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Drawing down equity on home frees assets, carries downside risk Before getting a reverse mortgage, Jo Ann Miller and her husband, Carl, were living modestly on Social Security and carefully watching their spending. They had no pensions to fall back on and weren’t able to save much while they were working. But they had equity …
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Trailer-Park Sales Leave Residents With Single-Wides and Few Options [Long Island] In the middle of Long Island’s Gold Coast, where home prices easily reach $1 million, sits the Syosset Mobile Home Park, where a trailer can be had for under $50,000 and the monthly fee for taxes, water and sewage runs about $500. The children …
Builder left homes undone; CEO faces arrest [South Florida] Alisha Buckingham just wanted a two-story home. At the time, only two home builders in the city offered models with that specification. Contracting with Avalon Homes, she and dozens of other families learned, was a costly decision. Avalon collapsed last fall, leaving 50 homes unfinished and …
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Builder’s sales on track despite cancellations [Central Florida] Steve O’Dowd, 53, president of Engineered Homes of Orlando Inc., an employee-owned production home-building company based in Winter Park. O’Dowd spoke with staff writer Jerry W. Jackson. Question: Late last year, you were fairly confident about local home building for 2007. Has the extent of the slowdown …
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Europeans Still Buy Polk Properties Despite the slowdown in the U.S. real estate market, there’s evidence that investors are still buying local properties, particularly vacation rentals. The buyers remain one of the markets that’s been most loyal to Four Corners from the beginning: Europeans, particularly the British. When Feltrim Developments USA – which has an …
Will property tax relief help you? The Legislature’s proposed changes to the way counties, cities and school districts levy property taxes could save you thousands of dollars per year. Or not. Some changes could mean dramatic savings for owners of businesses or second homes but do little for year-round homeowners. On the other hand, a …