter of 2007 and if you watch the news everyday you see that the sky is falling in the real estate market.&amp;nbsp; There is no doubt that times are&amp;nbsp;difficult, but don&amp;#39;t lose sight of the&amp;nbsp;positive aspects of&amp;nbsp;these market conditions.&amp;nbsp; Here in the Orlando area there are tons of new construction inventory homes available.&amp;nbsp; You can take it to the bank that the builders that are selling these properties do not want to carry them onto the books into 2008 unsold.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Already there are tons of financial incentives being offered by builders, from closing costs and&amp;nbsp;Association dues paid to free upgrades and low interest mortgage offers.&amp;nbsp; This is in addition to making dramatic cuts in sale prices.&amp;nbsp; If you are in the market for a new construction home, keep your&amp;nbsp;eyes peeled because the deals will be sweeter as we tick down to the end of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=196776" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>452150</name><uri>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/members/452150.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="Market Conditions" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx" /><category term="Industry" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Industry/default.aspx" /><category term="Buyer Information" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Buyer+Information/default.aspx" /><category term="Community Information" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Community+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Affordable Homes in Orlando</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/07/09/affordable-homes-in-orlando.aspx" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/07/09/affordable-homes-in-orlando.aspx</id><published>2007-07-09T05:10:00Z</published><updated>2007-07-09T05:10:00Z</updated><content type="html">For&amp;nbsp;the first time in a long time, homes in the Metro Orlando area are inching their way back to affordability.&amp;nbsp; With the abundance of inventory in both the resale and new construction sectors, buyers have&amp;nbsp;choices that were not within reach just a couple of years ago.&amp;nbsp; Some additional good news on the First Time Homebuyer Front is that Orange County has increased their maximum purchase price limit to $219,000 as of&amp;nbsp;last month,&amp;nbsp;and those that can&amp;nbsp;qualify for their program can get up to $30,000 of assistance towards purchasing a home.&amp;nbsp; This is a great time to explore all the opportunities available to help first time homebuyers get the jumpstart that they need to purchase their first home.&lt;img src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=133176" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>452150</name><uri>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/members/452150.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="Market Conditions" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx" /><category term="Buyer Information" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Buyer+Information/default.aspx" /><category term="Community Information" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Community+Information/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Visit us at the Free 2007 Homebuyer's Expo at the Orlando Convention Center</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/06/12/visit-us-at-the-free-2007-homebuyer-s-expo-at-the-orlando-convention-center.aspx" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/06/12/visit-us-at-the-free-2007-homebuyer-s-expo-at-the-orlando-convention-center.aspx</id><published>2007-06-12T14:33:00Z</published><updated>2007-06-12T14:33:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.floridahousing.org/Expo/GeneralPublic/ExpoGeneralPublicRegistration.htm" title="Homebuyer Expo Registration Page"&gt;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE AND RECEIVE FREE PARKING&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Visit the Orlando Dreambuilders Team and Millenium Realty at&amp;nbsp;Booth #527 at the Homebuyer&amp;#39;s Expo this Saturday June&amp;nbsp;16th, 2007!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;June is National Homeownership Month, and as part of celebrating homeownership, Florida Housing will host the 2007 HomeBuyer Expo on Saturday, June 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Orange County Convention Center, Hall D2, West Building.&amp;nbsp; The Expo&amp;nbsp;includes hundreds of exhibits and booths showcasing resources available to secure affordable housing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Highlights of the expo include free credit reports and credit counseling, workshops and seminars on securing financing, understanding the loan closing process and determining how much you can afford.&amp;nbsp;This is a great opportunity for the general public&amp;nbsp;to find out about local, state and federal affordable housing programs.&amp;nbsp; Registration is free for consumers, and parking is free if you pre-register online. To register, go&amp;nbsp;to the link above and sign up. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hope to see you all there!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=109877" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>452150</name><uri>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/members/452150.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>2 Story For Sale in Bay Isle</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/05/06/879755dc90fa4301a372cca253ced306.aspx" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/05/06/879755dc90fa4301a372cca253ced306.aspx</id><published>2007-05-06T05:30:00Z</published><updated>2007-05-06T05:30:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p align="center" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/Winter_Garden/Florida/Homes/Winter_Garden/Bay_Isle/Agent/Listing_1071604.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/d373/dfd3/b144/fab401eaba06a49d8fe2/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Exterior Front" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;3,779 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;" title="MLS #O4763049" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_ml"&gt;#O4763049&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$678,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bay Isle, Winter Garden&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; Bay Isle, A gated lakefront community with quiet park &amp;amp; playground. Very Spacious Cabarnet model in expanding area. Elegant yet comfortable describes this 4 bedroom, 3 full baths, 2 powder rooms estate, separate office and loft encompasses fine luxury. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/Winter_Garden/Florida/Homes/Winter_Garden/Bay_Isle/Agent/Listing_1071604.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=88614" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>452150</name><uri>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/members/452150.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="For Sale" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Are Realtors Worth Their Commission?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/04/05/are-realtors-worth-their-commission.aspx" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2007/04/05/are-realtors-worth-their-commission.aspx</id><published>2007-04-05T07:32:00Z</published><updated>2007-04-05T07:32:00Z</updated><content type="html">Lately there has been an assault on the Real Estate industry from all sides.&amp;nbsp; Online home evaluators like Zillow.com claim that most of the&amp;nbsp;services Realtors used to charge for can now be found free of charge on the internet.&amp;nbsp; My question to all buyers and sellers out there is - what do you think?&amp;nbsp; What is your current opinion of the real estate professionals in the industry and what experiences, good or bad, would lead you to choose or not choose to use a real estate professional for your future transactions?&lt;img src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=73369" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>452150</name><uri>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/members/452150.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="Market Conditions" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx" /><category term="Technology" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Technology/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>2 Story For Sale in Sanctuary</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2006/11/21/b87155004f4e4ca684b5e6cbb3c85b8d.aspx" /><id>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/2006/11/21/b87155004f4e4ca684b5e6cbb3c85b8d.aspx</id><published>2006-11-21T06:00:00Z</published><updated>2006-11-21T06:00:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p align="center" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"&gt;
		&lt;a href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/Oviedo/Florida/Homes/Oviedo/Sanctuary/Agent/Listing_986355.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/fa00/09d7/1a8e/88b69f241acc839398f2/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Exterior Front" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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			&lt;strong&gt;Owners Relocating and Very Motivated!&lt;/strong&gt;
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		&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2,639 sq. ft., 5 bdrm 2 story&lt;/span&gt;
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		&lt;span&gt; - Reduced Price!&lt;/span&gt;
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		&lt;span id="LeadIn" class="dateline"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sanctuary, Oviedo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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		Beautiful spacious home on 1/4 acre lot. Upgraded tile, corian counters, and a bonus loft and balcony are just a few features of this Sanctuary home. Close to Oviedo's A rated schools, shopping and UCF. Lease option available. Click on the virtual tour. The Sanctuary is one of the most desirable communities in Oviedo. It features a spectacular 3200 sq. ft. community clubhouse where residents enjoy a fitness center, business center and conference room, cabana with summer kitchen facilities, adult pool and children's waterspout/interactive pool. Other recreational amenities include a children's playground, basketball and volleyball courts, a large soccer field and complete tennis facilities. &lt;br&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/Oviedo/Florida/Homes/Oviedo/Sanctuary/Agent/Listing_986355.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=73367" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>452150</name><uri>http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/members/452150.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="For Sale" scheme="http://www.orlandodreambuilders.com/blogs/melanie_thomas/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>