John Widlak and Ricki Widlak Treasure Coast FL Real Estate E-Newsletter

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331093222012-01-26T11:41:46.373-05:00John Widlak and Ricki Widlak Treasure Coast FL Real Estate E-NewsletterRealtors, Florida Hot Properties, serving Florida's Treasure Coast, Martin & St. Lucie Counties: Stuart, Jensen Beach, Hutchinson Island, Sewall's Point, Palm City, Hobe Sound and Port St. Lucie. We study the market every day. We will go the extra mile to help you achieve your goal of buying or selling residential, waterfront, golf or vacant land, as well as commercial properties. Email us: johnandricki@gmail.comFlorida Hot Propertieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08527643195737888451noreply@blogger.comBlogger630125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109322.post-68362475829244002952012-01-26T11:41:00.002-05:002012-01-26T11:41:46.386-05:002012-01-26T11:41:46.386-05:00County Administrator Says State of Martin is Sound

Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Things are apparently looking up for Martin County. County Administrator Taryn Kryzda gave an optomistic "State of the County" address this week. County administrator: State of Martin is now '

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! For homeowners who have an "underwater" home, owing more on their mortgage than they can fetch in the open market, the time to make the hard decision is approaching. According to Florida

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! If you would say you had a good year in 2011, you are (slightly) in the majority. Almost as many wish to join you. Slightly more are thriving than struggling, analysis finds | MSNBC as per

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Lately, many of our buyers have been asking about short sales, as they are currently ubiquitous on the Florida market. When a home is listed for short sale, the lender has (theoretically) agreed

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! According to our state trade group Florida Realtors, 34 percent of Realtors cited “obtaining a mortgage”, i.e. the banks, as the primary hurdle for their buyers in 2011. The Federal Reserve,

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! More than 2.6 million households are at least 60 days delinquent on their mortgage payments according to Mortgages - Getting Back in the Black | NYTimes.com. If you or anyone you know want to

Florida Hot Propertieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08527643195737888451noreply@blogger.comhttp://johnandrickiwidlak.blogspot.com/2012/01/falling-behind-on-your-home-loan-tips.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109322.post-77839546555968063442012-01-03T10:02:00.000-05:002012-01-03T10:23:43.840-05:002012-01-03T10:23:43.840-05:00Remodeling Cost vs Value Report 2011-2012 -- Overall 58%

Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! The Remodeling Cost vs Value Report 2011-2012 is now available by clinking the link. This site compares the average cost for 35 popular remodeling projects with the value those projects

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! If a homeowner lets their home fall into foreclosure, their credit score likely will take a 100-point hit or more. Since the foreclosure process can take a year or more, depending upon the

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Homeowners who no longer want to live in their home naturally want to sell it. But all too often these days selling is not an option, whether due to lack of equity, ready willing and able buyers

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Worrying about the lost equity in your home and wondering if home values will ever come back? We all are, but not everyone is in the same boat. As you fork over $50 or more to check your

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Realtors generally recommend that home sellers keep their home in showing condition once they list and clear the property of clutter. What about the books -- are they considered "clutter"?

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Sellers are generally required by their Contract for Sale and Purchase to maintain the home in the same or even better condition it was when the agreement was signed, up until closing when

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Do you always make your payments on time? If so, you may be surprised to learn that good credit scores don’t automatically equate with good credit. According to Can You Have Good Credit

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! When people sell their home, they often become buyers who would then purchase another home. Thus relatively few home buyers nationwide breed fewer and fewer buyers over time, as homeowners

Florida Hot Propertieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08527643195737888451noreply@blogger.comhttp://johnandrickiwidlak.blogspot.com/2011/12/too-many-americans-are-stuck-poor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109322.post-6097129181002477782011-11-29T15:56:00.001-05:002011-12-01T12:40:59.080-05:002011-12-01T12:40:59.080-05:00Florida Foreclosure Process -- A Step-by-Step Guide

Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! We all hear about the foreclosures on a daily basis, but many of us have questions about how the process actually plays out. 2011 the Sun Sentinel | Gary M. Singer* provides a step-by-step

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! It is more than understandable that a seller would want to take their home off the market during the holiday season. It is uber-stressful to keep your home in showing condition with the many

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! As we have discussed before, many frustrated homesellers are turning to renting in order to subsidize a move that would have been paid for by a closing years ago. This article Tips for Starter

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Many are considering participating in the rental market, either as part of their portfolio or as frustrated sellers who want to move out of their current home but can't get their price. Home

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! According to a new survey released by Move Inc., the oversight company of Realtor.com, candidate positions on housing will be important considerations to almost 70 percent of Americans in the

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! In south Florida, it currently takes an average of 501 days to complete a short sale, according to Sun-Sentinel's House Keys blog. It's a rare buyer who can or will wait around for a year or 18

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! If you are a homeowner and/or investor who hasn’t sold or bought a home in the past few years, you likely will discover that the rules of the game have changed. Before you jump back in and

Florida Hot Propertieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08527643195737888451noreply@blogger.comhttp://johnandrickiwidlak.blogspot.com/2011/10/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33109322.post-24609827630589036122011-10-25T14:17:00.001-04:002011-10-25T14:17:17.620-04:002011-10-25T14:17:17.620-04:00Is Your City Underwater? Ratios of Mortgage Debt to Property Values in Major Metropolitan Areas

Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Palm Beach Post | Real Time reports that South Florida home prices dropped in August over July and now come in pretty much at 2002 levels, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! This past year the country has seen a slowdown in the processing of foreclosure filings due to illegal or questionable mortgage paperwork. According to ‘Shadow inventory’ of homes could topple

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! Traditionally, mortgages have been considered “good debt”, an appreciating asset. That is, until the housing *crisis* began 5 years ago. Now, of course, all bets are off. Good Debt Versus Bad

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Visit us online @ http://flhotproperties.com Read our Housing Trends eNewsletter filled with current local, regional and national data Real estate is local. Find out what's happening in real estate! A competent Realtor will vet and pre-qualify the buyers they work with and show homes to. We know who they are and where they work. Generally a loan officer is in possession of some of their

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