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Foreign influence grows in real estate market
In the 1880s, about 60 Scots came to Sarasota on the promise of a paradise. You probably have heard this: It turned out to be not so idyllic
Commercial real estate starting to move again
In just three months, Ian Black Real Estate has closed almost as many commercial real estate sales and inked almost as many leases as it did in all of 2010.
Commercial real estate starting to move again
In just three months, Ian Black Real Estate has closed almost as many commercial real estate sales and inked almost as many leases as it did in all of 2010.
2010 real estate sales better than 2009's
BY MID-NOVEMBER, MORE dollars had changed hands through real estate sales in Sarasota County than in all of 2009, a sign that, while the market is still struggling, there were improvements this year.
Ruling might further complicate loan crisis
Appellate courts in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach have admonished lower courts for allowing foreclosures to proceed without the proper paperwork and kicked the cases back to circuit judges in a move some experts say could further complicate the ...
Refinance commercial real estate with SBA
business bill allows the U.S. Small Business Administration to use its 504 program to refinance commercial properties when a small-business borrower has a balloon mortgage-note coming due.
'Buy and hold' real estate investors enter market
In the midst of the bustle caused by flippers racing to buy properties and quickly resell them at a profit, another group of investors is re-emerging in Southwest Florida.
Landlord revenues still falling
LANDLORD REVENUES CONTINUED to falter in the region, even as one of the key tenants of commercial real estate, manufacturers, posted another solid month of gains.
Foreclosures mired by fraud allegations and bureaucracy
BY NOW IT'S NO SECRET THAT the Home Affordable Modification Program, the federal effort originally touted as being able to help millions of homeowners avoid foreclosure, has fallen far short of expectations. In fact, it would be fair to say the pr...
Region's office vacancy rates vary widely
OFFICE VACANCIES IN SARASOTA County fell during the first half of 2010 as landlords offered concessions on leases, according to real estate firm CB Richard Ellis.
Commercial real estate starts to thaw
THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY waiting to be invested in well-priced commercial real estate to avoid the kind of foreclosure crisis that many were predicting earlier this year.
Long-feared wave of foreclosures has begun in Sarasota area
The wave of foreclosure filings that real estate experts had been anticipating all year began in a big way last month.
Young renters are filling up Miami condos
Brandon Klien lives in Downtown, a neighborhood where young people are renting condos built during the 2004 to 2008 boom to attract second-home buyers. Thanks to the housing crash, Klein and two roommates pay about $900 a month...
Hundreds arrested in nationwide mortgage fraud sweep
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has arrested 485 people across the nation in a mortgage fraud sweep, though no charges were brought against anyone in Manatee, Sarasota or Charlotte counties.
Program makes borrowing practical
Commercial real estate continues to be challenging for small-business owners in Southwest Florida.
Tough times for commercial real estate
To borrow a biblical expression, it may be easier these days to pass a camel through the eye of a needle than it is to get a commercial real estate loan.
Miami task force battles mortgage schemes
If there were any doubts that Miami-Dade's Mortgage Fraud Task Force filled a need, the cases that poured in upon its creation two years ago erased them.
Homeownership dream turned into nightmare with U.S.help.
For decades the American government sought to increase homeownership because of a belief that it reinforced a faith in capitalism and made better citizens. Unfortunately, this effort turned into government mandates that
The new flipping: short sales | HeraldTribune.com
Untold millions of dollars that banks could have recovered from the sale of distressed Florida homes have instead been pocketed as profits by a new breed of property flipper.These flippers target houses on the verge of
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