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Survey: Huntsville real estate most affordable in Alabama Huntsville has been ranked Alabama’s most affordable residential real estate market in Coldwell Banker LLC’s 2007 Home Price Comparison Index. The study looked at 2,200 square feet, four bedroom homes in 317 American markets. The average price of such a home in the Huntsville market was $212,183. …
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In real estate? Better get a second job [Florida] Moonlighting as a waiter at Rosario’s, an Italian restaurant on the oceanfront, is no comedown for real estate agent Todd Jachim. After all, the food is great, working conditions pleasant and the owner and customers extremely nice, said Jachim, who has worked as a waiter before …
Orlando’s condo boom a thing of the past After a more than five-year frenzy, the condo-building boom in downtown Orlando has ground to a halt. A new Orlando Sentinel survey of the downtown core finds that more than two-thirds of the 40 new high- and mid-rise condo projects announced in recent years are in limbo, …
Developer of stalled Eden condos asks Boca Raton for permit extension [South Florida] It may be called Eden, but many say the Boca Raton condo project is nothing but trouble. Now the developer who failed to complete the luxury condos has a new plan: a community for seniors. That’s if the Boca Raton City Council …
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State reviews title insurance Cozy relationships between title insurance companies and real estate agents, builders and lenders, and the question of who ends up with premium dollars were at the heart of a four-hour public hearing in Tallahassee on Thursday as Florida regulators began to pull back the curtain on the little-known title insurance business. …
Florida men may face federal indictments in alleged fraud A group of men accused of bilking hundreds of Southwest Florida residents out of at least $35 million will ask a judge today to put a state civil case against them on hold because they are facing a federal indictment. The indictment would be the first …
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