A recent Wall Street Journal article abut the first-time homebuyer credit cautions buyers under contract to wait until after closing before purchasing appliances, furniture or similar items on credit. The article notes that some mortgage lenders...
Topics: Real Estate

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Buying a perfect home in the perfect neighborhood does not mean having the perfect neighbors. Unfortunately, many home buyers never think to meet the neighbors around their home befo0re they buy and that can lead to disaster. The people living on either..
Topics: Buyer / Seller Tips, Miscellaneous, Neighbors, Pinellas County Homes, Real Estate

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A new white paper was released yesterday by the Cato Institute which boldly claims that the cause of the housing bubble isn’t what everybody else has been talking about for the past few years. In this policy analysis, Randy O’Toole argues that the..
Topics: Market Trends, Miscellaneous

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A must-read from the New York Times: “Although the global economic shift affected the real estate market in the state, as it has nearly everywhere in the United States, one significant countervailing force is being felt again: Foreign buyers’...
Topics: Market Trends, Pinellas County Homes, Real Estate

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A great read from Tampa Bay’s premiere real-estate joournalist, James Thorner: Wealthy coin dealer Mark Yaffe owns the Tampa Bay area’s second biggest mansion, a 29,000-square-foot spread in the North Tampa’s Avila community.His banker.
Topics: Real Estate

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