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Tinder Effect in Real Estate

The Tinder Effect on Real Estate, Behavior Modification, and How Home Buying Is Changing with Technology. Whether You’re Selling a House or Buying or Your Dream Home, Make Sure You Adopt These Smart Strategies No doubt you’ve been reading the headlines, just as I have: Housing market inventory on the rebound, good news for buyers? […]

Posted in: First Time Home Buyers, Sellers, Selling Your Home Tagged: Buying a Home, housing market tampa, Selling Your Home, south tampa, tinder effect real estate

Home Ownership and the New Tax Rules: Are You Affected? 2018 Real Estate Update

Tax Bill and Homeownership

Home Ownership and the New Tax Rules: Are You Affected? Will it hurt or help to be a homeowner, or to buy a new home in the Tampa Bay area, under the new tax plan Congress passed in late December? The headlines sum up potential worries: “Real estate investors and developers see a win, while […]

Posted in: Tampa Housing Market, Tampa Real Estate Tagged: Buying a Home, First Time Home Buyers, new tax law, tax cuts and jobs act

Zillow Listing Accuracy | Is Your Dream Home Already Under Contract?

Bayard Construction New South Tampa Home

I know it is tempting to look at homes for sale on Zillow. If you are buying a home, chances are you are going to look online at consumer websites for homes for sale. It is just too tempting not to look on your own, isn’t it. The problem is that an innocent look typically […]

Posted in: First Time Home Buyers, Real Estate News & Info Tagged: Buying a Home, pocket listings, zillow

What Buyers Want in Today’s Housing Market [STATS]

According to the National Association of Home Builders and other experts, today’s house hunters are looking for smaller homes (and smaller mortgages), energy efficiency, comfort and organization. Discover which features are topping home shoppers’ must-haves lists, along with predictions on what the housing market might look like in the years to come. What are your […]

Posted in: Buyers Market Studies, Real Estate News & Info Tagged: Buying a Home, buying real estate in tampa

Great Real Estate Apps You Should Be Using Now!

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Here’s my favorite real estate apps for homebuyers! Both can be used on the iPhone and Android. The video below shows you the basics of how to use some great real estate apps for house hunting. They go over the big 3 companies, Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com. If you are using these already that’s great, […]

Posted in: First Time Home Buyers, Real Estate News & Info Tagged: buyers market tips, Buying a Home, Crime Statistics Research, neighborhood crime report, real estate apps, real estate technology

What is a Hard Money Loan and When Should You Use One?

Hard Money Lenders Tampa

What is hard money and how do you find a lender? Hard money is an equity based real estate loan that should only be used short term or when you or the property cannot qualify for Conventional, Jumbo, VA or FHA financing.  For instance, if the homeowner has filed bankruptcy, went through a short sale […]

Posted in: Downpayment Assistance, Financing and Mortgage News, Tampa Real Estate Investors Tagged: Buying a Home, Financing and Mortgage News, Hard Money Lenders Tampa, Pre Qualifying After Short Sale

Historic Fed Move Cuts Both Ways for Borrowers-Tampa, Fl

Historic Fed Move Cuts Both Ways for Borrowers Hot on the heels of its surprise inter-session rate cut of 75 basis points last week, the Federal Reserve cut key interest rates again, the fifth straight cut since September 2007. In its statement last week, the Fed said it had decided to cut the federal funds […]

Posted in: Real Estate News & Info Tagged: Buying a Home, First Time Home Buyers, First Time Home Buying Advice, Mortgage Rates 2008

Why Buy a Florida Home Now? Large Inventories Offer Options, Say Florida Realtors(R)

Florida’s real estate market has started a new year with the largest selection of homes and condominiums available for buyers in more than a decade. But factor in a continuing inflow of new residents to Florida and that means inventory levels are likely to decline in 2008. “Buyers have a lot of choices throughout the […]

Posted in: First Time Home Buying Advice, Housing Inventory, International Buyers, Tampa Real Estate Investors, Tampa Real Estate Market News & Updates, Tampa Real Estate Statistics Tagged: Buying a Home, Real Estate Investing Tampa, real estate market tampa, resources for statistics in housing market

When is a good time to buy Real Estate-Tampa, Fl

When is a good time to invest in Real Estate? By: Rae Catanese, Realtor Hyde Park Place-Condo I was speaking with a friend of mine about the Real Estate Market in the Tampa Bay are, I wanted to give her the best advice in my opinion as a Real Estate Agent. Through our website, we […]

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How to make informed decisions when buying a home-Tampa, Fl

Gaylord: Know Your MarketNAR President Richard Gaylord says consumers need to understand what’s going on in their own area. “There is no such thing as a national housing market – it doesn’t perform like the equities markets,” he says. “What’s really important for consumers is to make informed decisions based on individual needs, desires, and […]

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