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.
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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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.

The Florida legislature got something done with regard to the tax issue.
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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.
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Buyers and sellers please read the article below…NOW REALLY is a great time to buy and its even a decent time to sell!
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NAR Newspaper Blitz Urges Buyers to Act Now
Deferral of Ad Valorem Taxes
Jennifer Turk
News 13 on your side
Thursday, October 26, 2006
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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.
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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
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