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Historic Alafia River - 2.5 acres with 450 feet of beautiful riverfront. Just minutes from FishHawk and no HOA!!

2.5 acres of Beautiful Riverfront - Natural, peaceful and still close to everything

For Sale $249,900

Some Lawmakers say NO to Fire Sprinklers in New Homes.

Lawmakers: No sprinklers for new houses
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - March 5, 2010 - A House committee moved Wednesday to block the Florida Building Commission from adopting a provision that would require all newly constructed homes to install fire sprinklers.
The proposal (PCB GAP 10-22) was unanimously adopted by the House Governmental Affairs Policy committee, but only after [...]

March 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Affordable Housing, Buying a Home, Home ownership and government, Tampa Bay Real Estate Market | Leave a comment

Will MOBILITY FEEs replace Hillsborough County IMPACT FEES?

Per a Florida State law passed in 2009 (SB-360) Hillsborough County is considering a MOBILITY FEE. 
Buried in the law is a requirement for local government to consider having builders and developers pay for the impact to public roads and transportation brought on by development.  This sounds reasonable enough in it’s simplest form, doesn’t it?
Please understand that since 1985, builders [...]

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Buying a Home, Home ownership and government, Property Ownership and Government | Leave a comment

November Real Estate News

 
 

This Month in Real Estate
November 2009
Commentary
 
Budding signs of recovery continued last month. The encouraging news arrived in a number of closely followed economic indicators. On Thursday, October 29, the U.S. Commerce Department stated the country’s recession has officially ended, at least as leading data indicates.
U.S. GDP expanded 3.5 percent in the third quarter, the first period of quarterly growth [...]

November 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: 1st Time Home Buyers, Buying a Home, Home Mortgages, Tampa Bay Real Estate Market, Tax Credit, Tips and Tricks | Leave a comment

FHA Helps CONDO Market with Rule Change

The Federal Housing Administration is giving the condo market something it hasn’t had for a while - a little breathing room.
Last week, the FHA, the federal agency that insures low-downpayment home loans for private lenders, said it was relaxing its building underwriting guidelines as a way of helping the struggling sector ride out the downturn. [...]

November 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Buying a Home, Home Mortgages, Homebuyer Tax Credit, Tampa Bay Real Estate Market | Leave a comment

1 in 20 Americans Plan to Buy a Home Within the next 12 Months

One in 20 Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next year, and they’re most likely to be 34 years old or younger and living in the South or West, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Roughly a quarter of potential buyers said the No. 1 reason they would buy now is because [...]

November 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: 1st Time Home Buyers, Buying a Home, Homebuyer Tax Credit, Selling your property, Tax Credit | Leave a comment