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Start with your best offer and consider bumping up the deposit

Finding a bank-owned home these days is hard enough. Actually buying one is an even bigger burden.

Commentary: President's real estate proposals 'will be without effect'

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Letter to the Editor

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- New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday accused three major U.S. banks of fraudulently using an electronic mortgage database to avoid the need for recording mortgage transfers.

Real Estate Tax Talk

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New surveys under way: Engineering firms, Commercial real estate developers
Tampa Bay Business Journal (blog)
The Tampa Bay Business Journal is currently surveying for two upcoming lists: engineering firms and commercial real estate developers. The initial survey links were sent out via email on Feb. 2 for engineering firms and Feb. 3 for developers.

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Does Tampa need an antidepressant?
Gulf Coast Business Review
Looking at metrics measuring the unemployment rate, crime, commute time, suicide rate and divorce rate among a few others, Sperling's put Tampa Bay at the top of its list. Now, considering the survey didn't even take into account the region's real ...

Board-certified real estate attorney Gary M. Singer answers housing questions in this space each Friday. To ask him a question about short sales, mortgages, refinancing, homeowner's associations or any other residential real estate topic, click here.

Toll lanes for interstates 4, 275 could be considered by FDOT
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Tampa Bay motorists one day might speed past congestion by opting to pay graduated tolls on new lanes of interstates 275 and 4. The Florida Department of Transportation this month will advertise two contracts to explore “managed toll lanes” similar to ...

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Tampabay.com
Application to tear down Belleview Biltmore lacks required details, on hold
Tampabay.com
... which oversaw the hotel when it was owned by Legg Mason Real Estate Investors. Interestingly, Cummings and Tod had a previous business relationship. They both worked as consultants for the same developer, Cummings said. And the Tampa Bay Times ...

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Eight out of 10 loan applications are for refis

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Philadelphia-based broker defends Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com

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Varied approaches to Fannie and Freddie, MID, foreclosures

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Tapping the international buying pool

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Florida is top state, Las Vegas the No. 1 city

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Bloomberg
Romney to Win Trump Backing in Vegas
Bloomberg
... Bay Times/ZUMAPRESS.com Mitt Romney supporters at the Tampa Convention Center on Jan. 31, 2012. Play Video Play Video Multimillionaire Mitt Romney shared a stage with billionaire Donald Trump as he accepted the backing of the real estate developer ...
News Wrap: Donald Trump Endorses Romney for GOP NominationPBS NewsHour
Trump endorses Romney after a puzzling Vegas dayTheNewsTribune.com

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HomeSpotter overlays property information via mobile device's live camera feed

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Realtor Notebook

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The president aims to help about 3.5 million people with good credit who are unable to refinance at historically low rates because their homes are worth less than their mortgages.

Distancing himself from Republicans on housing issues, President Obama pitched a $5-billion to $10-billion plan to help a key segment of struggling homeowners ¿ those still making monthly payments, but on underwater mortgages.

Despite the threat of hurricanes and a tsunami of underwater mortgages, potential home buyers still view the Sunshine State as paradise.