REAL Trends Housing Market Report – August 2012 The REAL Trends Housing Market Report presents regional and national trends in the residential real estate market. This latest report was released September 24, 2012. The housing market continues to gain strength
City of Aventura – Halloween Harvest The City of Aventura will hold its annual Halloween Harvest event on Sunday, October 28, 2012 from 1:00PM – 4:00PM at the Community Recreation Center located at 3375 NE 188th St, Aventura, FL 33180.
The Market in a Minute Dr. John Tuccillo, Florida Realtors Chief Economist, reports that the positive trend in Florida continues across the board. I hope this information is useful to you. Please contact me for all your South Florida real
Getting Your Price in an Improving Market By Barbara Pronin, RISMedia Columnist For the first time in several years, home prices are rising in many of the nation’s metropolitan areas. This is good news for homeowners who have been waiting
By Keith Loria
Selling a home, especially in today’s housing market, can be one of the most stressful experiences of your life. The process is uncertain, unsettling and time-consuming, not to mention expensive.
That’s why it’s important to take care of yourself and try to relax when you can. Treat yourself to a special day away and put your home selling worries behind you for at least a few hours.
“I have seen many clients who look to me to take those cares away and massage can be a great stress reliever,” says Carrie Nash, a massage therapist operating in the D.C. area. “You can relax, let your mind wander and be soothed by the music as you let go of all the negative energy that surrounds the process of selling a home.”
Women can also take up yoga, do palates, get a facial, do their nails or indulge in any number of spa treatments.
For men, a round of golf is always a good stress reliever. Or they may want to enjoy a night out with their buddies, a game of cards or a trip to the bowling alley. Men can also take advantage of some spa treatments as well.
Couples should arrange a nice dinner, get together with old friends or even take in a play or comedy performance. Just remember not to let the conversation steer toward the house.
If you have kids, it’s important to understand that a home sale is tough on them, too. Plan a trip to a local amusement park or ballgame and take the time to enjoy being together as a family.
If you find yourself getting stressed out while in the middle of trying to negotiate
Second-Lien Holders Are Killing Short Sales WASHINGTON – July 27, 2012 – Second-lien holders are being blamed for derailing many short sale transactions. But a bill working its way through Congress – the Fast Help for Homeowners Act – would,
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose six points to 35 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for July, released recently. This is the largest one-month gain recorded by the index in nearly a decade, and brings the HMI to its highest point since March of 2007.
“Builder confidence increased by solid margins in every region of the country in July as views of current sales conditions, prospects for future sales and traffic of prospective buyers all improved,” says Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. “This is greater evidence that the housing market has turned the corner as more buyers perceive the benefits of purchasing a newly built home while interest rates and prices are so favorable.”
“Combined with the upward movement we’ve seen in other key housing indicators over the past six months, this report adds to the growing acknowledgement that housing – though still in a fragile stage of recovery – is returning to its more traditional role of leading the economy out of recession,” notes NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. “This is particularly encouraging at a time when other parts of the economy have begun to show softness, and is all the more reason that
South Florida’s Next Condo Boom – Sunny Isles Beach According to the Miami Herald, Sunny Isles Beach, a city created only 15 years ago on a stretch of beach that was dominated by theme-oriented boutique hotels built in the 1950s,
South Florida Residential Inventory Compiled by Condo Vultures Realty using the South Florida Shared Multiple Listing Service. Active listings are properties where no current sale contract exists; pending sales are properties in which a contract for sale has been executed,
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