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Because of the ever-tightening credit guidelines, we are finding that buyers are needing more time to repair credit issues. In an effort to find these buyers homes before all the issues are finalized, we have been using lease-option techniques with a lot of success. Recently we had a listing ag...
01/22/2009
A recent article in the Orlando Sentinel cites, among other things, that the available inventory in the Orlando market has dropped year end 07 to year end 08 by nearly 50%. See the article at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/thrifty/orl-homes1309jan13,0,4900604.story . The big que...
01/22/2009
Last week the Florida legislature met to try and ease Florida's budget crisis. In addition to raising a whole bunch of fees and miscellaneous taxes, the legislature also gobbled up some of the money in the state's many trust funds. The affordable housing trust fund which is paid for out of do...
01/21/2009
I have been noticing that certain price ranges in the rental market have been in more demand lately. Affordable rentals (450-650) seem to still be in high demand. Larger, newer houses have flooded the market and have created a softer demand in the $1000/mth and over price range. Several things...
01/21/2009
Here we are at the beginning of a new year, with a new political environment and an anxious eye on the economy. We are all painfully aware of just how important a solid real estate market is to our overall economy. One thing is for sure; this current market will turn around. The big questio...
01/21/2009