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Real estate bargains leave rural towns reeling in change Put a piece of a small Kansas town up for sale and it could wind up like Rexford in Thomas County, whose downtown has been bought up and turned into a religious conference center. Or it could be like St. John in Stafford County, where a …
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Builder shifted deeds around [South Florida] Bradenton real estate investor Michael Horner bought a house lot in September 2005 from Construction Compliance Inc. When he figured out that the lot in North Port wasn’t big enough for the house he wanted, the St. Petersburg-based company took it back and sold him a different one. But …
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Easy Cash Uplifting Investors The fuel behind New York’s record-setting real estate bonanza is the sizzling market for capital, and both buyers and lenders predict that cheap financing will be available for real estate investors into the foreseeable future. The availability of investment capital set fire to the real estate investment sales market last year, …
Ritz owner: Toss damages Attorneys for the owner of the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, and home builder Taylor Woodrow Inc. are asking a judge to toss out the $34 million in punitive damages the pair were hit with in November. Capping an eight-hour hearing Tuesday, attorneys for C. Robert Buford and Taylor Woodrow requested that Circuit Court …
Savvy S. Floridians cash in by renting homes to game fans More than 100,000 visitors are about to descend on South Florida for the country’s largest sports event. What’s a homeowner to do? Hundreds of them are seizing the money-making moment and offering their homes to Super Bowl fans. Asking from $150 a day to …
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No slump in S. Florida apartment market The South Florida condominium market might be languishing, but according to at least one brokerage the apartment market remains robust, with low vacancies, rising rents and strong demand from both tenants and investors. Every year, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. publishes the National Apartment Index, …