Fort Lauderdale Blog

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-4 Reasons to Sell Now

Of course, it could be a lot easier if banks were doing more loans and appraisers were not so conservative

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-4 Reasons to Sell Now.

Here are my 12 Home Selling Tips

I started my home selling twitterthon today -12 short selling tips today for the sellers competing with foreclosures and short sales. Follow them on Twitter

Here are 12 home buying tips I wrote on twitter

BT1-don't tell the seller how much you like the house.

BT2-drive around the neighborhood an evening or weekend to get a feel for the community.

FHA Changes Alert: Anti-Flipping Rule Relaxed

Beginning Feb. 1, the Federal Housing Administration will provide mortgage insurance for some purchases in which the seller bought the property and held it for fewer than 90 days.

Appraisers -Deal Breakers?

I am encountering a great deal of frustration with appraisers, especially with VA and FHA financing.

This is why we become floridians

FHA Regulatory Changes Alert

FHA announced changes in the following areas:

• The upfront mortgage insurance premium (UFMIP) will increase to 2.25 percent up from 1.75 percent. Contrary to reports, FHA will continue to allow the financing of the UFMIP.

2BR+2BA Condo for sale in Weston, Florida for $115,000 -GOOD DEAL!

All it needs is a NIP and a TUCK to be a PRINCESS!!

Is Rent to Own an option in Fort Lauderdale?

The current home market seems impossible to buck. The one advantage though is that more creative options are becoming more common to navigate the apparent road blocks to owning a home.

Are bank foreclosures (REO'S) avoiding FHA buyers altogether?

 Not sure if it is me or what, but are Bank Foreclosures (REO's) going out of their way to avoid FHA buyers?  this year alone, I had at least 5 buyers that had lost the property of their dream to