A recent article from the Herald Tribune shows that area homes prices buck U.S. Trends. Read entire article here.

 

Would you like to by your dream condo or home on Siesta Key? Now is a great time to buy. I specialize in waterfront properties. I would love to show you our fantastic real estate gems. 

 

Best wishes, 

Eric Thompson

 

 

 

 

Actual photo of Siesta Key beach: "The whitest and finest sand in the world". Harvard  University's geology department found that the sand on Siesta Key is 99 percent pure quartz grains, ultimately derived from the southern Appalachian Mountains.

 PARADISE FOUND! LIVE AND PLAY ON FLORIDA'S SIESTA KEY ISLAND.

Our world famous crystal white powdery soft beaches, incredible boating, world famous golf courses, top notch dining, world class shopping and on par with New York styled theater bless Siesta Key and Sarasota as a destination city of choice for a vacation or for retirement.

 Located on the West Coast of Florida, midway between Fort Myers and Tampa, Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and the other barrier islands real estate are amoung the most desireable living locations in all of Florida.

 Enjoy rich abundance from the Ringling Museum to the Sarasota Opera, Ballet, Concerts, and the Drama of the Performing arts Hall. Take in the West Coast Symphony, theater, art galleries and exhibits as well as attend excellent art schools and classes. We have even received Money Magazine's "Best Small City Award".

"Don't be a vacationer! Why not live here. I specialize in waterfront properties. Now is a great time to buy. Call me today to schedule an appointment. I would love to show you our fantastic real estate gems."- Eric Thompson

 

 

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Posted by Eric P. Thompson, Siesta Key Florida on 05/11/2009 03:30 PM   Comments (0)  

Here is a sobering article from the St. Petersburg Times- http://snipurl.com/ht5xs

 

To your home buying/selling success!

Eric P. Thompson

 

 

 

 

 
Posted by Eric P. Thompson, Siesta Key Florida on 05/11/2009 12:48 PM   Comments (0)  

Here is a good article I recently came across over at RIS Media worth reading about banks making short sells a long process. 

http://sn.im/ht2ox

 

To your home selling/buying Success!

Eric P. Thompson

 

 
Posted by Eric P. Thompson, Siesta Key Florida on 05/11/2009 12:11 PM   Comments (0)   short sell, banks, lending  

Sharing some insightful comments from other Realtors concerning Foreclosures & Short Sales.

Via East Manatee County Homes - Real Estate ~ The Serena Group (Keller Williams Realty of Manatee):

short sale jungleJust like a lot of other Real Estate professionals... REALTORS, Title Companies, etc. , we have been trying to do the impossible!  To successfully negotiate through the jungle that is known as the banking "short sale process" towards a merciful end for our clients and to produce revenue for our real estate business... not to mention helping to clear the glut of short sales & foreclosures that are choking our Real Estate market and preventing it from stabilizing and becoming healthy again!   We can EVEN help the banks get what THEY want.... more money for toxic assets and smaller deficiencies!

 

 

The problem is that we are working with a BROKEN BANKING SYSTEM where common sense and logic play no part!

 

We patiently plod along, with our clients in tow, through the maze of paperwork, the never ending phone short sale mysterycalls, difficult negotiations, heart wrenching details.... thinking that we are getting close to accomplishing a win-win situation for all under the most dire of circumstances.... then.... WHAM!... a bank negotiator that we've established a rapport and open line of communication with, (after painstaking patience & diligence on our part)  leaves, gets laid off, falls off the face of the earth... WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY GO!  No one ever seems to know or care!  The file goes into "Short Sale Limbo Land" and is reassigned... to who?  They never call with that information!.... the only way to find that out is solve the mystery that becomes..."Short Sale, Short Sale....Who's got the Short Sale File?" ...OR...

 

toxic assetsWe plod along trying to keep a buyer loyal to "THE TRANSACTION FROM HELL" forging through months of empty deadline promises, ignored phone messages, stubborn INVESTORS that say "NO" to a perfectly fair offer (supported by comps & market statistics, I might add!), extensions because of delays that really shouldn't be necessary, and "missing" workout negotiators that get replaced by "mystery" negotiators that don't identify themselves but wait for you to find THEM!  The transaction drags on for so long that:  the buyer walks, the property owner loses precious time before foreclosure is eminent, AND the banks lose perfectly good deals that most certainly would put more money in their pockets than they will ultimately get with another offer which will clog their systems even more and produce less revenue and cause larger deficiencies!  These "toxic" assets then continue to compete with normal home sales and continue to drive down everyone's property values and belabor the recovery period.

 

Might I add... that most Real Estate deals today are short sales and foreclosures and this "BROKEN BANKING SYSTEM" is preventing us, as REALTORS, from enjoying our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO MAKE A LIVING!

 

Has the banking industry asked us for our suggestions or put together a panel of experts in the REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY to aid them in fixing their systems?  WHY NOT?  Is there some advantage to them to continue on with this devastating course of events?

 

Lots of questions and opinions... but no conclusive answers.

 

 

                                                                                   BANKERS ARE YOU LISTENING?BANKERS...ARE YOU LISTENING?

 

BRADENTON REALTOR


                                                  www.TheSerenaGroup.com

 
Posted by Eric P. Thompson, Siesta Key Florida on 05/11/2009 10:41 AM   Comments (0)  
EARNING YOUR TRUST FOR LIFE.

Experience equals results. It is my privilege to develop a trusting relationship with you. I understand that buying or selling a home is among the most important decisions in your lifetime. Making these important decisions is not simply a business transaction, it is your life.

Please feel free to phone, email, or visit me to discuss your real estate needs.

Sincerely,

Eric Thompson

 
Posted by Eric P. Thompson, Siesta Key Florida on 05/30/2008 04:00 PM   Comments (0)  

 

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