Gainesville home sales soar 84 percent over a year ago
Wednesday Dec 23 | via Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL
Gainesville's November home sales jumped a whopping 84 percent over a year ago, and the median price went up for the first time in more than two years, according to Florida Realtors. Comment?
Gainesville home sales looking up
Oct 23, 2009 | via Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL
Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Gainesville has finally joined the home sales party, with positive year-over-year sales in September for the first time in more than two years as all 19 metro areas in the state reported increased annual sales. Comment?
ACORN's scandals hit group hard
Oct 2, 2009 | via OrlandoSentinel.com - Home
I n 2004, Florida ACORN mobilized a volunteer army to help win passage of a constitutional amendment raising the state's minimum wage to $6.15, worth an extra $1 an hour to an estimated 300,000 low-income workers. Comment?
Existing home sales retreat in Gainesville area in A...
Sep 25, 2009 | via Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL
Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:52 p.m. Home resales in the Gainesville area retreated 9 percent in August from a four-month march toward positive year-over-year sales. Comment?
Gainesville existing home sales down 9 percent from ...
Sep 24, 2009 | via Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun Gainesville, FL
Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:25 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:25 p.m. Home resales in the Gainesville area retreated from a four-month march toward positive year-over-year sales, with a 9 percent decline in August. Comment?
Miami, Vegas condo markets hit hard
6 hrs ago | via The Wichita Eagle
With foreclosures soaring and home prices in the tank, Miami and Las Vegas often compete for the dubious distinction of being the nation's hardest-hit condo market. Comment?
Condo groups in financial pain
6 hrs ago | via HeraldTribune.com
The continuing foreclosure flood is creating severe financial problems for condominium associations across Florida, and members are complaining that banks and mortgage companies are doing nothing to help. Comment?
As mortgage fraud runs rampant, meaningful prosecuti...
7 hrs ago | via St. Petersburg Times
A leading cause of the foreclosure deluge that has swamped Tampa Bay's housing market is mortgage fraud, so it was welcome news in November when federal prosecutors announced they had nailed some of the culprits. Comment?
New year looks no brighter for mortgage modifications
Friday | via The Stuart News
The new year probably will bring little relief to hundreds of thousands of Floridians struggling to keep their homes, as experts anticipate the mortgage modification bottleneck will continue in 2010. Comment?
16 hrs ago | via WDBO-AM Orlando
Magic Mechanic Magic Mechanic - Jan. 2 2010, 3:00pm-3:20pm Larry is the expert when it comes to your car + " Saturday and -- from home improvement to buying and allowing homes to mortgage. Comment?
Top house sales fall short of '06 figures
5 hrs ago | via Pensacola News Journal
Archer and Ivy Frierson of Shreveport, La., sneaked onto the back deck of a vacant Gulf-front home on Pensacola Beach this year, just to sip some wine and get a feel for what it would be like to live there. Comment?
Lee County, SW Fla. condo, homeowners' associations ...
5 hrs ago | via News Press
Tough times are especially tough on Southwest Florida's condominium and homeowners' associations, often faced with massive defections from the quarterly dues payments that provide the lifeblood of a community. Comment?
Are you ready? Ten steps to home ownership
5 hrs ago | via The Daily Advertiser
Realtor.com contains an enormous amount of valuable information, and such data combined with the expertise of your local Realtor, can be the essential keys to your success. Comment?
Business News: First-time buyers finding it easier t...
13 hrs ago | via The Daily Record
TIME buyers are reaping the benefit of the British property slump. Properties in almost 40 per cent of areas of the UK are now within theirpricerange,a studyclaimed yesterday. Comment?
Thursday Dec 31 | via Asbury Park Press
Timothy P. Kerner, Samuel Mancino and William J. Ruckert III have been appointed to the board of directors of the Community YMCA, Middletown. Comment?