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I had been pondering the effectiveness of one of the government's recent "bailout" plans called Hope for Homeowners after reading several articles and speaking with several mortgage professionals. Everyone was pretty unanimous in their opinions that the entire program has thus far been a failure....

Well yesterday our monthly sales statistics were published by our local association, and for the first time in a long time there was a very solid silver lining for the housing market. In Orange and Seminole counties the pace of sold homes increased a whopping 37% from the same month last year. Fr...

Cognitive Dissonance This is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time. Dissonance increases with: The importance of the subject to us. (like the largest purchase most make in their lifetimes) How strongly the dissonant tho...

     I recently heard this as a concern for many sellers today. I mean it makes sense, if homes in your area are being foreclosed on (practically every area has a few here in Orlando) and the banks are letting these homes go at "fire sale" how is the typical owner to compete? We all know buyers w...

There are a myriad number of different factors that people claim steers the real estate market. Some of the factors I have heard of are area incomes not keeping pace with housing, rent to housing cost ratios, foreclosures, sub prime loans, media scare tactics, over building, overpricing, unrealis...