The city is holding a contractors forum from 9 to 10:30 a.m. this Tuesday at Pompano City Hall in order to get comments on ways to improve its permit process. The forum follows one held last year and is open to residents, contractors, developers, business owners and builders. Over the past half y
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08/22/2011
According to the Associate Pressd, offshore investors are flocking to Florida's distressed real estate prices as major companies with ties to Hong Kong, Spain, Argentina and Malaysia are snapping up properties sensing the local market has bottomed. Recent foreign investment has come from countie
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08/19/2011
More South Florida homeowners were underwater in their mortgages during the second quarter of 2011 compared to last year as home values struggled to stay buoyant. Roughly 46% of homeowners with mortgages in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties owe more on their loans than their homes are
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08/19/2011
Second-homes that once were out of the price range for many are now viable options, according to The Wall Street Journal. Price cuts are causing buyers to take note. Reports in The Wall Street Journal indicate that the second-home housing market won't stay soft forever. Earlier this year, the vac
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08/18/2011
According to a report by Trulia, demand for rent across the nation has created an effect where it is now less expensive to buy than to rent. This has become especially so as interest rates have fallen to near all time lows. With exceptions to the cities of New York, San Francisco and Seattle it i
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08/16/2011
Along with the new 7 million dollar regional library underway near Pompano City Hall on Atlantic Boulevard, the city may be planning on building a 300 to 600 seat theater and cultural arts center. Vice Mayor George Brummer stated that a complex such as this could stimulate redevelopment in the ar
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08/16/2011
Admiralty Towers, a Pompano Beach condo, continued to exclude families with young children long after federal and county law prohibited it agreed during Broward County's civil rights investigation to stop enforcing its bylaw about children. The condo is accused of rejecting a Canadian vacationer'
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08/15/2011
Hi, Not many people know that disctricts are one of the key issues that decide elections in our state. If you have ever seen a district map then your jaw has probably dropped on the floor when you see the way this process is manipulated in order to game the political system. Every 10 years follow
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08/15/2011
Chase Bank offers Florida homeowners incentive to short sell Chase Bank has been quietly offering some Florida homeowners a deal they can't refuse, according to the Sun Sentinel. In return for $10,000 to $20,000, borrowers behind on their mortgage payments will agree to a short sale. In other wor
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08/13/2011
Defining Search Parameters for a First-Time Home Buyer Almost 80% of all home searches today begin on the Internet. With just a few clicks of the mouse, home buyers can search through hundreds of online listings, view virtual tours, and sort through dozens of photographs and aerial shots of neigh
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08/13/2011
