Change of Skin

December 30, 2011 By in Real Estate News Tags: , Leave a comment

Snake Skin Boots - Time to Change - About Real Estate in FloridaIt was time to change the skin of this blog. The French blog, L’Heure Juste, translated loosely as “straight facts in the real estate market” is doing very well. Everyday new subscribers join us to discover the how and why of real estate news in Florida. Our goal is to do the same with this blog “About Real Estate in Florida”.

So today, we welcome you to our new site and our new skin. You can select to receive articles via RSS feeds or with a notice in your mailbox. As before, we do not keep information about our subscribers because we believe your privacy is very important for your experience of the Internet.

We will have weekly reviews of articles about the real estate market, buying and selling, foreclosures and short sales, and home maintenance.

So, enjoy the blog and we hope to hear from you soon.

Copyright © 2011, Jean ‘J’ Feuillet,
Realtor®, CIPS, SFR

Want to live in Florida all year long

October 22, 2011 By in Real Estate News Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

Do you want to live in the USA all year long and become a Permanent Resident legally? It could be possible soon and it’s simple: buy a home in the U.S.

A bill was presented to Congress this week with the purpose of correcting and rebuilding the housing market in the United States. Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) proposed this bill that would give a visa to any foreigner who buys at least $500,000 in real estate in the United States.

The first $250K could be used to buy a principal residence while the rest could be invested in other property types, such as income, residential or commercial properties. The full $500K needs to be all in cash for these real estate purchases.

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Red-light Cameras: the new trend in Florida

October 20, 2011 By in Protect Yourself, Real Estate News Tags: , Leave a comment

Ah, yes! The red light cameras. Now they are everywhere in Florida and across the country. And maybe even where you live.

What’s could be more profitable than having a camera that monitors the comings and goings of all and decide to send you a ticket without a cop around. It is the dream of all politicians to make money the easy way. Spell the word “scam”!

Recently Judge Steven P. DeLuca, Chief Justice of Broward County (Fort Lauderdale and vicinity) responsible for complaints of drivers, ruled that cameras intersection traffic lights were constitutional and therefore perfectly legal in Florida.

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Law protects consumers from mold removal cons

July 18, 2011 By in Protect Yourself, Real Estate News Tags: , Leave a comment

Florida’s warm, humid climate is the perfect setup for mold to grow in our homes. Roughly 1,000 strains of household mold, Strachybotrys chartarum, commonly called “black” or “toxic” mold have been identified. Many types of mold cause such health problems as sneezing, itching and wheezing and even trigger asthma attacks.

Toxic or not, mold isn’t healthy to have in your home, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Social Networking Gone Wild: Foreclosure via Facebook

July 13, 2011 By in Real Estate News, Technology Tags: , Leave a comment

The most distressing content most of us have ever seen on Facebook falls within the realm of the overshare: your boss’s Vegas stag party pics, or your new boyfriend’s status change from single to “it’s complicated.” But there’s a trend toward much more distressing messages being delivered via the social network: foreclosure notices.

The phenomenon started in 2008, when an Australian court allowed — no, ordered — a lender who was attempting to foreclose on a home to serve notice on the defaulting borrowers via Facebook, as well as at their Canberra home and a backup physical address. Since then, attorneys in New Zealand, Canada, and, this spring, East Sussex, England, have all authorized mortgage lenders and their attorneys to serve borrowers with foreclosure notices via Facebook, when the borrowers could not otherwise be located.

Read more here Social Networking Gone Wild: Foreclosure via Facebook

(Via Time Moneyland.)

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