Christopher & Natascha Tello's (chrisandnatascha) Blog

FIL-22-2009May 22, 2009   The final rule updates the FDIC's deposit insurance regulations and related examples to reflect a law signed in May 2009 extending the temporary increase in the SMDIA to $250,000 through December 31, 2013.   Summary: On May 20, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the He...

Ten of Broward's High Schools were recently recognized as being amongst the best in the country.   Newsweek highlighted the schools as being in the top 6% of all public High Schools in the Country.  The 10 schools that made the list were Flanagan High in Pembroke Pines, Plantation Senior High, Co...

Miami-Dade Pending Real Estate Sales Increase 13 Percent in Two Months South Florida Data Continues to Point to Local Market Turnaround    Miami, FL - Pending home sales increased nearly 13 percent in just two months, from 6,390 in May 2009 to 7,197 in July 2009 in Miami-Dade County as more buyer...

by Kenneth R. Harney When the Case-Shiller index reports that home prices have reversed course and are finally rising again, and you know that Case-Shiller has been the gloomiest, scariest-headline-producing monitor of the real estate market for the past three years -- some say: We have truly tur...

Market Area: BROWARD COUNTY   Current Market Area Conditions:     THERE ARE CURRENTLY: 9481 SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES FOR SALE ON THE MLS 1264  SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES PENDING SALE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS 1017  SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES THAT CLOSED IN THE LAST 30 DAYS    THERE ARE CURRENTLY: 15439 CO...

Great News!!!  The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) rolled out details of its policy on Friday that will let first-time home buyers apply an $8,000 tax credit to fund home purchases. Until now, home buyers were only able to get that money after they bought a home, by applying for the credit-...

The Making Home Affordable (MHA) Program provided additional details yesterday on its plan to stabilize the US housing market and prevent avoidable foreclosures, and it is good news for short sales. The latest foreclosure alternatives include: -  A Short Sales/Deeds-In-Lieu Program to Facilitate ...

(April 1, 2009) - Keller Williams Partners Realty SW (KW Pines) and the Tello Team is proud to announce that Cheri Kaplan has joined as the Director of the KW Pines Commercial Division.    "Cheri Kaplan has been a real estate icon in Southwest Broward for over a decade", says Rita Polit, Team Lea...

Effective today May 1, 2009 a new FEDERAL law takes effect which states Mortgage Brokers, Realtors Buyers and Sellers will have NO control over the appraisal process. Brokers can no longer order appraisals directly from appraisers, Realtors, Buyers and Sellers can no longer order an appraisal and...

Despite higher unemployment, wages have improved in South Florida, according to a study released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor. However, paychecks in South Florida did not rise as fast as salaries in most large counties.   In Miami-Dade County, the average weekly wage in the third qua...