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jerrylarose — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:56:59 +0000

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Buying a Home May never be Cheaper, Orlando Buyers It’s time to buy buy buy

jerrylarose — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:12:33 +0000

Buying a home may never get any cheaper than this. Several housing experts are predicting that this year will be the last chance for bargain hunters to cash in on the best deals of the weak housing market. With home prices down 34% nationally since 2006 and mortgage rates at historic lows, homes have never been more affordable — but it won’t stay this way for much longer.

Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for PNC Financial Services, said he expects home prices to flatten out by the third quarter and start climbing by next year. A number of factors will help bolster the housing market, he said, including a decline in the number of foreclosures and continued job growth. In addition, homebuyers will have better access to mortgages as they get their finances in order and improve their credit scores.

Some economists, like Trulia’s Jed Kolko, expect home prices to pick up even more quickly. Trulia’s data shows that the national average for asking prices already increased 1.4% in the first quarter of 2012, compared with the last three months of 2011. “This is a strong indicator that we will start seeing home price indexes, like the S&P/Case-Shiller, start to report home price increases this summer,” he said.

Prospective homebuyers who’ve been sitting on the fence shouldn’t worry if they aren’t quite ready to make the leap. Analysts are predicting that the initial price gains will be modest, at least, in most markets. Hoffman, for example, is forecasting a 2% increase in 2013 compared with 2012. Meanwhile David Stiff, chief economist for Fiserv, predicts that prices will turn in the last quarter of 2012 and will rise 4.2% for the 12 months through September 2013.

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Jerry LaRose is an Orlando Area Residential Real Estate Expert and Foreclosure Specialist who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of Real Estate in Orlando, Windermere, Winter Garden, Kissimmee, St. Cloud, East Orlando, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Winter Park, Oviedo, Apopka, Lake Mary, Clermont, Ocoee Florida or any place in the country. Jerry has created a team of professionals throughout Orlando and the country to ensure that you enjoy a smooth transition to your new area.

Please visit:

Avoid Foreclosure / Short Sale Help http://OrlandoShortSaleExpert.com, or http://ShortSellMyOrlandoHome.com

Our Website http://JerryLaRose.com or www.JerrySellsOrlando.com, or http://OrlandoRealEstateVoice.com ,

If you’re a Buyer looking for Great Deals – http://InvestmentPropertyDealsOrlando.com

Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

P.S. If you are listing your home as a short sale in Orange, Seminole, Polk, Lake, Osceola and Brevard County Florida and Orlando, East Orlando, St. Cloud, Davenport, Clermont, Longwood, Windermere, Winter Garden, Kissimmee, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Apopka, Lake Mary, Oviedo or Ocoee Florida make sure you hire an agent and realtor who knows how to do short sales and has the experience to get the job done. We are doing successful short sale packages. The short sale process is complicated and we can help simplify it.

We also have now expanded to help homeowners to Stop Foreclosure in Brevard County Florida. Servicing Melbourne, Coco, Coco Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Bay, Indian Harbour Beach, South Patrick Shores, Palm Shores, Rockledge, Cocoa West, Merritt Island, Port Saint John and Titusville Florida

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange County Short Sales and Orlando Area Short Sales.

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jerrylarose — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:53:08 +0000

Housing Recovery to Occur in Two Phases: Demand Institute

jerrylarose — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:32:00 +0000

The housing recovery will come in two phases. First, home prices will rise by just under 1 percent in the second half of 2012. In 2013, prices will rise by 1.5 percent, then go up another 2.5 percent in 2014. For the second phase, home prices will increase 3 to 3.5 percent between 2015 and 2017. These are the predictions from a report released by the Demand Institute, which is jointly operated by The Conference Board and Nielsen.

The report, titled The Shifting Nature of U.S. Housing Demand, stated investors who buy rental properties will lead phase one of the recovery, as opposed to buyers who purchase properties as their own residences.
However, Bart van Ark, chief economist at The Conference Board and co-author of the report, said the expectation for homeownership rates is not expected to change in the long-term.
“Over 80 percent of Americans in recent surveys still agree that buying a home is the best long-term investment they can make. What will be intriguing to watch is how their aspirations around home ownership are affected by this period of extended austerity,” he said.
During the first phase, the demand for rental properties will come from young people hit hard by the recession and immigrants.
As investors buy up the oversupply of homes to take advantage of low prices and rising rents, the report also predicts that this will lead to the absorption of the existing surplus, which will clear by the start of 2015.
Then, phase two will begin with higher home prices and a return to home ownership.
According to the report, currently, 11 percent of homeowners say they would like to sell their home, but about half of these homeowners say they aren’t listing their property because they won’t get the price they want.
The prediction is that once prices rise by 3 percent in 2015, homeowners will start to return to the market, increasing the volume of home sales.
Credit will also become more accessible as standards ease, leading to more renters to become buyers. The report stated a crash in demand for properties is unlikely.
According to the report, about $7 trillion in American wealth was lost when home prices dropped 30 percent after the housing bubble burst.
Source; DS News-Housing Recovery to Occur in Two Phases

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Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

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Florida Seeing Rapid Revivals but Still Haunted by Shadow Inventory

jerrylarose — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:39:54 +0000

As one of the hardest hit states during the real estate downturn, Florida often pops up in market reports as having noticeably higher foreclosure rates and a greater number of underwater homes.

Even so, the state is also becoming recognized for the amount of investor interest it is drawing and how quickly some of its markets are climbing out of the housing slump.

For example, the National Association of Realtors recently cited data from Move Inc. showing the top 10 turnaround markets.

Miami was listed as number two and Orlando was number three. In addition, five more Florida areas made it to the 10 ten list due to their increases, with Naples listed as number five, and the last four on the list based in Florida.

Yet, a recent report from Floridarealtors.org stated that while Florida is in a revival period, distressed properties will remain a big part of the real estate market for the state in the next 10 years.

In fact, Florida holds nearly a third of the total shadow inventory nationwide. Shadow inventory in the report is the number of distressed properties (90+ days delinquent, in the foreclosure process, or are REOs) not listed on the market.

“Part of this is due to what happened here during the housing recession. Part of it is due to the tie-up of potential foreclosures in the courts. In any case, the size of the inventory means that it will take years to work off,” the report stated.

And, as long as these distressed properties are so visible in the market, they will continue to be a drag on prices.

However, as realtors and lenders start to more effectively maneuver their way through the landscape of short sales, the less harmful foreclosure alternative is becoming more common in the industry.

“In essence, lenders have discovered that the loss associated with a short sale is less than the loss from taking a property into inventory and absorbing the cost of holding that property and then selling it later. Realtors, for their part, have learned how to market short sales in an efficient fashion,” according to the report.

The report further explained that for most of 2008, both lenders and realtors were confused about the short sale process in terms of the necessary paper work, lender policy toward short sales, and the timeframes for various lenders.

As investor interest, foreclosures and REOs have also lowered, pointing towards less properties entering into the shadow inventory.

According to the report, the flow of new seriously delinquent loans moving into the shadows seems to be offset by the roughly equal number of sales for distressed properties.

While the report projects another decade or so before the state trims off the excess supply of distressed homes, the number of years really “depends upon the revival of the economy and the real estate market, the decisions in the courts, and the shape of regulation that comes out of the current policy debates over the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

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Our Website http://JerryLaRose.com or www.JerrySellsOrlando.com, or http://OrlandoRealEstateVoice.com ,

If you’re a Buyer looking for Great Deals – http://InvestmentPropertyDealsOrlando.com

Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange County Short Sales and Orlando Area Short Sales.

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Zillow Rent Index Shows Rentals Continue to Outshine Purchase Market

jerrylarose — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:24:12 +0000

Rents are up across the country, but foreclosures continue to take the air out of home values, according to the February Zillow Real Estate Market Reports.

The Zillow Rent Index rose 2% from February 2011 to February 2012, but the Zillow Home Value Index fell 4.5% during the same time period. Meanwhile, foreclosure re-sales challenged their previous peak, with 20.3% of all sales during February being foreclosure re-sales. The previous high was in March 2011, when 20.2% of all sales were foreclosure re-sales.

The rental market remains especially strong in areas that continue to experience consistent home value declines. Chicago metro rents, for example, increased 8.6 percent over the past year, in comparison to an 11 percent fall in home values over the same period. In the Philadelphia metro, rents are up 14.8 percent annually while home values have fallen 5.4 percent year-over-year.

While we here at Zillow believe we’ve made it through the worst of the housing recession, obstacles like a deep backlog of foreclosures and high negative equity still remain. But the burgeoning rental market is good news for everyone, since rising rents attract investors who buy up distressed homes. That drives down inventory, which will eventually have a positive effect on the value of all homes.

Further analysis from Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries and interactive data for this month’s report can be found on Zillow Real Estate Research.

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Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange County Short Sales and Orlando Area Short Sales.

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6 Reasons Orlando Fl. Homeowners need to do Short Sales Now:

jerrylarose — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:12:23 +0000

1. Credit Implications

While the effects of a short sale on credit scores has been debated credit bureaus and modeling agencies including Fair Isaac and Experian have recently broken their usual silence to explain the effects of mortgage delinquencies on credit. Among these releases they have commented that those which opt for short sales and for which lenders report no outstanding delinquency may see a less significant drop in credit score and a faster rebound.

2. They Can Buy another Home Sooner

Depending on the details of the short sale homeowners can qualify to buy a new home within a couple of years or even right away. With rents raising quickly across the country it may soon be far cheaper to buy everywhere.

3. Minimizing Taxes

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act ends this year meaning homeowners opting for short sales after 2012 could be hit with incredibly huge tax bills. On top of this there are billions of dollars in other tax programs ending at the end of this year which could multiply this effect.

4. Expiring Payout Offers

Many lenders have been paying out tens of thousands of dollars in cash incentives for homeowners to complete short sales on top of mortgage forgiveness. Unfortunately, as with Bank of America’s offer of up to $20,000 which ends in August 2012 other programs are likely to fade away too, meaning no money for relocation and potentially still owing on the mortgage after the bank has seized the property if short sales are not completed in the next few months.

5. Buyers are Interested Now

There are interested buyers and investors like you in the market now but as mortgage interest rates and home prices raise it will be far less attractive to buy and fewer individuals will qualify for loans. Waiting could make it much harder to sell.

6. Faster Processing Times

Right now lenders are speeding up short sale processing times and armed with transactional funding investors can close very quickly.

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Please visit:

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Our Website http://JerryLaRose.com or www.JerrySellsOrlando.com, or http://OrlandoRealEstateVoice.com ,

If you’re a Buyer looking for Great Deals – http://InvestmentPropertyDealsOrlando.com

Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange County Short Sales and Orlando Area Short Sales.

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Low-ball offers in Orlando Fl. don’t work anymore

jerrylarose — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:48 +0000

When the number of home sellers grossly outpaces the number of buyers, no offer can be ignored, even if it’s 25 percent or more off the asking price. But in today’s rebounding market, those low-ball offers don’t often work. Many times, the potential buyer finds that they don’t get a counter-offer. And, in many cases, another more realistic buyer gets the home.

A low-ball offer – generally 25 or more off the asking price – allows buyers to see if they can land a great deal, even if they’re willing to pay more. In a survey last year conducted by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), one in 10 respondents cited low-ball offers as a concern. According to real estate columnist Kenneth Harney, a NAR survey conducted in March and not yet released found that almost no one complained about low offers.

When the number of listings outpaced the number of buyers, many potential homeowners submitted a shockingly low offer on the theory that they had nothing to lose. If the seller balked, most would still counter with something below their asking price. Today, however, offers close to the asking price – or even beating it – will probably come in fairly quickly from someone else if a home is priced correctly in the first place.

Even buyers who still want to low-ball an offer on a home many times switch tactics after they lose a property or two to a more aggressive buyer.

Fewer buyers want to low-ball an offer, but they still come in – mainly from out-of-state or out-of-the-country people who have read about the state’s foreclosures and short sales. That news, however, is old – it has not kept up with reality in many areas.

In some cases, a seller isn’t offended by a low-ball offer, but their counter-offer shaves only a little bit off their original asking price.

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Please visit:

Avoid Foreclosure / Short Sale Help http://OrlandoShortSaleExpert.com, or http://ShortSellMyOrlandoHome.com

Our Website http://JerryLaRose.com or www.JerrySellsOrlando.com, or http://OrlandoRealEstateVoice.com ,

If you’re a Buyer looking for Great Deals – http://InvestmentPropertyDealsOrlando.com

Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange County Short Sales and Orlando Area Short Sales.

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Bidding wars in Florida catch buyers off guard

jerrylarose — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:24:15 +0000

Homebuyers are unexpectedly finding more competition this spring in landing their dream home. Bidding wars are increasingly being reported in markets across the country, from California to Florida, The Wall Street Journal reports.

“It’s a little surprising because we thought bidding wars were done with,” Andy Aley, a home shopper in Seattle said. Aley says he was outbid on a home earlier this year, even though he offered to pay $23,000 above the listing price and also waive inspections and other closing conditions.

Homebuyers are frustrated and caught off-guard about the bidding wars re-emerging, real estate professionals report.

“We’re writing a record number of offers, but we’re not seeing a record number of closings and that’s because it’s so competitive,” Glenn Kelman, chief executive of Redfin Corp., told The Wall Street Journal.

Why are things getting so competitive? Many housing markets are seeing a drastic decrease in the number of homes listed for sale, leaving homebuyers with fewer options and more bidding on the same house. Housing analysts say the shortage in supply is from sellers unwilling to take much less for their home than what they originally paid for it and pulling homes off the market. Also, a surge in investors who snatch up homes in bulk in all-cash deals has made the market competitive.

“The bidding wars caused by tight inventory provide the latest evidence that housing demand is starting to pick up after a six-year-long slump,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

National Association of Realtors® latest pending sales report seems to confirm the trend. Pending sales in March reached their highest level in nearly two years and are up 12.8 percent from one year earlier.

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Jerry LaRose is an Orlando Area Residential Real Estate Expert and Foreclosure Specialist who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of Real Estate in Orlando, Windermere, Winter Garden, Kissimmee, St. Cloud, East Orlando, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Winter Park, Oviedo, Apopka, Lake Mary, Clermont, Ocoee Florida or any place in the country. Jerry has created a team of professionals throughout Orlando and the country to ensure that you enjoy a smooth transition to your new area.

Please visit:

Avoid Foreclosure / Short Sale Help http://OrlandoShortSaleExpert.com, or http://ShortSellMyOrlandoHome.com

Our Website http://JerryLaRose.com or www.JerrySellsOrlando.com, or http://OrlandoRealEstateVoice.com ,

If you’re a Buyer looking for Great Deals – http://InvestmentPropertyDealsOrlando.com

Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida real estate market.

P.S. If you are listing your home as a short sale in Orange, Seminole, Polk, Lake, Osceola and Brevard County Florida and Orlando, East Orlando, St. Cloud, Davenport, Clermont, Longwood, Windermere, Winter Garden, Kissimmee, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Apopka, Lake Mary, Oviedo or Ocoee Florida make sure you hire an agent and realtor who knows how to do short sales and has the experience to get the job done. We are doing successful short sale packages. The short sale process is complicated and we can help simplify it.

We also have now expanded to help homeowners to Stop Foreclosure in Brevard County Florida. Servicing Melbourne, Coco, Coco Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Bay, Indian Harbour Beach, South Patrick Shores, Palm Shores, Rockledge, Cocoa West, Merritt Island, Port Saint John and Titusville Florida

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange County Short Sales and Orlando Area Short Sales.

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Rent to Own Homes Orlando florida

jerrylarose — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:18:04 +0000

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Jerry LaRose is an Orlando Area Residential Real Estate Expert and Rent to Own Specialist who can assist you with the rent to own purchase and/or sale of Real Estate in Orlando, Windermere, Winter Garden, Kissimmee, St. Cloud, East Orlando, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Winter Park, Oviedo, Apopka, Lake Mary, Clermont, Ocoee Florida or any place in the country. Jerry has created a team of professionals throughout Orlando and the country to ensure that you enjoy a smooth transition to your new area. We are your Central Florida Short Sale realtors / agents. Orange county rent to own / lease purchase specialist

Please visit:

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If you’re a Buyer looking for Great Deals – http://InvestmentPropertyDealsOrlando.com

Please give me a call if you have questions about the Orlando and Central Florida ren to own real estate market.

P.S. If you are listing your home as a short sale in Orange, Seminole, Polk, Lake, Osceola and Brevard County Florida and Orlando, East Orlando, St. Cloud, Davenport, Clermont, Longwood, Windermere, Winter Garden, Kissimmee, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Maitland, Apopka, Lake Mary, Oviedo or Ocoee Florida make sure you hire an agent and realtor who knows how to do ren to own sale and purchases and has the experience to get the job done.

Call us at 407-580-7011 or email at jerry@JerryLaRose.com to find out more about Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole and Lake Counties Rent to own and lease purchase homes.

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