Beautiful upgraded home with a pool and stunning lake views. Oversized waterfront lot, 3000 sq ft+ under AC. New, top of the line kitchen and baths; lots of built-ins in the living room, kitchen, master bedroom and third bedroom; cobblestone driveway, accordion shutters, and much more! Lush landscaping awaits you in this one-of-a-kind elegant Florida oasis!

Plenty of room for a gazebo, BBQ & more!

Franklin One model featuring 5 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, 3 car garages, high ceilings, upgraded kitchen, new stainless steel appliances, one bedroom & full bath downstairs; huge master bedroom w/sitting area (built-ins).

New accordion shutters & gutters

This is a Short Sale, third party approval required. For details call 954.343.1022

Great Schools*:

• Eagle Point Elementary School – School FCAT Scores and Rating

• Tequesta Trace Middle School – School FCAT Scores and Rating

• Cypress Bay High School – School FCAT Scores and Rating

For More Information and Pictures: F875815

*School boundaries are subject to change. Visit the Broward County School Locator site.

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Desirable Miami Beach Venetian Islands! Build your dream home on this 60′ waterfront lot, panoramic views of Miami skyline, cruise ships, Star Island, rare southern exposure. Moments from open sea, downtown Miami, Carnival Center, Beaches, Lincoln Road, South Beach, Seaport and 15 minutes to International Airport! There is no better location to build your home! Lot Size 10,500 SF – Seawall in place. Link to New York Times Article on the Venetian Islands:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/travel/escapes/21venetian.html?_r=2&ref=travel&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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We also have Open Houses in other areas!

Join the mayor and Village Council at the dedication ceremony this Saturday, May 31, at 10 am.Immediately following the dedication, tour the grounds during an open house, where you can register for programs and upcoming events. Refreshments will be served.

Take a look at the floor plans: http://pinecrest-fl.gov/gardens/cc-library/initialplans.pdf

Come see the Center and Library at Pinecrest Community Center at Pinecrest Gardens 5855 SW 111 St.Pinecrest, FL 33156

Whatever you can’t make, it seems artist Nathan Sawaya can. His “Architecture of the Imagination: The Lure of the LEGO® Brick” is currently touring the U.S. and will be at The Art and Culture Center in Hollywood from Friday, June 6th to August 10th. This exhibit of more than 30 works is, of course, sculptural in nature but also playful, impressive, and sometimes truly amazing. Large, small, logos, portraits, and events, nothing seems too difficult for Nathan. From a VS Robot from Capcom’s “Lost Planet” (Capcom is the Japanese video game developer known for “Street Fighter“, “Mega Man“, and “Resident Evil“) to the Iwo Jima memorial to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” the execution is as amazing as the subject matter! Can’t wait to see which 30 of his works are a part of the show.

Join the fun and CREATE YOUR OWN LEGO® sculpture. A pre-registration form must be submitted by July 23rd. Build it at home and bring it in for the contest by Wednesday, August 6th, between 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Find out more.

The CUPCAKE Craze Continues . . .
Fans of Misha’s cupcakes aka Lix by Misha (Dadeland Mall near the Food Court) will be delighted to learn that she is opening her first store on US-1 in the old Riviera Cinema strip mall—near Spec’s Music. There is a “Coming Soon” sign up in the window of the old “Wing Zone”. Until now they have been available only in other places like Van Dyke’s on Lincoln Road, Marble Slab Creamery in Pinecrest, Coral Bagels in the Grove, Books & Books and Paper Emporium in the Gables, etc. (check the web site for all locations).

To say the cupcakes are moist and delicious does not begin to do them justice. Misha’s red velvet has chocolate chips! The frosting is not overpoweringly sweet like frosting can be; it’s just perfect and she is generous with it, but even so one cupcake is never enough, you’ll want to keep devouring them. Try dense and dark chocolate, luscious vanilla, marble, oreo, peanut butter, coconut, coffee liqueur, cinnamon sugar, or the superstar, red velvet. You’ll be hooked.

This article will give you a breakdown of the state of the real estate market in South Florida

Many Floridians have learned the hard way: All hurricanes have three parts—the front half, the eye and the back half. The eye is a deceiving quiet period at the center of the hurricane. The eye lulls you into believing the storm has passed and all is well.In fact, the back half of a hurricane can be far more devastating than the front half. The front half of a hurricane does a lot of damage and weakens many structures. Then, when the back half hits, houses, buildings and personal property teetering on the brink of failure are utterly destroyed. Moreover, since the wind is coming from the opposite direction, anything strong enough to resist the first half is tested again by the back half.

This is exactly what’s happening in Florida’s housing and financial markets. We are in the eye of the hurricane, and the back half will hit us twice as hard as the front.The front half of the Florida real-estate hurricane was fed by a bidding frenzy that drove prices to a peak far above real demand: Flippers were not buying homes for function, just for trading. And with the Fed’s free-money policy, flippers were leveraging themselves at the same 30-to-1 and 50-to-1 levels as the financial wizards on Wall Street.This artificial demand created an inflated supply of homes. By 2006, the inventory of unsold real estate reached a crisis level . The combination of rising inventory and prices, which had no relation to demand for housing that people wanted to live in, fed the front side of the hurricane.Recently, however, there has been a lull in the windstorm. Would-be buyers are returning to the market.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been seeing 300% increases in traffic at our open houses from a year ago. Builders and real-estate agents report that offers are up, along with traffic. But this is not the end of the hurricane; it’s still the eye. What the builders and agents neglect to report is that most of the traffic couldn’t qualify to buy. Nor do they report rising rates of pending contracts that fail to close. And they don’t mention the damage being done by falling prices, which put more and more homeowners into negative-equity positions and make it more likely that more property gets pushed back to the lenders. Nor do the builders dare to mention the bulk sales of inventory homes they are making to a new generation of real estate investors with deeper pockets. This nonsense not only forces prices down further; it also creates a new competitor for the builders’ remaining inventories. The bulk buyers still have to sell these homes to end-users.This twist is not all that new, but it is continuing to feed the overall problem of inventory glut. However, this is not what we should be focusing on as we enter the back half of this hurricane.Almost nobody is reporting on how the inventory problem of 2006 has moved from builders to lenders, and how the lenders have no clue about what to do with the surge of defaults and foreclosures. The reason the back half of the hurricane will be such a devastating wipeout: The failure of the lenders to address their issues with defaults is compounding the inventory problem to the point where we will see a tidal wave of inventory hit the market.

As a real-estate agent in South Florida, I have first-hand experience with homeowners defaulting on mortgages and lenders who appear to be far too confused to develop a clear plan for avoiding foreclosure auctions. Buyers now realize lenders are going to take weeks or months to review and respond to offers that often reflect market value but fall short of covering the balance on the mortgage. Such “short sales” should be the easiest way for lenders to move inventory at market prices—but the lenders have not faced reality. And now, most buyers who have had experience with short sales no longer want to look at short-sale properties because of the long and convoluted process. Instead of using this tool to realize market values, the lenders are dumping property into below-market foreclosure auctions, which then creates another new downward spiral for prices.Lenders’ failure to address these issues has forced more defaults, which lead to skyrocketing foreclosure rates. Defaults and foreclosures mean huge expenses for the lender, and significantly lower values. And it gets worse for lenders. In the most extreme examples, lenders cannot foreclose because the documents have not followed the mortgage.

Lenders may be telling Wall Street and Capitol Hill that they are developing plans to keep owners in their homes, but we are seeing the exact opposite in the world of reality. Even when we try to work with lenders, most of the time there is no one at the helm with the authority to process a cup of coffee, let alone the sale of a property in default. The easy answer is to simply let the property flow through to the foreclosure auction, even when that means 30% to 50% less in sale price.

This is not all bad news if your are a prospective buyer. You can buy a property today at 2003 prices with the highest inventory choice in a decade.

Most of the above blog was courtesy of a fellow realtor Mike Morgan up in Jensen Beach Florida.

Where parents and kids get to choose which activities kids participate in. They get to choose from:

Basketball, Swimming, Cheerleading, Dance & Yoga, Technology: Video Production, Computer, Magic, Arts & Crafts, And More

Location: Davie/Fort Lauderdale Area

Call Camp Nova at 954-262-4528; Or click here for Camp Nova’s Website

All American Basketball School

Boys and Girls get to learn the sport of Basketball. They participate in Lectures, Drills, Games, Tournaments, 3 on 3 Competitions & Arts & Crafts for the younger campers.

Locations: Coral Springs/Parkland Area; Weston, Davie, Pembroke Pines, Cooper City Area; Cardinal Gibbons High School Fort Lauderdale

For Registration visit All American Basketball School’s Website

University Center for The Performing Arts Summer Camp

Activities Include: Acting, Voice, Dance & Movement & Specialty Classes. Location: Davie – West of College Avenue just south of I-595 Call (954) 475-3000; Or visit their summer camp website for more information

Flamingo Road Church: Kamp KidJam 2008

For Kids going into 3rd to 5th grade.

Visit their website for more camp information

Flamingo Road Church: Middle School Camp & High School Camp

Sleep Away Camps

Visit here for more information

Camp Sunshine/Davie Summer Camp Programs

Activities Include: Weekly Field Trips, Swimming Lessons, Arts and Crafts and more.

Locations: Adventure Camp: Davie/Pine Island Adventure Camp or Shenandoah Park Adventure CampSummer Daze: Eastside Community Hall; Berman Park; Waterford Park; or The Park at Waverly

For Summer Camp Details Call: (954) 236-8850; Or Visit their website for more information.

Weston Summer Camp Activities

Weston Tennis Center Summer Camp

Activities Include: Tennis, Swimming, Arts & Crafts, Soccer and more.

Location: 16451 Raquet Club Road, Weston Florida

For Registration Information Call: (954) 389-8666; Or visit the Cliff Drysdale Tennis website for more information.

Spanish Summer Camp

Activities Include: Spanish immersion classes, International Culinary Arts, Learn about another culture, Performing Arts, Field trips, Arts and Crafts and more.

Location: Imagine Charter School, Weston, offered by Lingua Language Center

For More information Visit Lingua’s Spanish Immersion Summer Camp Webpage; Or call: (954) 577-9955

French Immersion Summer Camp

Activities Include: French immersion classes, International Culinary Arts, Learn about another culture, Performing Arts, Field trips, Outdoor Sports and more.

Location: Imagine Charter School, Weston, offered by Lingua Language Center

For More Information Visit Lingua’s French Immersion Summer Camp Webpage; Or Call: (954) 577-9955

Weston Dance Academy Location: 16646 Saddle Club Road, Weston Florida Visit their website for Summer Camp Information Or Call: (954) 217-5858

Temple Dor Dorim’s Camp Kitzel

Activities Include: Weekly themes, arts and crafts, water parks, theme rooms, sports, music and more.

Location: 2360 Glades Circle, Weston – Call for more summer camp information: (954) 389-1232; Or Visit their Website for Kamp Kitzel Info

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Tiffany L. Young, Realtor®
EWM Realtors
C: 954-257-5030
Email: tiffany@tiffanylyoung.com
Website: www.tiffanylyoung.com
Blog: http://blog.ewm.com/author/3184236

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• Interest rates for conforming mortages between $417,000 and $729,750 have come down.
• Beginning June 1st borrowers who have good credit can get a mortgage with 3-5% down, even in areas with a declining market, which includes many counties in Florida.
• FHA’s loan cap has been raised through the end of the year so it is easier to get an FHA mortgage in expensive areas.
• FHA allows a lower credit score.

Although Congress is trying to make many of the changes permanent, Bush has said he will veto the legislation. The current higher loan limits will end January 1st so, if you are in an area of high home prices and have been waiting for the right time to buy, you might not want to wait much longer.