Best Time Ever To Downsize, Upsize Or Buy First Home
Categories: As Heard on the Street, In The News, Real Estate News
hiMost of us will never have an opportunity like this in our lifetime. Imagine a time when property values are low; interest rates are low and the added benefit a tax credit plus tax benefit portability.
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GOOD NEWS: Palmetto Bay To Vote On LOWER Property Tax Rate
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Real Estate News
hiYes, in an economy that continues to find new ways to pull more dollars from our pockets comes a ray of sunshine.
Palmetto Bay, FL has proposed a lower tax rate. While Palmetto Bay is no different than other Miami-Dade cities (the village suffered a 9.7 percent drop in property values), it was able to leverage tight fiscal [...]
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Tax Credit Has Significant Impact On New Home Sales
Categories: As Heard on the Street, In The News, Mortgage News, Real Estate News
hiSales of new homes increased 9.6% for the second straight month, this is the fastest pace since the financial crisis intensified last fall. Inventory levels have declined to their lowest level since the early 1990s, the Homebuyer Tax Credit has provided a much needed lift in the new home sales and existing home sales markets. [...]
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Living in South Miami, High Pines, and Coral Gables
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Coral Gables, High Pines, Real Estate News, South Miami
hiMiami-Dade County plans to deliver notices of property taxes to all taxpayers by August 24th. For a period of 25 days following the mailing, taxpayers may file an appeal. I will be happy to provide you with sales data for 2008.
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How You Can Slash Your Proprty Taxes.
Categories: As Heard on the Street, In The News, Real Estate News
hi“Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is untouched by time.”
Eckart Tolle…….
Did you know that sixty percent of homeowners are over paying on their property taxes. And only one out of fifty people appeal their tax bill. I found this information a little overwhelming.
This morning in our office meeting [...]
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Google Voice for Mobile
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Real Estate News, Real Talk
hiRealtors Use Google Voice Mobile
Google Voice for mobile allows you to make calls and send texts from your Google Voice number. You can dial your Google number then press 2 and call the number that you want to connect with and the receiver of the call will see you Google Voice number! Inexpensive international calls are also an [...]
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Are Foreign Investors Still Buying In America?
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Buying Real Estate, In The News
hiIf we look at the purchase of $124 Billion worth of long-term U.S. securities in June, then the answer is Yes. Junes purchase was the largest amount purchased by Foreign Investors since October 2007, Private investors accounted for $105 Billion of the total.
This indicates that sentiment in the recovery is growing, and this in turn [...]
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Miami Herald reports: “MIAMI HOME SALES ARE UP” according to Ron Shuffield
Categories: As Heard on the Street, In The News, Real Estate News, South Florida Market Stats
hiYet another news-worthy snippet: Sunday’s Miami Herald reports that Miami Home Sales ARE UP! .. and Inventories are down! The New York Times has much the same news regarding THE CURRENT REAL ESTATE MARKET IN MIAMI! (What a breath of fresh air… even though I swear it’s still hot as blazes in Miami!)… Well, word is that “the tide may [...]
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Residential Construction Spending Increased More Than Expected In June
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Real Estate News, South Florida Market Stats
hiIn June 09 construction spending rose by 0.3%, and the residential component rose 0.7% there was a 2.4 jump in single-family, improvements to existing muti-unit and single-family buildings contributed to the increase. These are indications that although tentative, the housing market is showing signs of stabilization.
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Make Your Cell Phone Survive a Drop in the Pool or Ocean
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Smart Living
hiIt used to be that when you dropped your cell phone in the pool or another water filled area, such as a toilet, that was the end of your cellular device, hundreds of dollars down the toilet.( Excuse the pun.) Not anymore! I have a simple solution that is ever so easy.
Gingerly [...]
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