home: Baby Boomers Home Equity Decline Diminish Hopes Of Retirement - Many Are Selling In Orange County - 05/20/08 02:36 PM
Unlike previous generations who could look to equity in their homes as a source of economic stability, the worsening economy has thwarted many baby boomers plans of an easy retirement. In the past retirees could look to their homes as a source of equity with which to retire and somewhat live (0 comments)
home: House Prices Decline In Value - Orlando, Orange County, And Across Central Florida - 05/20/08 02:29 PM
The U.S. government and corporate media don't talk about how lower house prices are good for home buyers, preferring to sacrifice we the people and families to make sure bankers have plenty of debt to earn interest on. Nevertheless pure and simple economics says lower prices of anything is good for (0 comments)
home: Lake County, Florida Property Appraiser Blows Whistle On Mortgage Fraud Inflating Real Estate Prices - 05/20/08 02:24 PM
The surplus of speculating investors who cleverly learned how to leverage leverage OPM (other peoples money) and work the system, is now backfiring throughout the market and circling back around to correct itself. A fourth of the homes bought across the nation the last few years were purely speculative for profit (0 comments)
home: Central Florida Property Appraiser - Homestead Tax Exemption - 05/20/08 01:59 PM
Every person who has legal or equitable title to real property in the State of Florida and who resides on the property on January 1 and in good faith makes it his or her permanent home is eligible for a homestead tax exemption. If title is held by the husband alone, (0 comments)
home: Central Florida Real Estate Market Downturn - Economic Variables & Causes - 05/20/08 01:51 PM
The residential real estate market in Central Florida has been good since the last recession that occurred in 1991. The real estate market was red hot for a six month window between April to September, 2005. I had never witnessed such phenomenal price increases in my entire 30 years as a (0 comments)
home: Central Florida Property Appraising & Consulting - Asset Assessment & Wealth Accumulation - 05/20/08 12:42 PM
Appraisers ensure that the decisions made by buyers, sellers, government officials, insurers, investors, and others are based on well-informed, carefully reasoned judgment. Therefore appraisers help promote the stable and orderly development of the real estate market.Appraisers of real property evaluate the utility and desirability of property and estimate its value for (0 comments)
home: Huge Inventory Of Unsold Florida Homes Drives Prices Down Despite Realtor Hype & Media Assurances - 05/20/08 12:19 PM
Irrational exuberance, realtor hype, and media assurances of a robust economy are beginning to take their toll. Unwarranted conclusions, faulty assumptions, and the predisposition to endless American prosperity are colliding full force with reality.Nobody is buying, but builders keep building. Wait it out and eventually we shall be able to buy (0 comments)