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Mortgage broker reveals shocking insider facts Behind the industry curtain: dirty tricks to increase profits The only people who should read “Mortgage Confidential” by mortgage broker David Reed are home buyers who want to avoid unnecessary mortgage fees, homeowners who want to refinance and save money, and real estate agents looking out for the best …
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Lawyer defends official’s role in wooing Scripps [South Florida] In October 2003, Greg Fagan served as tour guide for Scripps executives sizing up Palm Beach County real estate by helicopter and on foot. That’s because Fagan, a civil engineer, had information almost no one else had, and a position of power as the outgoing chairman …
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‘Mistake’ costs family its home at The Springs [Central Florida] Because of someone else’s mistake, Sharon Rousey lost her Longwood home at a courthouse auction two weeks ago over $1,200 in unpaid homeowners association dues. On Wednesday, she tried to persuade a judge to give it back. He refused. That means Rousey, 48, a single …
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Foreclosed options More people in Alabama are losing their homes to foreclosure, thanks partly to bad homeowner choices, market fluctuations and bankruptcy laws. The good news, if you can call it that, is that Alabama’s foreclosure rate is still well below the national average. The bad news is that the number of foreclosures here is …
Rent to sell House for rent. Brand-new kitchen. Quiet suburban location. Could rent-to-buy. Please, somebody, take this house! Homeowners Aaron and Jen May are trying not to sound desperate, but beneath their determined demeanor is an edge of fear. They lived in their 20-year-old suburban Wales house for a couple of years and put more …
Briny Breezes’ mobile home owners could soon be millionaires [South Florida] Nestled conspicuously amid multimillion-dollar homes and splashy high-rise condos, the coastal trailer-park town of Briny Breezes seems out of place, a relic of Old Florida that may soon vanish. If residents approve the Palm Beach County community’s sale to a developer for more than …
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