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Pick a REALTOR®, any REALTOR®?

Some buyers feel that they should speak to a few different REALTORS® to see what each of them come up with. These days most listings are on the MLS, including REO’s. REALTORS® all have access to the same stuff, yet some REALTORS® are better at research than others. So, interview a few REALTORS® at once….

But I want a deal….?

Unfortunately, the time for “stealing” properties has come and gone. Not only that, you better be expecting competition when you are looking at properties. Here in South Florida, I have found that anything $350,000 and under, that is a good value, will sell within days and have multiple offers. Don’t expect a second chance so…

So you want a condo on the beach?

So you a ready to buy a second home or want to buy a good investment, and were thinking of a condo. Yet, many condos are purchased with cash. But why? With financing standards tightening heavily in the past few years condos were left behind. Financing limitations caused condos to take longer to recover since…

U.S. new-home sales jump to highest in 4½ years

WASHINGTON (AP) – Feb. 26, 2013 – U.S. new-home sales jumped in January from the previous month to the highest level since July 2008, a sign that the housing recovery is accelerating. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that new-home sales rose nearly 16 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 437,000. The…