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Pruning Trees Right for Hurricane Season
Hat’s off to Jeff Wasielewski for his timely article in Fairchild’s Tropical Garden Column in the Miami Herald this Sunday, “Put a halt to hat-racked horrors.” A very common sense education to help us and help the life of our trees. All too often here in Miami we do incredible things to our trees in preparation for hurricane season. If not done right, the pruning is not as effective as it could be, damaging and weakening the tree. Once it grows back, you’re left with a weaker version of what you started out...
read moreThe Battle of the Miami Buyers
Your first house! With excitement level high, you start looking at pictures on the Internet. You step it up, drive around some neighborhoods and stop in a few open houses. You find a Realtor to speed up the process. Lesson # 1: You need a preapproval letter or proof of funds. Your Realtor sets up a search defined by your target price and what you had in mind. You start receiving details with photos of the houses for sale. After a thorough review, you pick the ones that interest you the most and let the Realtor know. Wondering why the list...
read moreSpring Forward
Yes, it’s that time of the year. Daylight savings begins this Sunday, March 11th, at 2 am. This is one of those love-hate relationships. You either love daylight savings or you hate it. I happened to love it. I enjoy having more daylight at the end of the day. It gives buyers the opportunity to look at properties after work before it gets too dark to see them. Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead before going to bed Saturday night.
read moreLast 9 Years
Yesterday CoreLogic released its January Home Price Index (HPI) report. Nationally, using data for all types of sales including foreclosures and short sales, year-over-year home prices declined 3.1%. While I am admittedly not an expert in the national real estate arena, I am interested since it affects our nation as a whole. What stood out for me was that Florida showed an increase of 1.8% year-over-year, one of only 18 states that saw price increases. Go Florida. Apparently, even when foreclosures and short sales were excluded, we...
read moreCost to borrowers on FHA loans anticipated to increase on April 1, 2012.
If you are a buyer and planning to purchase a home with a FHA loan, take note that the cost may be increasing beginning April 1, 2012. Discuss your options with your loan consultant. For more information, go here.
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