Opinion

Foreclosures are now hitting the people that had good credit and jobs. If you thought we had seen the worst guess again it is only now that the real dilemma shall begin. Many of the folks now facing this situation are really in a new bailiwick from their usual daily life and it seems as if it will [Read More]

The neighborhood stabilization program for Hernando county seems to be caught in limbo with nothing more than meetings and innuendo taking place while other cities and counties in Florida have already been getting on with this program. There was supposed to have been packets brought out o [Read More]

     SHORT SALES are not short and GREED is not good and therein lies more upcoming problems. What, again, more problems? Yup, once again, I am seeing more of the same. The majority of homes selling today are REO homes; bank foreclosures and short sales.      [Read More]

I represented an out of town buyer who put an offer on a short sale. Before the offer I went over, previewed it and took pictures for them. I presented the offer to the buyer's agent and the offer was accepted and SIGNED. I call for my inspections and how and behold when the termite inspector [Read More]

  THE PERFECT STORM: AGAIN? YESSIR SAYS HUD SECRETARY SHAUN DONOVAN. The HUD secretary has decided to allow all FHA-approved lenders to provide short-term bridge loans to eligible home buyers to help them buy a house. Translated that means to help them, the home-buyers, as well as us mortgage [Read More]

I just got back from a trip to Orlando - and by the way let me Congratulate my niece on her accomplishment as a High School Graduate. WOW! Orlando happens to be my home of record. I am very familiar with that area and let me tell you home prices there are still UP UP UP. We here in Hernando, Citrus [Read More]

It has been non stop for achieving agents at Tropic Shores Realty for the past several weeks. Tropic Shores Realty, located in Spring Hill Florida, has in just a few short years has become the number one producing real estate brokerage in all of Hernando County. Considering its humble beginnings ju [Read More]

Okay you’ve made up your mind to sell your home in Hernando County Florida. Perhaps it’s time to upgrade, to downsize, or go back north to be with your family. Maybe you have thought about another way to sell your home without using a real estate agent and avoid paying commissions. Ove [Read More]

One of the biggest questions in real estate today is whether or not the market has hit rock bottom or not. A question like that is not an easy one to answer, although home prices are at a record low, incentives to buy into the real estate market are incredible at this time and single-family home pr [Read More]

Short sale, loan modification or foreclosure …? It looks to me like most banks are trying to figure this out themselves. The government intended for banks to modify their loans by either reducing the interest rate, especially on ARM’s, and possibly extend the term, again this would con [Read More]