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SAC's goal is to provide a place for knowledge sharing, a source for current information on the real estate appraisal industry, tips on the newest appraisal software and technology for Appraisers - Lenders - Home Buyers - Home Sellers, and residential and commercial real estate analysis and trends in Lee County, Florida and surrounding the area.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
"Failout Bill" The below are area's of the Troubled Asset Relief(TARP) Bill that from my perspective deserve additional scrutiny: 1. Purchases of Troubled Assets.  "The Secretary is authorized to establish a troubled asset relief program (or ‘‘TARP'') to purchase, and to make and fund commitments...
09/30/2008
    Fort Myers River District Awaits Its Day What will it be and when will it happen? Those questions are at the heart of projections for a small, square-shaped segment of Lee County known to most as downtown Fort Myers, and to the government as U.S. Census tract 1. Business and property owners ...
09/30/2008
NAPLES - Naples City Hall is getting an environmentally friendly face lift this morning with a demonstration rain garden that city officials hope will spread the word about water conservation and native plants.Naples natural resources workers pulled on gloves and took shovels in hand to dig the ...
09/30/2008
The stock market is plunging precipitously, with the Dow Jones industrials down as much as 700 points, as traders feared the financial bailout package would not pass the House. Heads up its going to be a wild afternoon! Thoughts?
09/29/2008
We know housing is a mess, but commercial property has been the quieter side to the real estate disaster. All across the country, pension funds invested heavily in office buildings and malls and warehouses, frequently through private-equity "opportunity funds" that employed high levels of leverag...
09/29/2008
Citigroup  will buy the banking operations of Wachovia in a deal brokered by the FDIC. Wachovia, was the nation’s fourth-largest bank. The sale to Citigroup would further concentrate Americans’ bank deposits in the hands of just three banks: Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank controling...
09/29/2008
European governments came to the rescue of Fortis, Bradford & Bingley Plc, and Hypo Real Estate Holding AG as tremors from the U.S. credit crisis echoed around the world. The euro fell nearly 2 per cent at one point while the dollar and safe-haven government bonds surged. The U.K. Treasury seized...
09/29/2008
   European Finacial Giant Fortis Fails, and the Fate of Bradford & Bingley is Still Up in Air The Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg governments agreed to pour 11.2 billion euro ($16.4 billion) into the bank.  All three nations hope to prevent Fortis from falling victim to the credit crisis and to re...
09/28/2008
"Reinvest, reimburse, reform" It's the theme of the message from the Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- September 28 2008: REINVEST, REIMBURSE, REFORM IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL RESCUE LEGISLATION Significant bipartisan work has built consensus around dramatic improvements to the original Bush-Paulso...
09/28/2008
How Can We Reduce the Rising Number of American Families Living in Poverty?   U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairman and Vice Chair respectively of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), held a hearing on poverty in the United States on Thursday, September 2...
09/28/2008
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