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Future of Vista Meadows Golf Course up in air [South Florida] Residents who live along the Vista Meadows Golf Course are wondering about the course’s future after it was sold at a foreclosure auction Thursday to a company that intends to resell the property. A previous owner of the course said he believes it may …
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They Bought but Never Built In 2002, when the St. Joe Company, one of Florida’s largest real estate developers, began selling parcels in a new neighborhood here, it was inundated by potential buyers. With as many as 10 applicants for every lot, the company put numbered balls into a fishbowl, then had an agent draw …
A Few Doors Away, Miles Apart In Taxes On most every block along Corona Street in south Tampa, imposing new homes grow alongside compact, 1940s- and ’50s-era dwellings. Young professional families move in next to widows subsisting on Social Security checks. On one block is a vacant lot. Its developer waits out a lull in …
Owners grapple with choice to sell, rent As the real estate market in Washington slowed in 2006, some home sellers opted to offer incentives to potential buyers, such as closing-cost assistance or payment of condominium fees, while other home sellers dropped their listing price, sometimes more than once. Some sellers, frustrated by a lack of …
Trailer park windfall: $510 million for Briny Breezes [South Florida] A link to South Florida’s past saw the future Tuesday: It’s big and splashy and comes with a lot of zeroes. And, if shareholders in this oceanfront mobile home park give their blessing, a Boca Raton developer they’d already spurned once will buy their town, …
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Part 2 of 3: The new lords of the land [Baltimore] A small number of investors who own many Baltimore ground rents often sue delinquent payers, obtaining their houses or substantial fees Paul W. Nochumowitz describes himself as a bail bondsman who takes home $14,000 a year and is bankrupt. Still, he and his wife, …
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