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Probably the biggest question I get these days is "Has the $8,000 tax credit been extended??"
The short answer is NO.There are bills in the Senate right now that are anticipated to be approved in the coming days, but nothing is concrete at this point.
A few points about the proposed
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Many people are talking about repealing HVCC...the law stating that mortgage brokers cannot be involved in choosing the appraiser or ordering an appraisal on a conventional loan.
I truly hope they do repeal this, however the real news of the day is that FHA is now following in Fannie & Freddie's
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Tonight (8/28/09) the Columbia High Tigers will host the Fort White Indians in a kickoff classic. These teams are the only High School Teams in Columbia County. The Columbia High Tigers are located in Lake City, FL and the Fort White Indians are from Fort White, FL.The Tigers are in the
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Got the news this week that Taylor Bean was shut down. A sad day for mortgage brokers and Realtors. Taylor Bean had been one of the biggest players in the residential mortgage business. They focused on the customer with the best rates, and one of the few big banks with empathy.
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Lake City, Florida's top plumber is Plumbing Now!!
I recently needed a plumber to handlea plumbing emergency in the Lake City, FLarea,and calledPlumbing Now- I was thouroughly impressed with the experience.
The namePlumbing Nowdescribes their service perfectly. Their friendlyoffice manager was a delight to work with & answered all my
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More FHA loans were originated in June than ever before.
FHA guaranteed almost 186,000 mortgages in June, a monthly record for the agency in its 75-year history. The total number of FHA loans originated last month surpasses the previous record of 157,000 set last October. Having never crossed the $40 billion
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Mortgage ratesfell to the lowest level since May as home-loan refinances surged. Rates had reached record lows of 4.5% for a 30yr fixed rate loan in Apriluntil the end of May where they spiked over 1½% in two days time.
Since then they've slowly edged back down - Today the average
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Below are May's Florida homesales numbers. You can see that sales are up pretty significantly over 2008's numbers.
This is due to the large number of bank owned & foreclosure/pre-foreclosure properties out there - Investors & homebuyers looking for a good deal are snatching the properties up.
I've had numerous situations
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Hereare 8,000 reasons for you to get of the fence.
There has NEVER been a better time to buy. Really and honestly...
When you qualify & buy a principlal residence before December 1st, 2009, then you are eligible for a $8,000 tax credit (or 10% of the purchase price of your
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Everyone be sure to come down to beautiful Lake DeSoto for the July Fourth celebration in Lake City, FLon Saturday.
The night is going to kick off at 6 PM with live music, great food, and lots of friends & family!
Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and gather around
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This is an article that was published in the Lake City Reporter yesterday. Written by Jeff M. Hardison.. & all credit goes to him & the Lake City Reporter...This explains how the trend of more sale & activity but lower prices is still moving up north in Florida, still reaching into
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Lake City, FL is definitely experiencing more short sales, foreclosures, & over REO or Bank owned properties & home sales than even just 1 year ago. Although we still do not seem to be even close to south Florida in terms of a REO dominated market to the levels of a
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What a Game! By: Bruce Dicks, Realtor, e-PRO (Coldwell Banker Bishop Realty)
Wow, what a game last night! The Fl. Gators in softball wonwith 2 outs in the bottom of the last ending with a gran slam! They now will pay in the2009NCAA Championship Game starting tonighton ESPN2.
The Baseball Team also won last night by beating UM 16-5 and will advance.
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Yesterday, Ireceived theAprilreport from The Lake City Board of Realtors comparingApril, 2008 toApril, 2009 for the Lake City, Fl. areas. InApril, 2008 there was34 homes sold and inApril, 2009 there was29 homes sold. That is a negative 15%.The good news for Home Buyers is, in the same time frame, the Median
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Wow! it has been a little too long. Have I been busy? Yes and no! Since my last post I've been on a 2 week Route 66/Vegas vacation that was awesome! I'm continuing to stay in touch with prospective buyers, most who have homes to sell before they can buy. I'm
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FLORIDA REAL ESTATEA monthly UF survey finds an increase in confidence for the Florida real estate market. "Positive responses ... lead us to believe there is light at the end of the tunnel," says Timothy Becker, director of UF's Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies. According to Becker, many respondents believe
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The Attorney General of New York (Andrew Cuomo) started quite an uproar with an investigation into theappraisal process and the mortgage industry. Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac quickly moved to appease him & subsequently agreed to huge changes to the way appraisals are handled.
The resulting settlement agreement, the
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If you would like a FREE 2 pc Kentucky Grill Chicken Meal, please go to www.oprah.comand click on the bottom that says Free KFC. This coupon can only be downloaded and printed today (5/6/09), but it is good until 5/19/09, except for Mothers Day.
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A few days ago, Ireceived theMarchnumbers from The Lake City Board of Realtors comparingMarch 2008 toMarch 2009 for the Lake City, Fl. areas. InMarch 2008 there was54 homes sold and inMarch 2009 there was34 homes sold. That is a negative 37%.The good news for Home Buyers is in the same time
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Here is some great news..., yes buyers get in there & start making your move. Well priced properties are selling quick. - Chad Stewart - Lake City, FL
RECOVERY ON THE WAY?Housing Predictor - which monitors over 250 residential property markets nationwide - says Florida appears to be emerging from the
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