March 2009 - Posts
Wterfront Complex • 132 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm single story - MLS® $75,000 - Nice 55+ Community Eagles Point Condo, Port Richey - You must see this spacious 2 bedroom 2 bath condo located in a 55+ community. This is a very desirable waterfront
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Gulf Side Acres, Hudson - Announcing a price reduction on 1 Old Dixie Hwy, a lot / land. Now MLS® $49,900 - . Property information
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Shady Oak Farms, Clearwater - Announcing a price reduction on 2381 Podocarpus Way, a 1,885 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm single story. Now MLS® $289,000 - . Property information
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MIAMI – March 17, 2009 – Tighter underwriting standards weren't enough to deter consumers and crooks from submitting bogus mortgage applications in 2008. Reports of mortgage fraud rose by 26 percent nationwide compared to the prior year,
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WASHINGTON (AP) – March 17, 2009 – The number of new housing projects that builders broke ground on in February rose sharply, defying economists' forecasts for yet another drop in activity. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that
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• 988 sq. ft., 1 bath, 3 bdrm single story - MLS® $69,900 Beacon Square, Holiday - This move in ready home is in mint condition and is located minutes from the Gulf of Mexico. This home has recently been redone inside with newer cabinets and
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CHICAGO (AP) – March 10, 2009 – Americans are lacking in basic knowledge about insurance that might help their finances during the recession, according to a new survey. In fact, we know a lot less about insurance than we think we know, according
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ORLANDO, Fla. – March 10, 2009 – Real-estate agent Bryant Tutas says he gets 20 to 30 e-mails a day from United Kingdom investors who tell him essentially the same thing: “I want to buy a house. I want to buy a house today. I’ve
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WASHINGTON – March 10, 2009 – HOPE NOW, a nonprofit alliance of mortgage companies, housing counselors and others in the lending business, has added a new tool to its website enabling homeowners to initiate a loan modification or refinance
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WASHINGTON – March 9, 2009 – A rash of “instant defaults” in recently issued Federal Housing Administration mortgages is due to foul play among unscrupulous lenders, officials say. An analysis of available data by The Washington
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ORLANDO, Fla. – March 9, 2009 – College graduates hoping to become real estate appraisers may be able to go through an accelerated licensing process under a new initiative, which seeks to eliminate submission of college transcripts as part
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WASHINGTON – March 9, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Friday that it intends to seek further public comment on how to define the scope of a prohibited practice called “required use”
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NEW YORK – March 9, 2009 – You’ve heard of “irrational exuberance,” right? That’s the expression Alan Greenspan coined more than a decade ago when he warned that investors could be bidding stock prices too high. His
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – March 9, 2009 – State Farm Florida asked for a hearing Friday to appeal the state’s conditions for the company’s planned exit of Florida’s property insurance market. Meeting Friday’s deadline, State
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – March 5, 2009 – Craig Fugate, who guided Florida’s disaster response through vicious back-to-back hurricane seasons, has been tapped to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fugate, 49, said goodbye to staffers
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TAMPA – March 5, 2009 – Teresa Jackson, a State Farm policyholder for 18 years, has been looking for replacement coverage since State Farm announced, in late January, plans to pull out of Florida’s property insurance market. After weeks
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MIAMI – March 5, 2009 – The decline in the housing market has been well-documented, but a high-ranking Federal Reserve official told a Miami audience on Wednesday that he has been paying more attention lately to weakness on the commercial
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WASHINGTON – March 5, 2009 – Foreclosures drove U.S. home sales up 7 percent in 2008 after a 40 percent plunge the prior year, with eligible buyers lured by deep discounts and low loan rates, according to real estate data company Radar Logic.
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WASHINGTON – March 5, 2009 – The Obama administration kicked off a new program Wednesday that’s designed to help up to 9 million borrowers stay in their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modified to lower monthly payments.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – March 2, 2009 – Florida lawmakers will greet the start of their 60-day legislative session Tuesday feeling like they’re in the movie Groundhog Day: No matter what they do, they keep facing the same painful reality
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WASHINGTON – March 2, 2009 – Real estate commissions are now protected in some short-sale transactions. In response to Realtor concerns, Fannie Mae announced that “preforeclosure sales may not be conditioned upon a reduction of the total
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