Real estate: Just the right price If you’re getting ready to sell your home and thinking of asking a little more than $200,000, you might want to think again. “I would definitely drop it to $199,999,” said Bree Fary, an agent for Keller Williams Realty of Brevard in Melbourne. If there’s a bright spot in …
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Is Save Our Homes Portability Selling Houses? [Tampa Bay Area]
Is Save Our Homes Portability Selling Houses? [Tampa Bay Area] Raymond McIntyre’s office generated an interesting set of numbers this week: 222 people have moved to Highlands County, and brought their Save Our Homes tax exemptions with them. Just 75 homeowners left the county, and applied to transfer their Save Our Homes elsewhere in Florida. …
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Can Son Co-Own And Rent Florida Condo?
Can Son Co-Own And Rent Florida Condo? Q: I’m planning on acquiring rental property and my son is looking for a primary residence, so I’m going to buy a condo or villa in Florida and rent it to him. To attain owner-occupancy status, I intend to put both our names on the mortgage as Tenants-in-Common. …
Village offers cash so you’ll take Manhattan [Chicago]
Village offers cash so you’ll take Manhattan Not long ago, it was news when builders and home sellers were looking to spice up their deals by dangling, say, a flat-screen television in front of prospective buyers. But that’s sooooo 2007. Take, for example, south suburban Manhattan, where it’s the village government giving the incentives. The …
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Not all real estate agents are suffering
Not all real estate agents are suffering For many real estate agents, these aren’t exactly the best of times. Don’t put David McIlvaine in that category. The suburban Baltimore broker just had his best first quarter ever. With his business tripling over the past year, McIlvaine recently had to hire another staffer and buy more …
Bankruptcy filings show deep debt of coastal investors [Alabama]
Bankruptcy filings show deep debt of coastal investors [Alabama] Three of Bon Secour Village’s five developers have filed for bankruptcy, putting the already imperiled Gulf Shores development at further risk and illustrating how south Baldwin County’s burst real estate bubble has hit even the most moneyed investors. Cullman brothers Eddie and Josh Canaday — along …
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