Florida Real Estate News – 03/27/07

March 31, 2007

FLORIDA PROPERTY TAXES In the Florida Legislature, it’s a House divided. Democrats generally oppose a House proposal to swap less property tax for a higher sales tax, questioning the wisdom of asking Floridians to “swallow the largest sales tax hike in our state’s history.â€
Personally, I would rather see government spending cuts.
FLORIDA ROPERTY INSURANCE [...]

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Florida Real Estate News – 03/26/07

March 31, 2007

FLORIDA PROPERTY INSURANCE Another Florida property insurer has hit the skids. A judge has ordered Maitland-based Vanguard Fire & Casualty Company into liquidation, effective today. Two other insurers will offer the company’s 57,000 homeowner policyholders replacement coverage.
NEW HOME SALES
Sales of new homes in the United States fell sharply for a second consecutive month in [...]

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Florida Real Estate News – 03/23/07

March 31, 2007

HOME SALES Existing home sales in Florida continued to show a more sustainable pace of sales in February while still-low mortgage rates sparked buyer interest, according to FAR. Statewide sales of single-family existing homes totaled 10,779 last month for a 23 percent decrease compared to February 2006. The statewide existing home median sales price [...]

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Las Vegas Condos

March 23, 2007

As the median age of Americans has risen, so has the popularity of condominium communities. Years ago, condos were of two distinct varieties. The bare minimum community, targeted towards first time home buyers who couldn’t afford to live in a home.  The other was just the opposite, targeting the wealthy buyer by offering a wide [...]

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Marysville Washington Real Estate

March 22, 2007

Marysville Washington is known as a residential housing community and it is no surprise since there are many neighborhoods that surround the 14 schools. Growing up in Marysville and now working in the real estate industry, I can attest to this and what makes this area a great place to live.
So if Marysville is just [...]

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Florida Real Estate News – 03/16/07

March 16, 2007

FLORIDA PROPERTY INSURANCE Yesterday, State Farm, Florida’s biggest private insurer, reported that most policyholders would see a 7 percent decline in their property insurance rates much less than the 24 percent lawmakers predicted most insurers would offer following January’s special session of the Legislature.
FLORIDA PROPERTY TAXES  Florida House leaders are negotiating changes to their [...]

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Green Remodeling

March 16, 2007

Many homeowners are starting to go Green – using environmentally friendly products.
Here is a list of the "Top 7" list for those property owners that are doing remodeling and thinking about using Green techniques:

Install maximum insulation in the area to be remodeled.
Install high-efficiency windows instead of those that just meet the energy code.
Seal [...]

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Florida Real Estate News – 03/15/07

March 16, 2007

MORTGAGES HUD is preparing to punish some subprime mortgage lenders under investigation for discriminatory practices it announced yesterday. HUD also suggested that the largest mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, should consider giving strapped homeowners more time to make their payments.
NATIONAL REAL ESTATE FORECAST The real estate market faces unique conditions right [...]

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Florida Real Estate News – 03/14/07

March 15, 2007

FLORIDA PROPERTY TAXES One hand may not know what the other hand is doing: The Florida House wants to get rid of property taxes; at the same time, however, it has told local school boards to increase property taxes if they need more money to operate.
Okay – time for the Florida legislature to start [...]

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Florida Real Estate News – 03/13/07

March 15, 2007

STATE OF FLORIDA FINANCES Florida’s shaky financial outlook took a turn for the worse Monday when state economists knocked nearly $1 billion out of their two-year revenue estimate. They blamed the slump in home sales for the drop.
You might be asking how home sales are to blame for the drop in the revenue estimate [...]

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