Real Estate
Manatee County house sells in 17 minutes. The market's that hot.
Single-family home sales in the Bradenton-Sarasota-North Port metropolitan area rose 16.3 percent year-over-year in April, and median prices of single-family homes were up 23 percent at $202,946.
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REAL ESTATE
Manatee County house sells in 17 minutes. The market's that hot.
Single-family home sales in the Bradenton-Sarasota-North Port metropolitan area rose 16.3 percent year-over-year in April, and median prices of single-family homes were up 23 percent at $202,946.
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REAL ESTATE
Real estate Q&A: Son's ex-wife won't go along with a short sale
QUESTION: My husband and I co-signed a loan for our son and his now ex-wife. Our son stayed in the home but fell behind on the payments, and the home was in foreclosure. His ex-wife discharged her mortgage debt through bankruptcy, but her name is still on the deed. Our son has deeded the house to...
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REAL ESTATE
The Mortgage Professor: Escrow can raise costs, but add simplicity
Why did Jones pay more for his mortgage than Smith? One possible reason is that they borrowed at different times, when market conditions were different. Right now, the market is very favorable, but mortgages priced at 3.5 percent today were priced at 17 percent in 1980. There is nothing borrowers...
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REAL ESTATE
Tom Reddin: Why are mortgage rates still so low?
We are now heading toward the end of the spring homebuying season, and mortgage rates remain near record-low levels.
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REAL ESTATE
Foreclosure settlement checks seen as inadequate
Tyler Reid struggled to hold onto his Ladera Ranch, Calif., condominium during the recession.
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REAL ESTATE
Pick me, please: Home buyers writing letters to sellers
Some buyers are solving housing woes with prose.
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REAL ESTATE
Frantic housing market recalls boom times in battered Florida
The open house on a leafy street near South Miami featured a snack wagon with cupcakes and chilled beverages, but the real draw was the newly listed house for sale for $435,000.
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REAL ESTATE
Former Hoveround Corp. office sold to Texas company
Lakewood Ranch dental office also sold for $2.2 million.


