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These are mostly written by us but we have included special reports, written because of our invitation,
from leading experts in their fields. We did this in order to give you market fresh, unbiased
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Watching all the home improvement shows you will see they show you how to do it for under $500. For under $500 you can improve your home's value tens of thousands of dollars and sell quicker .. [Boca Raton Make your home sell for more for under $500 ]
You home is sitting on the market and you are starting to wonder what to do. What do home buyers look for? Here are things to consider .. [Boca Raton How to attract home buyers ]
buying a home.
That fact has been on full display in the United States as the housing market has boomed, rapidly increasing the wealth of homeowners. Unfortunately for renters, it has been a wealth wave they missed. .. [Boca Raton Buying a home can be a no-brainer path to wealth ]
A deluge of homes for sale is hampering South Florida's housing market, causing sales to slow considerably and prices to retreat from last fall's record high.
.. [Boca Raton Number of unsold homes balloons ]
Florida's housing market probably won't improve in 2006, but the long-term outlook remains promising, the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.
.. [Boca Raton 2006 will be bad for Florida housing ]
Coming off several years of blistering home sales at a record pace, Florida's housing sector followed the national trend in January and showed signs of some market adjustments, according to the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR). Still, the statewide median sales price for existing single-family homes last month rose 21 percent to $248,600; a year ago, it was $205,100.
.. [Boca Raton Floridas housing market shows price gains ]
The housing boom has boosted business for residential inspectors, with the National Association of Home Inspectors reporting an increase in the number of sales that involve inspections to 85 percent today from just 5 percent in the 1980s.
.. [Boca Raton Homebuyers try do-it-yourself inspections ]
The Perfect Barrier system -- also called Blu Wood -- created by Boca Raton, Fla.'s Charles Morando, is the newest way home purchasers can protect their investments. The product, which keeps wood and additional building materials moisture-free, eradicates mold and wood-eating insects, two of Florida's largest construction problems.
.. [Boca Raton Builders to use new moisture-resistant wood ]
Question: Nothing is especially impressive about the seaside cottage we recently purchased — except its sale price. The place actually needs work, but our depleted budget prevents us from working on more than one room.
That would be the kitchen. It's the space we'll use most, but its only salvageable items are the wooden floor and a white enamel stove. Please suggest a few ways to proceed.
.. [Boca Raton Focus on kitchen as first room for renovation ]
The REIT Story Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) were created by Congress in 1960 but played a very limited role in real estate investment for more than three decades. .. [Boca Raton Property Trust(s) ]
The age-old observation that "you never get a
second chance to make a first impression" certainly applies when it comes to
attracting buyers to a for-sale home. .. [Boca Raton Selling My Property ]
Shopping for a mortgage is the first step toward owning a home and perhaps the most daunting, especially if you are not prepared. .. [Boca Raton Apply for a Mortgage ]
How Much Do I Have to Save to Buy A Home? What benefits can I expect being a young person? What obsticles should I be aware of? .. [Boca Raton Young Buyer ]
This article continues to explore the benefits of home ownership. You will descover facts which may leave you surprised.. .. [Boca Raton Home Ownership : How To ]
The master developer of Downtown Coral Springs reached into the past to secure part of the city's future.
Amera Urban Developers is bringing in WCI Communities Inc. to build as many 900 condominiums in the 3.3 million-square-foot project at Sample Road and University Drive.
.. [Boca Raton Help build Downtown Coral Springs ]
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. -- When Mayor Michael Brown envisions the future of this struggling city, he sees no poverty, no drug dealing, no prostitution -- and none of the 1,700 buildings where many of his poorest constituents live and work.
.. [Boca Raton Fla. Eminent Domain Plan Could Be Largest ]
Scripps Research Institute President Richard Lerner thinks that he's made us "an offer we can't refuse." Jeb was enamored, and all seven county commissioners voted for the Mecca Farms site, an environmental disaster. .. [Boca Raton Why is Scripps afraid to invest? ]
The cheap mortgages that fueled America's real-estate boom are beginning to hurt the homeowners they once helped. Higher interest rates and the end of honeymoon periods for too-good-to-be-true teaser rates are causing payment shock for those who said "I do" to exotic loans.
.. [Boca Raton Exotic mortgages tempt more buyers ]
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- June 9, 2005 -- Online foreclosure listing service Foreclosure.com says 22,734 new foreclosed residential properties were listed for sale in the U.S. during May, representing a 17 percent decline from April.
.. [Boca Raton U.S., Florida foreclosures drop in May ]
Baffled by home-building jargon? Stumbling over phrases like great room, loggia or good-morning room? No problem. Below, we've defined a few home-building buzz words to help you find your dream home:
.. [Boca Raton Terminology de-mystifies home jargon ]
Your broker's marketing efforts and considerations will
include advertising, showing the property, how long the house has been on the
market and whether you're buying another home. .. [Boca Raton Marketing Info ]
New home or not, it pays to know what to look for in its structure, equipment and surroundings. Give this article a browse before you buy. .. [Boca Raton Home Inspector Worksheet ]
Here's an explanation of debt to income ratio which is a comparison of your gross (pre-tax) income to housing and non-housing expenses. .. [Boca Raton Debt To Income Ratio ]
Home inspections are invaluable to the real estate process. A home inspection expert is hard to find. Here are some tips to make sure you get a professinal .. [Boca Raton How to inspect a home inspector ]
It's not unusual for homes in Broward to sell for $1 million, but for the first time, new homes in Miramar and Pembroke Pines are being built for that price.
.. [Boca Raton Soaring lot prices in S. Florida ]
What is up with people crying about gas prices? Fuel, food and lodging. That's what everyone wants in a privileged society, right? The "necessities" as we call them?
.. [Boca Raton The price to live in privileged society ]
It seems that there is a lot of televised and written news lately extolling the virtues and benefits of investing in real estate, be it single-family homes, vacation homes, duplexes, apartment buildings, real estate investment trusts, real estate limited partnerships and the like.
Depending upon whose opinion you have heard you may find yourself influenced either one way or the other. Some of these experts claim that real estate is the best possible place to currently invest while others say we are in the midst of a real-estate bubble. Well it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that neither of these statements are 100 percent accurate and that nothing in the investment world is as simple and or as cut and dry. .. [Boca Raton Don’t bet the farm on real estate ]
The much-anticipated Zillow.com launched yesterday. The Segway of real estate portals is about to roll over the pedestrian real estate agent. Say good-bye to appraisers and possibly real estate agents, blared CNN Money. .. [Boca Raton Zillow UnderZestimates The Real Estate Industry ]
