foreclosures: You Snooze, You Loose in Today's Housing Market - 01/25/10 06:01 AM
Are you familiar with the Idiom You Snooze, You Loose? You most probably have herd or will hear this term more than once in your lifetime. My use of the term here means that if you let yourself get distracted from buying a home today you are going to kick yourself in the butt tomorrow for not taking advantage of today's housing market. Home prices are at an all time low, mortgage interest rates at an all time low, and the government wants to give you money, $6,500 and $8,000 tax credit for buying a home. If you snooze to long, … (0 comments)

foreclosures: Short Sale Mania - 04/29/08 02:34 AM
The media continues to focus their attention on the number of foreclosures taking place in the United States. National news  this morning had statistics on forclosures. It was reported that one out of 194 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing so far this year. More doom and gloom news for the U.S. consumer to digest. On the bright side, the one market area that they are missing reporting on is short sales. Short sale mania has made a big hit in Tampa-Bay area. The Greater Tampa Association of Realtors recently reported that one out of eleven homes for sale in Hillsborough County Florida is currently listed as a … (2 comments)