The results are in for the first quarter and it is not a pretty picture on the foreclosure front here in Florida or for that matter the Tampa Real Estate Market. Two reports this week that are interesting depending on how you can decipher the content ? The first report is by Trans Union. They […]
1 in 3 Home Owners with Negative Equity according to Zillow
Zillow revised their 4th Quarter report late Thursday the 28th of February that according to Zillow ?MORE EXPLICITLY DESCRIBES THE RATES OF NEGATIVE EQUITY FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS IN THE U.S. IN EACH OF THE YEARS 2003, 2006 AND 2007.? The original report had been released on February 12th as reported on PRNewswire. In that report […]
Florida’s indifferent real estate market in Tampa…huh ?
ep, it?s that time again. The NAR Real Estate forecast report was released on Thursday February 7th. As is usual with NAR?s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, he mixes it up to the point you just have to say ?huh ? The title of the report itself really sets it up. ?Existing-Home Sales to Hold in […]
Pricing your home to Sell
Looks like the 2007 year ended pretty much as predicted here in the Greater Tampa Bay. The Florida Association of Realtors (FAR) released their latest statistics comparing November 2006 to November 2007 this week and I don?t think any one was surprised. The synopsis for the year: Sales down 30 percent Prices down 15 percent […]
How to avoid foreclosure
With the recent Q3 reports showing that foreclosure rates have steadily increased over the last year, I thought it might be a good time to review ways to avoid foreclosure in the first place. This is by no means the definitive list but this goes a little bit more into detail than my early post […]