florida housing market: Florida Housing Insights - Just Past Mid-Year 2008 - 08/20/08 09:10 PM
Well, we've reached it... September is nearly here, and we find ourselves finally drenched with the rain we have been begging to receive for more than a year now. Of course - now that the Chain of Lakes canals are back to a near navigable state - the rain-rain-go-away singers are
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florida housing market: There is a Bank Run on Home Equity Lines - 03/27/08 03:15 PM
March 23, 2008 *****This is an Email alert I sent out to my Newsletter subscibers. If you would like to sign up for my Free Monthly Newsletter go to www.MortgageCreditCare.com **** There is a Bank Run on Home Equity Lines! There has been another disturbing trend in the Florida housing market. This past
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florida housing market: Major change in the Mortgage Industry on the Table - Way to Go Mr. Bush! - 03/14/08 01:34 PM
I saw this article come out today from FloridaRealtors.org and the parts I have bolded below are what jumps out at me most. I am sure some mortgage brokers won't be happy about this but this is a badly needed reform. It calls for the "Good Faith Estimate" to truly disclose
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florida housing market: Why you should buy your home in Florida NOW ? - 01/20/08 11:58 PM
I wrote a post back in early November last year, Is now the right time to buy your Florida home ? The comments then are just as apropos now as they were then. However, I have some interesting recent data to add to this that lends even more support and definitively
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florida housing market: Pricing your Florida home to Sell in todays market - 01/03/08 03:54 PM
Looks like the 2007 year ended pretty much as predicted here in the Greater Tampa Bay. The Florida Association of Realtors (FAR) released their latest statistics comparing November 2006 to November 2007 this week and I don’t think any one was surprised.
The synopsis for the year:
Sales down 30
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florida housing market: Tampa - Florida Housing Statistics for December 2007 - 12/18/07 04:23 PM
A company called Altos Research has issued a new report that will add some real time perspective to market conditions. Since most of the reports take months to generate, Altos intends to lower the playing field by providing quicker market statistics. Their inaugural report looks at 20 major metro markets which
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florida housing market: HOW THE HOUSING MARKET AFFECTS THE LOCAL ECONOMY - 11/08/07 05:33 AM
In Orlando, approximately 30% of licensed Real Estate Associates will not renew their local board memberships. It is estimated that another 20% will pay late fees. In Osceola County, 20-30% are not likely to renew. St. Cloud for example has a population of 29,000 people; most of whom work in Orlando but patronize local
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florida housing market: Florida Foreclosures Double from this time last year - 11/02/07 11:40 AM
Realty Trac today released it’s 3rd Quarter report on Foreclosures and Nationwide reported an increase of near 34% as compared to the 2nd Quarter of 2007. When compared to this time last year that is very close to being doubled. The level climbed in 45 out of 50 states in
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florida housing market: REALTORS>>WHAT IS IN YOUR WALLET? - 11/01/07 10:59 AM
Okay we all know the market is not achieving record breaking sales. While many Realtors are scratching their heads and wondering what do to next, a select few realize this is opportunity time. "The need for housing will always exist" and because of that need there will also be opportunity for
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florida housing market: Tampa home prices plummet - 10/30/07 05:09 PM
Single family home prices have continued to slide nationally and in Tampa they seem to be in free fall. Today Standard & Poor released their report for August 2007 (Standard & Poor’s S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index for August 2007) and it does not paint a rosy picture here
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florida housing market: Florida home prices gained lead nation over five-year period - 08/31/07 08:20 PM
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) latest quarterly report shows that Florida home prices rose over a five-year period. Home values rose 95.3 percent. Hawaii is the only state reporting a stronger home price over the same 5 year period at 106.43%. (Nationally, the increase for the same 5 year period was
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florida housing market: Florida Association of REALTORS: Florida’s Housing Market For 2nd Quarter 2007: Sales Activity Remains Soft - 08/15/07 08:05 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aug. 15, 2007 – In second quarter 2007, Florida's housing sector in many markets continued to report higher inventory levels of homes for sale, median prices edging down and sales activity reflecting a buyer’s market.
Statewide, sales of single-family existing homes totaled 37,709 during the three-month period, a
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florida housing market: Press Release: Florida’s housing market suffers setback, new survey results show - 06/20/07 12:52 PM
Florida’s housing market suffers setback, new survey results show
Filed under Research on Monday, June 18, 2007.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s housing market, thought to be stabilizing earlier this year, deteriorated in the latest quarterly survey conducted by the University of Florida, a situation likely brought on by uneasiness about lending
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florida housing market: Is the Condition of the Housing Market Influenced by Media Hype or Local Trends? - 05/04/07 04:24 AM
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florida housing market: Never have I seen the media control our Real Estate Industry so MUCH! - 04/29/07 06:45 PM
Every time I pick up the newspaper all I hear is how BAD things are in Real Estate. So, I cancelled my newspaper subscription. A year or so ago the HEADLINES read “The Housing Market is Booming” and “Florida most desired place to live” Real Estate Sales were up and many
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florida housing market: Media blowing up Housing Market. - 09/06/06 06:52 AM
By now, we should be all "Out of Business" jumping out of our collective windows circa 1930`s Stock Market Crash, and start applying for unemployment per the News Media. There is no denying that the Real Estate market has slowed down, albeit people aren`t making $5000 per month on their
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