4th of July 2014 Events in Pinellas county!

  4th of July Celebration Downtown Gulfport Friday, July 4 at 8 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. The day’s festivities kick off with the Kid’s Fishing Derby at 8 a.m. and continue throughout the day with a sand sculpture contest from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., local vendors offering crafts and food, live music starting at […]

4 Reasons to vote “YES” on ammendment 4

#1 – It protects YOU from rising property taxes Did you know that under Florida property tax law, your property tax bill can go up, even if the value of your home goes down? It’s true. Every year your home’s taxable value is re-assessed. That value can increase by as much as 3% every year, and that […]

Buyers: It’s time to commit

FROM KRISTIN: This article is so true!  There are a lot of buyer’s out there. Inventory is less. There is more competition when putting offers in quite often there are multiple offers. If you see a new property come on the market that you like you better not wait  until the weekend to see it because […]

HUD: Can’t Deny a mortgage based on pregnancy

Interesting article for those of you planning to buy a house or refinance and will be going on maternity leave.    The settlement agreement signed by Magna Bank requires the bank to pay one woman $14,085 for allegedly requiring her to return to work before her loan application could be approved. In another settlement agreement, […]

I hate when Real Estate Professionals don’t post pictures on listings!

I have to say that as a Realtor it is very annoying to see no pictures of the inside of a home,  aerial photo only, small pictures, blurry pictures, pictures that were not sized right so you can barely see them, not enough information on the MLS about the property. I don’t care how bad the […]

Rate on 30-year FRM stays at record 3.87%

  Check out this article from Florida Realtors.org . The rate on the 30-year loan was unchanged at 3.87 percent. That’s the lowest level on records dating back to the 1950s!!! http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?p=3&id=271572

More deals falling through…

Great article about appraisal’s coming in lower than the agreed upon contract price. This situation just happened to my buyers but luckily another appraisal was ordered for good reason and it came back at the right amount… We are on our way to a smoooooth closing! Good thing because there lease is up March 1st! Phew… http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?p=3&id=271463 I […]