April 8, 2008 - Little change is expected in existing-home sales over the next few months, before improving notably during the second half of the year, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says the market should come in
...
04/08/2008
MORTGAGE RATESRates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages rose this week to an average 5.88 percent and 5.42 percent, respectively. However, rates on shorter-term mortgages dipped.Read the full story:http://click.email.floridarealtors.org/?ju=fe511d71766c037a7113&ls=fe011570756c037e70167176&m=feff1070
...
04/04/2008
HOUSING RELIEFA bipartisan Senate bill to ease the slumping housing market contains $4 billion in grants to local governments to buy and refurbish foreclosed homes, new authority for states to issue bonds to be used to refinance subprime mortgages, a temporary $7,000 tax credit for people buying
...
04/03/2008
FORECLOSURESUnder growing pressure from voters to do something about the nation's foreclosure crisis, top Senate leaders agreed Tuesday to start with a plan that can win the support of both Democrats and Republicans by dropping some controversial ideas, such as allowing bankruptcy judges to chang
...
04/02/2008
FLORIDA LEGISLATUREFlorida House leaders have dropped their opposition to tapping up to $1.7 billion from long-term reserves to help cope with the state's budget crisis - but said the option is only for an emergency. "That money is there for certain times, and we made the determination that those
...
04/01/2008
