By Brenden Rendo, Realtor · Updated October 29, 2026

The economy grew at a 3.40% annual rate last quarter, and the Federal Reserve still held rates the day before, with two members voting to raise them. On this week's Orlando Real Estate Buzz, Brenden Rendo and mortgage co-host …

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Daytona Beach Shores is a narrow oceanfront city on the barrier island south of Daytona Beach, and its housing market is condominiums on one road. More than nine in ten homes sold here in the last twelve months were …

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Holly Hill is a small river city wedged between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach on the Halifax River, and most people searching for it online never see most of it. The MLS files about seven in ten Holly Hill …

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Oak Hill is a small fishing town on the lagoon at the south end of Volusia County, and its small market has a very particular shape. More than a third of the homes sold here in the last twelve …

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Astor is a fishing and boating town on the St. Johns River where State Road 40 crosses from Lake County into Volusia, and its market is mostly about the water. Close to half the homes sold here …

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Astatula is a small town on the Harris Chain of Lakes, and in the last twelve months one new subdivision became half of its market. Tula Parc, a development of small new houses, accounted for about half of every home sold. …

Every Living In page on this site is built from the same data and measured the same way, and the market figures are refreshed every month. This page explains where each figure comes from, so the town pages can get straight to what matters about each town.

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Osteen is the rural corner of southwest Volusia County, strung along State Road 415, and it sells what its big neighbor Deltona mostly cannot: land. A third of the homes sold here in the last twelve months sat on an acre or more, against about one in twenty-five in Deltona …

By Brenden Rendo, Realtor · Updated October 23, 2026

Private mortgage insurance is the line on a loan estimate that buyers skim past and then pay for a decade. It is not a fee for being irresponsible and it is not a scam. It is what lets a …