Real Estate

When a home is sold through a foreclosure auction say at the Hernando County Florida Courthouse steps, its owner usually owes more to the bank than the market will bear of the property itself. As a result, few foreclosed auctions end with the property being sold, so the title goes to the lender hol [Read More]

Hi All, Well we are coming up on a new sales week in Hernando county and after last weeks 24 homes closed it should be an interesting one for home buyers. That's 24 homes that have closed and does not include all the homes that have gone pending. 51 homes went under contract in the last 5 days [Read More]

Facing a foreclosure can be frightening! But if you don't understand the process or the paperwork you can begin to feel, not only scared, but confused and helpless, as well. Scott Keeports, an employee at the St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services is offering a free seminar for homeowner [Read More]

Have you heard the NEW word on the street? It is called "Assurance". It is an insurance policy to help those who lose their jobs due to no fault of their own. I think it is a much needed policy in many different ways. I think it is great that the builders are now offering this to new hom [Read More]

According to a study by the Boston Federal Reserve, it's not the high interest rates that are the main cause of foreclosures across the country, its unemployment! The lowered interest rates are definitely bringing in the new home buyers, but it's the lack of work and the declining home valu [Read More]

A new real estate class is starting up in Naples, Collier County, Florida that will include topics such as current real estate trends, buying and selling a home, market statistics, buying and investing in foreclosures and how to appeal the Property Appraiser's value of a home. The class will in [Read More]

Al Capone's the famous Chicago Crime Boss onetime home is for sale the 6 room two flat house on chicago southside that the legendary Gangster once lived has come on the market at $450,000. The prohibition era Mob Boss lived with his wife and mother in the house from 1923 to 1931. when he was se [Read More]

Real estate is tough enough in this market without Countrywide not being up front with property buyers. Clients of all real estate companies are owed nothing less than the truth and being treated as the most important part of real estate. There are many web sites that have the gripes and horror sto [Read More]

I get asked this question so often. So I thought I would give a little insight on the term "Short Sale". A "Short Sale" is when a homeowner puts their home on the market at today's value, and that value is less than what they owe on their loan. They are asking their lender [Read More]

A while back I had a young woman make an offer on a forclosure in Tampa. She was very qualified. Excellent credit, great work history, plenty of monies for down payment and closing costs. Nothing wrong. And this was a conventional loan. But, unfortunately the condo complex had too many delinquent a [Read More]