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Foreclosed houses boost existing-home sales in Orlando area [Central Florida] Darhlene Zeanwick is in the thick of the region’s record blizzard of home foreclosures, brokering sales for banks and helping prospective buyers look for bargains. “About 38 percent of all homes on the market for sale in Poinciana are in some state of foreclosure, such …
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Meet the competition Shielded from the equatorial sun beneath an umbrella, Jim and Carol Lynch reflect on their unusual decision to move from the small town of Fayetteville, Tenn., to a suburb of this Costa Rican capital. “Look around you, man,” Jim Lynch says. “This place is beautiful.” They are among a small but growing …
Trading Down Is the New Real Estate Reality Half a million dollars is, by almost any standard, a lot of money. But during the past few years, when credit was easy and regulations were loose, to many Americans it didn’t seem like all that much. That’s because they were able to borrow huge amounts of …
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Joe Adams: Law says very little about association board decisions by e-mail Q: Please advise as to what decisions our association board members can make by e-mail. C.M. (via e-mail) A: Obviously, e-mail has become a permanent part of our society’s way of communicating with each other. Unfortunately, the laws for community associations do not …
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Home values falling less sharply than prices San Diego home prices have been falling for three years as sellers facing financial distress accept lower offers from bargain-hunting buyers. But the course of home values tells a slightly different story. Zillow.com, a Seattle-based Web site that follows the housing market nationally, released figures yesterday that illustrate …
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Playing with fire: Foreclosures bring rise in uninsured tenants It was force of habit that pushed Jeanne Ryan out of her home on a Sunday afternoon in January, just like everybody else at Indian Village Condominiums. The fire alarm went off. But she didn’t bother to take her purse, much less her television and furniture. …
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