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For a state that has bragged about the incredible population growth of over 1,000 residents a day, Florida has felt the recession in more ways than one. The population growth last year was comparably the slowest since WWII. According to the state's Office of Economic and Demographic Research, a [Read More]

It has been very encouraging that amongst so much valid concern and economic slowdown, I have been fortunate to engage numerous people this past week who believe we have many positive signs coming as well. While I don't yet have the same belief, I have the hope...and...I do believe that consume [Read More]

Due to Florida's location, hurricanes forced the Florida Legislature to take action in 2002 to secure that all Florida citizens will have the availability of property insurance coverage and thus, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was created. Citizens is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, wh [Read More]

The Florida Manatee Festival, a two-day event, which takes place in downtown Crystal River along Citrus Avenue, will offer its visitors a variety of interests. In honor of the festival namesake, the endangered Manatee, the festival will even offer its visitors the opportunity to view the manatee in [Read More]

Due to the amount of mortgage fraud that took place in the real estate market in Florida during the recent past, many homeowners became the victim of high property taxes. Property taxes that should have been much lower, but due to the inflated homes sale prices, the taxes were inflated as well. In [Read More]

The City of Brooksville, Florida and the United States Department of Rural Development are instituting a 504 Grant/Loan workshop for homeowners whose homes are in need of repair and the homeowner is in a low income bracket. They are holding a workshop on February 27, 2010 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm [Read More]

Seems like most of the media right now is negative. Money is important, yes, but attitude and gratitude brings more satisfaction and joy. I've met a lot of very financially wealthy people that were seemingly quite unhappy. On the other hand I have met many who "just get by" and are ex [Read More]

What do you think of agents who strickly use email for correspondance?? Do not return calls or communicate verbally any correspondance?

After reading an article on deed-restricted communities having their annual fees raised in the St. Pete Times this morning, I was shocked that it never crossed my mind that this would be an issue. It appears that after homeowners foreclose within these communities, the annual fees that were once c [Read More]

Well, it seems as if a 21% drop in home sales prices increased the number of sales in November of 2008 by 3% in Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida! There are many other counties in the state that are not fairing as well, however. Palm Beach County's home sales dropped 2% in November this year, [Read More]