From the category archives:
The Housing Tax Credit is set to expire on April 30th, 2010. Perhaps the most often asked question at the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog is “do you think the tax credit is going to be extended again.” Since this question is based upon politics, it’s not really something we can determine with “charts, graphs and [...]
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If you have no desire to sell your home, you might be interested in finding out how to lower your property taxes. Anybody who has been following the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog for any period of time can tell you that property values in Tallahassee have fallen as much as 25% in some areas, but [...]
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The Secure and Fair Enforcement Mortgage Licensing Act is about to have a huge negative impact on the value of your home, and I bet you have never even heard of it! That’s right, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has put together a proposed rule, that if adopted, is going to cause [...]
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A very hot potato is coming to town over the next several weeks, and you really need to pay attention. Who am I talking to? I’m talking to anybody who cares about property values in the State of Florida, but most importantly I’m talking to people who own their homes free and clear as well [...]
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Yesterday, I picked up my Mom and went to the Tallahassee City Commission meeting in order to see how our Commissioners were going to handle some hot issues that weighed heavily in their laps. Boy, was I surprised …
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Did you happen to catch this morning’s Tallahassee Democrat article on the controversy that is finally brewing in downtown Tallahassee? You might recall that I wrote a blog in early December about a bogus compensation plan that Tallahassee City Commissioners awarded themselves (and deemed legal by OUR city attorney who also received the 60%+ raise).
This [...]
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Mark your calendars, “Cash For Clunkers” is coming to a real estate community near you! That’s right, our Federal Government has fired-up the printing presses and has made $300M available (under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) for a new program designed to invigorate the real estate market.
Since this is the Tallahassee Real [...]
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As a follow-up to last week’s article about understanding the short sales process, I thought I would write about how the Obama Administration is trying to speed up the process with its Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA). This program offers financial incentives to lenders, servicers, and even borrowers to utilize a short sale or [...]
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