The Homeowner’s Parting “Remarks”
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We’ve seen it all and we’re still seeing it, the trashed foreclosure. Occasionally, the owners have just walked away and left the home intact. Other times they take it out on the walls and strip the home bare.
Recently, I had a home [...]
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The Internet: How to Sell Real Estate in 2010
If you’re currently selling or about to sell your real estate you need to know how buyers shop for real estate in Southwest Florida. There’s been an evolution towards buyer empowerment by way of the internet. It’s nothing new, of course, but if you or you’re [...]
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$180,000 Less Than 2005 Appraisal!
There have been a few ads spotted out there with the declaration of how much lower the home price is compared to an appraisal from back in the day. Advertising an old “appraised at” price is totally irrelevant to buyers. If a home was such a great deal and priced [...]
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It’s Still All About The Real Estate Appraising
Recently there’s been a lot of hubbub about the effects of the new Housing Valuation Code of Conduct – HVCC. The HVCC was intended to create a system to eliminate inflated values by either bad or novice appraisers or by predatory lenders. The resulting unintended consequences have [...]
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HVCC survey results
The home valuation code of conduct HVCC and what it means to those getting or making loans.
Why HVCC just must loans and funding worse for consumers.
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Are you too late to the home buying or refinancing game?
Some people still think that things are going to get better. So I decided to hold off one week on writing something, so this way I could write on what did happen. As they say, “Hindsight is 20/20.” Now, there is no arguing that [...]
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Mortgage financing that you may not be aware of….
Home financing is available through the USDA – the zoning of the property is important, but you would be surprised at how many areas actually do qualify in Florida.
Believe it or not, 100% financing IS still available.
Features of these mortgages include:
No Mortgage Insurance
No Reserves
No Minimum Credit Score
Not [...]
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A Tale of Pricing Riverfront Gulf Access Homes
Sometimes when homes don’t sell as fast as expected the homeowner becomes frustrated. The current state of the Bonita Springs real estate market has brought sales to some home sellers while other homes remain unsold. The only thing that is obvious about the current real estate [...]
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A good many of us have played a pinball machine. A friend of mine, “Big Al,” restores and maintains them as a hobby. He has a brilliant mind that can disassemble anything and reassemble it in better-than-new condition. Most importantly, he knows what they are worth.
Friday afternoon we had a conversation about him “previewing” a [...]
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Do Trades Have to Appraise?
The story was stumbled across in a Google news alert. I follow Google alerts for the term “Bonita Springs” and “Bonita Springs real estate“. The story is a “trading places” sort of article about a property owner in Bonita Springs that would like to purchase real estate in [...]
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It’s Just an Offer, Not an Insult
Sometimes a buyer’s offer isn’t received so well. Seller’s may still have in their mind that their home is not only worth what they paid for it, but even more. If it’s been said once, it’s been said a million times. A home has to appraise [...]
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Just Because You Don’t Like it
Doesn’t Mean it’s Not True
Bad news stinks. Nobody likes to hear it and nobody likes to read it. It is with great regret that I have to bring bad news to home owners that have decided to sell their home and haven’t come to the realization that they will be [...]
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