Property Taxes While most Florida homeowners are itching for a break on their property taxes, Fisher Island’s wealthy residents have been getting breaks for years. Residents of the exclusive island at the foot of South Beach have gotten accustomed to challenging the property appraiser’s assessments before the Miami-Dade County Value Adjustment Board —and saving big …
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1% mortgage – from joy to time bomb
1% mortgage – from joy to time bomb A disabled man on a fixed income risks losing his home over his adjustable rate mortgage. The official-looking notice appeared in his mailbox last year. To Denith Harrigan, the promise of an interest rate as low as 1 percent was too good to ignore. Disabled and on …
Boca condo faces foreclosure [South Florida]
Boca condo faces foreclosure [South Florida] In the clearest sign yet that the region’s real estate boom has ended, Miami-based Ocean Bank confirmed Wednesday that it has filed a $50 million foreclosure action against the developers of a Boca Raton condo conversion. The foreclosure may be the largest filed in Palm Beach County since the …
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Selling a home short can stave off foreclosure
Selling a home short can stave off foreclosure Danielle Merriweather added up all the numbers, and they didn’t look good: * The mortgage was $1,162 a month. * The winter gas bills ran $500 a month. * She had four children to care for. * And little money was coming in after the young mother …
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Puig’s bankruptcy may be one of many more to come [South Florida]
Puig’s bankruptcy may be one of many more to come [South Florida] Condo converter Puig Inc. is a casualty of the housing downturn. Some think the Hialeah company’s bankruptcy may be one of many more to come. Since South Florida’s raucous real estate party ended, the hangover has taken different forms — sales plunging, foreclosures …
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Homebuyers roll the dice
Homebuyers roll the dice With this simple start, Denver’s weekly Tuesday morning auction of foreclosed homes got underway: “Good morning. I’ll start with the standard disclaimer. For any bankruptcy filings we may have been told about by 10 a.m. this morning, those properties will not be offered for sale today.” One recent morning, eight people …