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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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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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Congress enacted the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) back in 1974 in order to address problems in the real estate settlement process. It seems that Congress felt that they could legislate fair business practices and reduce fees and costs to home buyers through enlightenment about the settlement process and the associated costs that go [...]
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We have finally received news from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on what their plans are for reducing “preventable foreclosures” in the coming year. James Lockhart, the FHFA Director issued the statement yesterday with a preamble that stated “I do not like interfering with your Veterans Day, but as you all know there is [...]
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I have a friend who has fallen on hard times, and he owns home that is (was) worth well over $1M. Like most Americans, he has the home pretty well leveraged, in fact owing much more on it that it is worth today. As you can suspect, his moral is low right now and he [...]
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The biggest news in the real estate market over the past week has been the U.S. Treasury’s move to secure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These two GSEs (Government Sponsored Enterprises) were placed under conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) this past weekend in order to let the market know that a restructuring, [...]
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