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As part of the stimulus money that is to be used for energy efficiency and conservation, Pinellas County stands to receive a big hunk of "green" dough! $3.2 billion of the stimulus money is to be used for energy efficiency projects and $168 million of that money is heading to Florida! Mike Conners [Read More]

TOUSA, a homebuilder located in Hollywood, Broward County, Florida is in trouble. With only 700 employees left in the company, TOUSA plans to lay off 200 more by May of 2009. Although, TOUSA's base operations are in Broward County, the company builds in nearly 6 different states across the nati [Read More]

It is very frustrating to find a house for someone and find out that it is an unrepaired or repaired sinkhole home. It should be public knowledge and let it take the guessing game out for everyone. You look in permitting and zoning and if they pulled a permit it says "storm damage" and if [Read More]

Florida has always been a tourist state, bringing visitors from the northern temperatures down to take advantage of the miles of white sandy beaches, breathtaking sunsets and water recreation permeating from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico! Let us not forget, Disney World, Busch Gardens, S [Read More]

Daily Mortgage News The employees of AIG have decided that they will give back their bonuses this year. Aig is expecting back $80 Million which is actually only 1/2 of the $165 Million they actually handed out. A lot of AIG's executives have actually already given back the bonuses. I thin [Read More]

Tampa area home sales were up by 23 percent in February, the biggest jump we have seen since September 2005. While the 1,856 sales recorded by Realtors in February is a recent high mark, they still pale next to the 3,771 homes that closed during February in the peak year of 2005. We have buyers t [Read More]

We have buyers that love the homes in the Royal Highlands but don't love lime rock roads and that stops them! If the County paved the roads, we would sell the homes, the prices would increase and they would receive more taxes and not have homes in foreclosure. It makes sense to me. When you gi [Read More]

According to the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR), this is the 6th month in a row that existing home sales have shown an incline when comparing statistics from year to year! Existing home sales increased 20% in February of 2009, which is not only higher than February of 2008, but 16.7% higher [Read More]

Daily Mortgage News Countrywide is being sued by AIG! They are being sued for misrepresenting the quality of their loans. They had many loans with fake credit scores, missing paperwork and Countrywide didn't even follow their own guidelines for underwriting that were insured by AIG. Countrywid [Read More]

The fire burning over 600 acres is almost under control. Located 1 mile east of US301 at SR50 (near Burwell Rd aka CR575)the smoke is in the air for miles. Officials are calling the fire suspicious.