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Please click on this link to view the Housing Trends MAY - 2013 Newsletter:    http://jimjones.housingtrendsenewsletter.com The Housing Trends eNewsletter contains the latest information from the National Association of REALTORS®, the U.S. Census Bureau, Realtor.org reports and other sources. 

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TALLAHASSEE — Florida's largest property insurer is shedding 60,000 policies — many of them in South Florida — under a questionable deal.The board of Citizens Property Insurance voted 3-2 on Wednesday to transfer policies to a St. Petersburg company called Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance...

Even though the real estate market is improving in several ways, the added FHA costs to borrowers is not condusive in continuing the improvement. Borrowers, which in nature requires FHA assistance to purchase a home, are being penalized yet again. THIS IS WHERE I BITE MY TONGUE AND STAY OFF MY SO...

This is true to the SW Florida real estate market. Appraisers, like Realtors get a bad rap sometimes, but some of it deserved, aBs there are always bad apples in every cart. However, lately my personal experience in doing my comps (I am not claiming a CMA is equal to an appraisal) but they have ...