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Homeowners that have been threatened with foreclosure were given the gift of time last week when Bank of America, GMAC Home Mortgage, Inc., and JPMorgan Chase put a halt on thousands of foreclosure proceedings in 23 states across the nation. The suspended foreclosures were due to amount faulty docum [Read More]

Pending Homes Sales showed a slight increase according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) last month. Rising 4.3% on a monthly comparison, the pending home sales indicates that closings will continue to rise in the next couple of months.According to Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of NAR, A [Read More]

Sellers do at times need to boast the value of their property, but where should they put that money? It all depends largely on what a buyer is looking for. Living in Hernando County (Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee, Brooksville and Hernando Beach), Florida, we would think that most people want a pool. As [Read More]

Did you know that Direct Lending Group our in house mortgage loan department is able to offer your buyers an interest rate as los as 4.75 on conventional loans? They are also able to offer loans thru USDA a program that will finance up to 100% loan to value on a new mortgage rate, interests as low [Read More]

According to many analysts, the gain in the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city index is only temporary as they believe that home values will take a plunge in major markets right on into 2011."Home buying season" is coming to close with not much action to speak of. Between the high unemployment r [Read More]

According to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, conducted for research company TNS, consumer confidence is inching downward once more. The two conditions tested include The Present Situation Index and The Expectations Index, both of which showed a decline in a monthly comparison.Lynn Fr [Read More]

How is the oil spill affecting youi and your real estate business? Florida realtors put together an information site (floridarealtors.org/Aboutfar/oil-spill-info-center.cfm) that offers everything from how to file a claim against BP for lost income and lost vacation rentals and sales to the latest [Read More]

How is the oil spill affecting youi and your real estate business? Florida realtors put together an information site (floridarealtors.org/Aboutfar/oil-spill-info-center.cfm) that offers everything from how to file a claim against BP for lost income and lost vacation rentals and sales to the latest [Read More]

As you most know already, dining is one of my favorite hobbies. My husband usually chooses the restaurant and we go with our friends, Debbie & Danny. We live in Weeki Wachee (Hernando County), but like to go to the Tampa area. This time the hubby picked The Rusty Pelican which is located at 242 [Read More]

Foreclosure vs. Short Sale.   Most mortgage experts agree that sellers will take a bigger hit on their credit score by going through foreclosure versus a short sale.  The effect on credit will show up as a pre-foreclosure in redemption status, which will result in a loss of points on th [Read More]