Real Estate News

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

More Jobs Coming to Jacksonville Just Got a Step Closer

US Senate approves funding for readying the Naval Station at Mayport for a nuclear powered aircraft carrier.  This is a $75.9 million dollar project.  Besides bringing the workman and possible repair dollars to a local company the end resul...

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

It Is Getting Harder to Buy with FHA

FHA loans have seen a resurgence since they require so little to put down to purchase a home.  In fact, a FHA loan is used in around 30% of the purchases in the U.S.  However, new rules that have been proposed are looking to change that. S...

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

9th Consective Months of Rising Pending Home Sales

The Pending Home Sales Index is an index used by the National Association of Realtors based on contracts signed and is a forward looking indicator.  October 2009 showed a 3.7% increase from September 2009 and a 31.8% increase over October 2008.&...

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

Buyer Discounts Getting Smaller

The price paid compared to listing price has been shrinking consecutively for the past 9 months according to Zillow.  The median for October was 2.7% or approximately $5,741 savings for the buyer on a median price of $190,400.

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

Short Sales May Go Faster

New Short Sale Rules from U.S. Treasury are intended to speed the short sale process.  Unfortunately, the new rules are not effective until 4/5/10 but lenders are encouraged to use them now. The new rules do not lessen the paperwork needed but ...

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

November 2009 Housing Inventory down Nationwide & Jacksonville Florida

Zip Realty reports number of Home Listings Declines More than 2% and 17 consective months of declining housing inventory nationally.  There are reported to be 27.64% down from a year ago with Jacksonville down 13%. Following is a snapshot of th...

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

Jacksonville Real Estate Prices off $3.5 Billion

This $3.5 Billion loss for the first 11 months of 2009 is great news when compared to the $14.9 Billion loss in 2008 according to zillow.  48 markets show gains in home value in 2009, Boston had the largest gain and Los Angeles the largest loss....

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Fri, Dec 25, 2009

Jacksonville Florida Ranked #3 As Most Overpriced Metro by Forbes Magazine

The unwanted honor of the top three areas of Most Overpriced Homes belong all in Florida:  #1 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL #2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL and then Jacksonville, FL as #3.  Their predictions are based on the fact that th...

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