Some Highlights: Hiring a Real Estate Professional to buy your dream home, or sell your current house, is one of the most ‘educated’ decisions you can make! A Real Estate Professional has the experience needed to help you through the entire process. Make sure that you hire someone who knows current market conditions & can simply […]
U.S. will extend HARP home loan program
Fed Housing Finance Agency: It will continue through Sept. 2017. More than 3.4M homeowners have refinanced their mortgages under HARP since it began 7 years ago. Source: Florida Realtors
The Housing Market is Doing Just Fine
There are some that think that housing affordability is a challenge. Historically, that’s not true. Others think that home prices are approaching bubble values. If we look back over the last sixteen years, that is also not the case. As a matter of fact, the numbers show that the U.S. residential real estate market is […]
Tropical Storm Hermine prompts Florida hurricane watch
If Hermine attains hurricane strength before landfall – somewhere along the Big Bend area – it will be the first hurricane to hit the state in 11 years. Source: Florida Realtors
Home Values: DEFINITELY NOT in Bubble Range!!
There are some industry pundits claiming that residential home values have risen too quickly and that current levels are on the verge of another housing bubble. It is easy to see how this thinking has taken form if we look at a graph of home prices from 2000 to today. The graph definitely looks like […]
NAR: Pending home sales tick higher in July
The Pending index hit its second-highest reading in almost a decade, but with too-few listings, “buyers still have few choices and little time” to act. Source: Florida Realtors
Why Is There So Much Paperwork to Sign to Get a Mortgage?
We are often asked why there is so much paperwork mandated by the bank for a mortgage loan application when buying a home today. It seems that the bank needs to know everything about us and requires three separate sources to validate each and every entry on the application form. Many buyers are being told by friends and […]
U.S. consumer confidence hits one-year high
The monthly survey found both a short-term and long-term improvement in attitudes about business conditions, the labor market and personal income. Source: Florida Realtors
Don’t Get Caught in the Rental Trap!
There are many benefits to homeownership. One of the top ones is being able to protect yourself from rising rents and lock in your housing cost for the life of your mortgage. Don’t Become Trapped Jonathan Smoke, Chief Economist at realtor.com, reported on what he calls a “Rental Affordability Crisis.” He warns that, “Low rental […]
Primary election: Solar amendment has wide support
Haven’t voted yet? It’s today. Go. Analysts say Amendment 4, which appears on the ballot and supports solar energy tax breaks for businesses, has wide support and no organized opposition. Source: Florida Realtors
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