REAL ESTATE UPDATE FOR BROWARD COUNTY & PALM BEACH COUNTYJanuary 2010 Broward County includes well known cities of Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Highland Beach, Hillsboro, Lighthouse Point, Parkland, Plantation, Sunrise, Tamarac and Weston. There are currently ...

01/31/2010

Prequalifying that Short Sale Listing before showing...are you doing it? Questions you should be asking.

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Short Sales can be very frustrating for a Buyer to work on because a large portion of agents are clueless about the short sale process. This blog post submitted by Amy does a great job of laying out questions that we ask to make sure putting in an offer on a short sale property will not waste our...

01/31/2010

Mr. Homebuyer, Here's Why I Didn't Send That One

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We set up listings for clients that are currently available and that meet the base criteria requested. We keep criteria basic, so the client receives more listings. Often customers send listings from aggregate websites that do not police their listings. Listings that are Canceled, Contingent an...

01/31/2010

CORAL SPRINGS PREFERRED CLIENT PROGRAM

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I have the good fortune to be involved with multiple boards in the City of Coral Springs. One of them is Enterprise Cora l Springs. It is the umbrella organization for the Chamber of Commerce, The Council of Executive Officers and the Economic Development Foundation. In a board meeting last week ...

01/25/2010

Does Your Reading Define Who You Are?

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I was thinking the other day about all of the material that I choose to read or have to read. I enjoy statistical data especially regarding the real estate industry and what applies to the consumer investing in a home for personal or professional reasons. I admit to browsing through the grocery ...

01/24/2010

Lenders Reportedly Skirting New RESPA Good Faith Estimate Through Loan "Worksheets" And "Fee Estimates"

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Change is inevitable (except from vending machines). The new GFE is meant to help consumers, but it lacks in a few areas, in our opinion. There is no cash to close listed, only total settlement charges There is no monthly payment amount listed which includes taxes and insurance, just the princip...

01/23/2010

Do you use birth control?

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This is another reason that change is good! JoyBefore I explain that question, let me ask you this one: "How long have you been in the business?" Ever have someone ask you that? Here's my answer, and it will really make you think! I was in the business before we had the Equal Credit Opportunity ...

01/23/2010

Short Sales- HAFA Guidelines and The TEN Day Dream Short Sale

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Our local newspaper, the Sun-Sentinel posted an article stating that short sales will be moving along quicker with the new 10 Day guidelines. Although this was lovely news and very encouraging....it did not include all of the facts. Read the following that we are re-blogging to have a better unde...

01/14/2010

Broward County and Palm Beach County Real Estate Listings and Sales for December 2009

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REAL ESTATE UPDATE FOR BROWARD COUNTY & PALM BEACH COUNTY December 2009 Broward County includes well known cities of Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Highland Beach, Hillsboro, Lighthouse Point, Parkland, Plantation, Sunrise, Tamarac and Weston. There are current...

01/05/2010

Power to the People: RESPA Rules Change on January 1, 2010

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More changes to protect the consumer. Change is difficult and in the end hopefully the right choice after we trudge through all of the frustrations that change brings while everyone learns the new processes. JoyThe Dawn of a New Decade brings the Dawn of Consumer Rights When Shopping for a Mort...

01/02/2010