Stimulus Bill to Stop Foreclosure and To Benefit First Time Ho...

As the housing market continues to fall due to falling home prices and home sales, and the flood of foreclosures, the government continues to come up of ways to address these problems. " With the $819 billion economic stimulus bill passed by the House, first time home buyers...

South Florida Home Prices Fall, But Will Sales Rise?

South Florida home prices continued to drop in February even as the national real estate market showed a slight, unexpected sign of improvement after months in the doldrums.An average home sold for around $306,000 here -- down more than $50,000 from the same time last year....

Future of Sarasota Real Estate Market

"Although experts have perceived a bleak future for Florida real estates, within the state lie a region whose real estate market continue to flourish. Sarasota continues to be a haven for vacationers and retirees with its overlooking bay and white beaches. Sarasota is on the...

US Real Estate entices Koreans

"Koreans more than anywhere else, bought 51 houses in the U.S. in October alone, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said on Tuesday." Full Story

Sarasota Real Estate: Pot of Gold behind Property Foreclosures

Sarasota Real Estate "When a person purchases a home, a loan must be taken on a regular basis. The lenders, which are banks in general, keep the title to the home as collateral. When the person is ineffectual in paying the dues on time, the ownership of the house is...

Crisis in Sarasota Condo Insurance

Real Estate Press - You may try to sell a condominium on the bay and have just learned that homeowners insurance has increased from $48,000 to $170,000 for the 29 units. Plus, the deductible has gone from $50,000 to $750,000. A 10-story condo was built in 2000. It is...

Real Estate Press - US Growth is Condo Sales Slower but Still Rising

"The regional condo market has remained relatively flat during the past year while the nationwide condominium market keeps up with record-breaking, single-family home sales Nationally, 898,000 existing condos were sold in 2003, nearly a 10 percent increase from 820,000 in...

Real Estate Press - Drooping Home Prices Keep US Buyers Waiting

"Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com said that rising interest rates and sky-high home prices have cooled real-estate investment, particularly in high-end markets in some juiced-up parts of the country where speculation was most rampant. It shows that the...

US Housing Prices Rise, Donations Take the Hit

Set aside the cooling housing market. From District-based Mi Casa Inc., which builds about a half-dozen houses every year and redevelops small multifamily buildings, to the Community Preservation and Development Corp., a regional developer of big multifamily complexes, local...

Innovation is the Answer for Realtors to Boost Business in a Slow Market

For Becky Woodbridge, the expensive and glossy magazine ads are not the answers. The broker and firm owner is getting personal using her database as her primary marketing effort as the real estate market softens and competition among brokers heats up. Woodbridge, broker...

University of Central Florida Looking for a Real-Estate Professor

The dean of the College of Business Administration said on Firday that the University of Central Florida will start looking for an eminent scholar in real estate in September. This serves as a first step in UCF's School of Real Estate. Thomas Keon said once that professor...

4 Years Imprisonment for a Real Estate Agent

"A real estate agent from Lakewood has been sentenced to 49 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in March to wire fraud and money laundering that involved arranging more than 100 fraudulent loans and mortgages for illegal immigrants and other unqualified home...

Real Estate News - North Miami Beach Towers Approved

Real Estate Press - Plans for the long-delayed Marina Grande condo towers, at 172nd Street and Biscayne Boulevard have been approved by the North Miami Beach Planning and Zoning Board. The project, which includes two 24-story towers and a 112-slip marina, now goes to the...