Fort Lauderdale News

Coral Springs Foreclosures are in great demand. As we have begun branching out into the Coral Springs real estate market, we are already getting emails from prospective clients looking to by Coral Springs Foreclosures. There is little wonder why. When this community flourished in the boom, there were a lot of homes built and we’re [...]

Sounds like a good title for a horror flick doesn’t it? However it’s a reality show! The Wall Street Journal reported today that the major banks are revving up the big foreclosure machine again. The brief respite wasn’t due to any change in market fundamentals or because the banks were simply being nice but rather [...]

What was hailed as the saving grace for those in foreclosure has turned out to be more hype than reality. For the overwhelming majority, loan modifications don’t work. With urging from the Obama administration and pleading from community activist groups like ACORN, banks and mortgage lenders sought to quell the rising tide of foreclosures by [...]

I recently read a Digg wherein a couple of guys had declared themselves as the best realtor in east Fort Lauderdale. In addition to sounding cocky, and blatantly full of themselves, I was wondering how this award was self-conferred. Was there some awards ceremony that yours truly was not invited to? Was there some contest [...]

Excuse me for a moment, it’s hard to type with this suit of armor I have on. You see after some agents see this I may be on the hit list of a number of them. However, don’t worry too much. If they are as proficient at hitting a target as they are at being [...]

Why is it that some have a problem with change? Yes, there is some value in nostalgia but we are talking about real estate. Here in Fort Lauderdale there is an outdated, small hotel that has been slated for demolition and the land it sits on has a proposed development that some neighbors are complaining [...]

Communities in the Fort Lauderdale real estate area and throughout South Florida market, hit hardest by the foreclosure epidemic are slated to receive tens of millions of federal dollars to fix abandoned and foreclosed properties and help low- to moderate-income people buy homes.

It really makes me wonder just what planet these guys from the National Association Of Realtors (NAR) are from. As a Realtor, I pay dues to an organization that causes my clients and prospective clients to ridicule my chosen profession. It was my belief that these guys were supposed to be supporting me. Wow, was [...]

  When President Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 back in July, there was a provision on page 479 that has had major implications. This provision will eliminate down payment assistance programs, or DPAs, starting on October 1st of this year. Efforts are underway to save these much needed programs.

While there may indeed be that speck of white light in the tunnel, I would not go out and make plans to celebrate just yet. Based upon numbers released yesterday from the Florida Association of Realtors the sales of existing homes increased in the Fort Lauderdale real estate market and throughout Broward County by 4 [...]