tampa bay florida: Housing expected to improve over last year - 07/19/11 03:13 PM
One dip or two? Freddie Mac calls a double-dip recession unlikely; housing should end 2011 up to 5% higher than 2010. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: Scam cheats borrowers out of loan payments - 06/21/11 03:24 PM
Owners receive a letter saying their mortgage has been sold; but payments end up in scammers' pockets. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: CoreLogic Index shows home price increase - 06/02/11 04:53 PM
SANTA ANA, Calif. - June 2, 2011 - CoreLogic released its April Home Price Index (HPI), which shows that home prices in the U.S. increased on a month-to-month basis by 0.7 percent between March and April, 2011 - the first such increase since the homebuyer tax credit expired in mid-2010.However, national home prices - including distressed sales - declined by 7.5 percent in April 2011 compared to April 2010 after declining by 6.8 percent in March 2011 compared to March 2010. Excluding distressed sales, year-over-year prices declined by 0.5 percent in April 2011 compared to April 2010 and by 1.6 percent
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tampa bay florida: Two firms to pay for improper military foreclosures - 05/27/11 05:09 PM
Lenders out more than $22M - $125K per owner - to settle charges they foreclosed on 178 active-duty military personnel. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: Property tax break for active duty military - 05/17/11 07:02 PM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - May 17, 2011 - If you have clients who served in Iraq or Afghanistan during 2010, they'll want to know about new legislation providing a tax break for homestead owners.HB 1141 implements a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2010 and provides a new homestead exemption for military personnel on active duty overseas. The exemption is based on the amount of time the individual served overseas.How to calculate the tax breakTaxable value of the property multiplied by the percentage of time spent overseas in 2010. (Calculate percentage of time spent overseas by taking the number of days overseas
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tampa bay florida: Economy, affordability to drive home sales - 05/16/11 02:56 PM
WASHINGTON - May 16, 2011 - Home sales are on track to outperform last year, even though the market doesn't have the benefit of the homebuyer tax credit, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun told a packed room on Thursday during the Residential Economic Update at the 2011 Realtors® Midyear Legislative Meetings.Yun credits sustained economic growth, the slowly recovering jobs picture and historically high affordability conditions. Although unemployment remains high at about 9 percent, the country is seeing steady job growth. More than 100,000 jobs are being created a month, and the U.S. could see 1.5 million net new jobs this year,
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tampa bay florida: Pace of foreclosures slowed further in April - 05/12/11 01:55 PM
Court delays caused much of the drop, however. In Fla., process takes about 619 days, up from 470 days a year ago. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: Panel: Not enough gov’t funds went to homeowners - 03/21/11 03:25 PM
Fed foreclosure bailout costing far less than expected - but the money went to more corporations than owners. http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=257026
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tampa bay florida: Edible Flowers - 02/26/11 09:17 AM
Take a look at our latest Home by Design Article. Bring the garden onto your plate with Edible Flowers.Enjoy Nick & Cindy Davis
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tampa bay florida: Tips for choosing new home upgrades - 02/23/11 04:14 PM
HGTV host recommends upgrades that offer flexibility in the future in areas such as lighting and flooring. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: Home By Design - 02/12/11 08:04 AM
Please take a look at our latest Home By Design Article. Letting Go, Eight Proven Strategies For Reducing the Stress in Your Life. Hope you enjoy Nick & Cindy Davis http://www.homebydesign.com/pages/article/HBD_FEB_11_02/202173/index.html
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tampa bay florida: Fla. investigating three more law firms - 02/11/11 03:45 PM
Two Tampa firms and one Plantation firm may have done shoddy foreclosure paperwork on thousands of homes. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: Admin could faze out Fannie and Freddie - 02/09/11 06:48 PM
A "white paper" to be released by President Obama on Friday is expected to recommend government ownership ends. Read more.
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tampa bay florida: Home By Design - 11/28/10 09:09 AM
Please take a look at our latest edition of Home By Design. Current Day Camelot. Enjoy Nick & Cindy Davis
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tampa bay florida: Home By Design - 10/29/10 09:43 PM
Please take a look at our latest edition of Home By Design. Woodinville Wine Country.Enjoy Nick & Cindy
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tampa bay florida: Home By Design - 10/15/10 10:17 PM
Please take a look at our latest edition of Home By Design. A Jewel of a Room.Enjoy Nick & Cindy
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tampa bay florida: Home By Design - 09/03/10 11:28 PM
Please take a look at our latest Home By Design Article. Enjoy Nick & Cindy Davis
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tampa bay florida: NAR: Making FHA loan limits permanent crucial to housing recovery - 10/09/09 02:09 PM
Current limits expire at the end of 2009. In testimony before a House subcommittee, NAR urged members to extend that date. Read more.
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