tampa real estate: Credit Report Mistakes - 01/29/09 10:33 AM
I cannot tell you enough how important it is to check your credit reports yearly for mistakes. Mistakes are easily made and they can wreak your credit score. If there are mistakes, you must work with the credit reporting agency to get them corrected. Don't trust anyone else to do this (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Refinancing a Mortgage ain't Easy! - 01/15/09 04:37 PM
I read everywhere that applications for refis are soaring because of lower interest rates, but I find it hard to believe. Apparently there are many homeowners out there will a good deal of equity in their homes. I, on the other hand, are one of those people who purchased a home (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Buyers and Sellers Need to be Educated on the Short Sale Process - 10/06/08 01:42 PM
Lets face it, we have another 4 to 5 years of short sales, foreclosures and bank owned properties in the Tampa Bay area. It is unfortunate, but it is reality. The bulk of the homes that are currently on the market are short sales so it is important for Realtors to (1 comments)
PRICE REDUCED $14,000. Beautiful townhome nestled in desirable New Tampa Golf Course Community. Eat in kitchen features all black appliances and black granite counter tops. Breakfast bar overlooks your large dining room/living room combination. Large screened-in patio just off of (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Foreclosure Help for Florida - 09/30/08 02:43 PM
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary announced Friday that Florida will receive $541 million in new federal foreclosure funds to help prevent further home defaults and fight the effects of blighted areas with abandoned homes. The funds are not for those already facing foreclosure. The local government is required to (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Investors Still on Hook for Taxes if they Short Sale! - 09/25/08 01:17 PM
Foreclosures in the Tampa real estate market continue to rise at an alarming rate. Financially troubled homeowners cannot sell their home for anywhere near what they paid for it and they simply cannot afford to make the mortgage payments. Once they are a good three or four months behind on their (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Most Important Thing You Can do Before Attempting to Buy a Home - 09/23/08 02:39 PM
In today's market, lenders are very careful with who they give money to for a new home purchase. You definitely cannot blame them. The most important thing a potential home buyer needs to do before even thinking about applying for a mortgage is to check their credit report. Credit reporting agencies (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Judge Takes Amendment 5 Off the Ballot? - 08/15/08 08:41 AM
Why is a U.S. Circuit Court Judge pulling this amendment off of the November ballot? Amendment 5 will reduce property taxes by as much as 40 percent and could help boost the housing market tremendously and this judge pulls it off stating he had issues with how the bill was presented (1 comments)
tampa real estate: Home Builders Thinking Small - 08/10/08 02:51 PM
Big home builders in the Tampa Bay area were prospering a couple of years ago by building mostly larger homes, but when the market turned the home building business slowed dramatically. They had to re-think their strategy as well as the type of product they would build in order to keep (0 comments)
tampa real estate: Tampa Real Estate Specialist - 07/10/08 01:27 PM
This is my first post. Figured I'd start be saying something about myself.
I am a graduate of the University of South Florida with both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Business Administration. I have previously worked as a real estate developer for a large home builder in the Tampa (3 comments)
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