Yearly Archives: 2007
One-Stop Real Estate Shopping: Online Web Site PropertyMaps.com Links Neighborhood Business Information to Home...
The new, exclusive feature on PropertyMaps.com enables home shoppers to easily find businesses in areas they're looking to buy.
SARASOTA , Fla., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/...
First Annual Best of Florida Real Estate Awards Honors Best in Industry
FORT LAUDERDALE , Fla., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Real Estate Expo, the pioneer in consumer real estate shows, announced today that it will host...
Foreclosure.com to Feature National Real Estate Expert Elaine Zimmerman During Special ‘Foreclosures and Short...
Online 90-minute presentation to provide current and future investors with money-making skills to buy and sell homes with no money down
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept....
Florida Association of Realtors(R) Presents $5,000 Scholarships to College-bound Students
ORLANDO , Fla., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Going to classes this fall with more money to pay for tuition and books is making college...
Miami Realtor(R) Named 2007 Realtor of Year; FAR Honors Award Winners at Convention
ORLANDO , Fla., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank Kowalski , the 2005 president of the Florida Association of Realtors(R) (FAR) and a member of...
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. to Present at Lehman Brothers 2007 Financial Services Conference
JACKSONVILLE , Fla., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance and claims management...
Retail developers like Orlando
The city's population growth and stability make it attractive, a new study says.
Despite a slumping housing market and rising construction and insurance costs,...
Real estate recovery hopes fizzle with rise of mortgages in default
Foreclosure filings across South Florida continue to rise, as hopes for a housing recovery have fizzled.
The number of people behind on their mortgage payments...
Developer active in Florida has a cash crunch
The money flowed in and out of Cay Clubs at a quick pace, but now the developer lacks enough cash to meet its financial...
The Trends in Commercial Real Estate
Most Florida markets are seeing a robust wave of office construction. “The commercial market has been strong both in Tampa and Orlando, even though...
Existing home sales down 19 percent in Palm Beach County
Breathe deeply, hot-under-the-collar home sellers. South Florida's housing slump continued in June, hitting the 18-month mark. Analysts who had predicted an improvement this year...
Some small towns escape dreaded housing slump
Some smaller towns are bucking the national housing slump with double-digit home appreciation.
SALEM, Ore. -- Aside from being Oregon's capital city, Salem doesn't...
Low US Dollar means great buying in Florida for UK Property Investors
With the US dollar taking yet another fall against the pound and the euro thousands of bargain hunters will be jetting off to the...
South Florida’s No. 1 – in cost-of-living increase
The cost of living in South Florida is rising faster than in any other major metropolitan area in the country.
The Consumer Price Index...
Unfinished CitySide aggravates homeowners
WEST PALM BEACH — To take a shower in his new townhouse, Jeffrey Estis performs a complicated choreography.
First he turns on the shower...
Federal Trust not immune to housing
After nearly two decades of smooth sailing, Sanford-based Federal Trust Bank has run into some serious head winds.
Profit has plummeted, bad loans have skyrocketed...
Ruling favors condo builder
RIVIERA BEACH — Trying to back out of a pre-construction purchase on a condo?If you're rich, forget it.
But if you have money troubles,...
The history of state’s real estate is telling
Anyone know the worst year in Florida real estate since at least President Ford's days? Folks trying valiantly to sell your homes might howl...
Local real estate market brighter than national
A real estate trade group revised its industry forecast Wednesday, predicting that the downward momentum of the national market will quicken before the year...