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Realty Tips

New rules impacting home appraisals have resulted in some homeowners feeling they are not receiving fair valuations of their homes. To assist appraisers who may not be familiar with the neighborhood, homeowners may wish to provide a typed list of the home’s and neighborhood’s best attributes. Key items to note on the list [...]

Judge Taking over Condos

The Related Group, already facing financial problems at several projects and foreclosure on CityPlace South Tower locally, may have to pay $7 million for alleged construction defects at the oceanfront Beach Club in Hallandale Beach before disbursing proceeds from its last three units there. The Beach Club master association last week asked Broward Circuit Judge [...]

Few tips for selling home fast

Make a lasting first impression
The front door should be clean and presentable. If the doorbell is not working repair it.
Walls and woodwork
Faded walls and worn woodwork won’t sell your home. A small investment in paint or wallpaper will.
Let the sun shine in
Open the drapes and curtains. Clean the window and panes. Turn on the lights. House buyers [...]

Top Things to Know When Buying a Home

1. Don’t buy if you can’t stay put.
If you can’t commit to remaining in one place for at least a few years, then owning is probably not for you, at least not yet. With the transaction costs of buying and selling a home, you may end up losing money if you sell any sooner.
2. Start by shoring [...]

Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act

The sub prime mortgage crisis has become a vital issue in the economy today More and more people are being persecuted by this crisis
The sub prime mortgage crisis has become a vital issue in the economy today. More and more people are being persecuted by this crisis. Though sub prime mortgages actually constitute only 7% of [...]