Is your Sarasota Bradenton home “underwater”? 4 considerations.

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If you own a home in Sarasota or Bradenton. you could be on of 44%  Sarasota and Bradenton homesowners that is UNDERWATER!  That’s almost half! As a local Real Estate Expert in Sarasota and Bradenton I have compiled  my “top 4 considerations”. If you owe more than your home’s value,  you have three choices. Keep… Read More

Status of the local market Bradenton-34212

Months of inventory have begun to stabilize recently. This is a look at the sales in the 34212 zip code of Bradenton, Manatee county, FL. The supply of homes ins down, sales are up. This is a chart that will be updated every month.

New free map app for the iPhone

This is a great new free app that I found for the iPhone Waze.com. Pretty cool since it is community based and interactive too. This is a very new app and hasn’t made it into a featured or top app yet but I think it will soon. Thanks, Joe Sent from my iPhone Joe Murphy,… Read More

Are new home builders pulling market values down in Manatee County, FL?

I have been working with a buyer this week, and after seeing all the resale inventory including short sales, and foreclosures they decided on a new build.  What is amazing to me is that the deal they got with the local builder is BETTER than any of the comparable resales in that area. A resale… Read More

New Treasury Department Guidelines go in effect in 2010 for short sales

Finally! Home owners, Realtors, Lenders, and home buyers are all going to benefit from these new guidlines.  The faster and easier the process becomes the closer offers will come to being fair market value.  This will lead to reduced inventories, and market stabilization.  The Treasury department created a 46 page guide for major lenders to follow with… Read More

Are you curious what Bank of America thinks your home’s worth?

This entry discovered a great site that Bank of America uses to evaluate home value. If you ever wondered what Bank of America thinks your home is worth, you can just type in the address and there you go! It's surprising why they need to do so many appraisals and BPOs on their short sales when they… Read More

Considering a short sale?

So you have to sell your home, but you owe more than it is worth. Here are your options if you have to sell. IF you would rather stay in your home, but are having trouble afford the payments a loan modification should be your first step. But if you already, Tried to modify and… Read More

Tax credit gets extended- Whew!

It’s finally really here.  Of course, this is a little old news, as people have been saying that the tax credit was approved fro the past week.  Nothing is in stone until the President signs the bill into law. It would have been nice if this could be extended to ALL home buyers.  This would… Read More

Adding a Patio Spa to Your Backyard

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This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as you like in order to share with your readers what exactly is on your mind. This is an example of… Read More

7 Considerations for getting a mortgage today

Getting Ready to Buy a New Home? Need a Mortgage? Seven Things to Consider… 1. Realtors and mortgage professionals agree that you must find out what price home you can afford before you start looking. A general rule of thumb is that the sales price of your new home can be equal in price to… Read More