Unfortunately, the real estate news from Florida - and a few other very hard-hit states like Nevada and California - is pretty grim. Almost 30% of all homeowners with a mortgage in Florida owe more than their property is currently worth. In areas with a lot of new construction, the values are ev
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11/03/2008
I have just reviewed the monthly statistics for our area from the Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service and I thought you'd like to know the current activity from October 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008. There are currently 6015 active residential listings. There are 355
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11/01/2008
While much has been written about the subprime mortgage crisis, many educated, savvy and financially responsible borrowers have found themselves entangled in another sector of the mortgage meltdown: the negative amortization mortgage. This type of mortgage, when used in the proper setting, can
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06/07/2008
I have just reviewed the monthly statistics for our area from the Daytona Beach Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service and I thought you'd like to review the current activity from May 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008. There are currently 6191 Active residential listings. There are 3604 list
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06/02/2008
The real estate market in the Daytona Beach area showed some improvement in April. Total active residential listings declined from 6418 to 6237, representing 3579 single family homes and 1781 condos. Sales of single family residences increased from 139 to 190 houses. Condo sales went up from
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05/03/2008
Selling real estate isn't all about making money and long hours and finding new clients and marketing yourself and your listings. It's about helping people - reaching out to those who have a need, to those who may not have a broad network of support, who may not have adequate - or any - health i
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04/02/2008
Flagler County, north of Daytona Beach and minutes from St. Augustine, offers three major birding spots as well as intriguing real estate investment opportunities. Princess Place Preserve, 1500 acres of pristine natural lands, provides riding trails and runs along the Matanzas River and Pellicer
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03/12/2008
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02/20/2008
The other day while in a real estate related meeting the topic of C.L.U.E.(Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange) reports came up and a very successful young agent raised his hand and bravely asked "What is a CLUE Report". My reaction was astonishment. How could any active Realtor today not h
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02/12/2008
To my friends and co-realtors, this is a sad blog post. One of my co-workers at RE/MAX here in Ormond Beach was diagnosed before Christmas with breast cancer. She went in a couple weeks ago and had a lymph node and a lump removed and biopsied. She's had her second surgery, and today we received
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02/07/2008