Charlotte State Bank & Trust Financial Blog

06/29/21

Buying a home? Here's what you need to know.

Before you start driving around neighborhoods looking at For-Sale signs or going online to search houses for sale, you should get your personal finances in order. That means tracking your living expenses and creating a strict budget, which will be invaluable in finding a home you can afford.

Market Update, Business, Real Estate, economy

09/25/20

Real Estate Update - September 2020

Area Real Estate: An Update as of September 2020

Market Update, Real Estate, COVID-19

08/25/20

Real Estate Update - August 2020

Here’s a quick overview of important real estate highlights in our area:

Market Update, Business, Real Estate, COVID-19

08/3/20

Market showing resiliency in some sectors

Despite the concerns about strained relations with China, increased COVID infections, social protests, weaker earnings, high U.S. unemployment and the November election, the S&P 500 Index is up 1% for the year while the Nasdaq Index is up 19.7%. The increasing spread of the virus is suppressing a healthy economic recovery as consumers and businesses remain conservative in their spending.

Market Update, Real Estate

07/24/20

Real Estate Update: July 2020

Here’s a quick overview of important real estate highlights in our area:

Real Estate, COVID-19

06/26/20

Charlotte County, Florida Real Estate Update - June 2020

Here’s a quick overview of important real estate highlights in our area:

1. Number of Single Family Homes and Condos sold: Our local Realtor association (Realtors of Punta Gorda-Port Charlotte-North Port- DeSoto. Inc.) reports that there were 284 sales in the month of May, in our COVID-19 environment.

Market Update, Real Estate

04/24/19