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17.10.07 » Call to Action-Petition To Reduce Florida Property Taxes NOW!

As most folks in Florida already know our property tax system has run amuck and the more gov’t tried to help us the worse things got! The good news is we now have a GOOD choice to try and get some relief. Recently the Cut Property Taxes Now, Inc. has come up with the only solution that I have seen that makes sense. The recent Super Homestead Exception was a joke in IMHO. I know many of my peers including the Bay County Association of REALTORS(R) and the Florida Association of REALTORS(R) supported it. I did not. It just didnt make sense to me after I did the math. I am glad it is DOA.  Read more... (1593 words, 1 image, estimated 6:22 mins reading time)

20.08.07 » Short Sales

Short sales increase as housing slump deepens: Lenders help

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Aug. 20, 2007 – Investor Harold Stark paid $365,000 for a three-bedroom Boynton Beach townhouse last year. But the monthly mortgage payments soon started to feel like a noose around his neck.

His property’s value dropped below what he still owed, $329,000. But rather than letting the townhouse fall into foreclosure, Stark worked out a deal in which he sold it for $285,000, and his lender, Chase Home Finance, forgave the difference.  Read more... (912 words, 0 images, estimated 3:39 mins reading time)

6.08.07 » No money down vanishing as mortgage option

No money down vanishing as mortgage option. Lenders faced with growing piles of bad loans, even to borrowers once considered good credit risks, have clamped down on the no-money-down mortgage. The abrupt shift threatens to dash the hopes of millions of potential buyers, especially those shopping for their first homes. Read more here.

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27.06.07 » Compare Florida Property Insurance Rates

Hi and good day,

On local TV last night they reported the publishing of a new web site operated by the State of Florida. The web site helps interested home owners and prospective home owners compare property insurance rates through out the State of Florida by county.

At this time it is somewhat limited because the average rates listed on the page are for the following structure:  Read more... (143 words, 1 image, estimated 34 secs reading time)

15.06.07 » Florida Property tax relief approved as Legislature adjourns

The Florida legislature got something done with regard to the tax issue.

“While the tax reform package passed yesterday is not perfect, it does begin to address some of the inequities in the system,” says John Sebree, Florida Association of Realtors®’ (FAR) vice president of public policy. “Realtors support rolling back property tax rates and capping millage rates in order to provide homeowners and businesses with some much needed property tax relief. We were disappointed that legislators were not able to come to an agreement on the issue of “highest and best use” and how property is appraised. The legislature has pledged to work on this issue with us to secure additional relief.”  Read more... (453 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

25.04.07 » Some Florida Real Estate News- April 25, 2007

Florida Real Estate News

PROPERTY TAXES

Senate negotiators don’t want to trade homeowner property tax relief for higher sales taxes. Instead, they offered a revised plan to roll back and cap property taxes, which could take effect without going on the ballot.

Read the full story: http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/n1-042507.cfm

PROPERTY TAXES  Read more... (244 words, 0 images, estimated 59 secs reading time)

17.11.06 » Buyers to Act Now!

Buyers and sellers please read the article below…NOW REALLY is a great time to buy and its even a decent time to sell!

 

 

 

Daily Real Estate News  |  November 3, 2006

NAR Newspaper Blitz Urges Buyers to Act Now  Read more... (558 words, 1 image, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

27.10.06 » Tax relief is on the way for senior citizens in Florida

Deferral of Ad Valorem Taxes

Jennifer Turk
News 13 on your side
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Tax relief is on the way for senior citizens in Florida, and that means the nightmare of property taxes may soon be over some.  A new deferral system allows certain residents to put off on paying some or all of their ad valorem taxes until the property is sold.  Bay County property appraiser Rick Barnett says this new exemption helps many on fixed income. Read the full article.  Read more... (108 words, 0 images, estimated 26 secs reading time)

27.10.06 » Snowbirds-Save Money-Declare legal residence in Florida!

IT’S NOT THE SUNSHINE — IT’S THE TAXES

At least one expert is advising Florida’s snowbirds to make it official: Declare legal residence in Florida and spend less time up north. In doing so, says Allan R. Lipman, an attorney licensed to practice law in both New York and Florida, snowbirds will save money in property taxes, courtesy of Florida’s Save Our Homes (SOH) property tax cap — a protection that does not exist in other states.  Read more... (87 words, 0 images, estimated 21 secs reading time)

24.10.06 » Developer sees Destiny in Florida frontier

AP Developer Sees Destiny in Fla. Frontier

Saturday October 21, 12:23 pm ET By Travis Reed, Associated Press Writer

Developer Sees Destiny in on Old Florida Frontier, Where He Envisions Eco-Sustainable Town

YEEHAW JUNCTION, Fla. — Oct. 23, 2006 — This is about as close to nowhere as it gets in quickly sprawling Florida. Just off Florida’s Turnpike, Yeehaw Junction consists of two gas stations, two shops hawking theme park tickets, a hotel so sleepy roosters run free and tens of miles between here and civilization. But where you see nowhere, Anthony Pugliese III sees Destiny. Read the full post here Developer sees Destiny in Florida frontier  Read more... (113 words, 0 images, estimated 27 secs reading time)